Recreating the look of a photo from a 1980s mall studio has become a viral AI trend. But one photography duo is taking “high-quality bad photos” without AI and with a heaping serving of humor – and the response has been overwhelming.
M4LL PH0T0 (@m4llph0t0) is a pop-up photography booth visiting festivals and events and re-creating the 80s and 90s studio portraits popularized by “mall…
Leica has just honored one of photography's greatest storytellers, and her black-and-white images are extraordinary
October 11, 2026
Leica has announced that legendary Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide is the recipient of its 2026 Leica Hall of Fame Award, recognizing a remarkable career that has helped shape the way we see documentary photography. Widely regarded as one of Latin America’s most…
Photographing animals from a moving boat is tricky unless you follow these top tips to keep your images sharp and your camera dry
October 11, 2026
Shooting animals from a platform rocking about on water offers interesting challenges compared to doing from the security of dry land. No matter whether you’re sailing down the Amazon river, braving a midge-infest Scottish loch or traversing the lake at Longleat Safari…
From professional wrestler to photography's top prize! Meet the winners of the 2026 Leica Oskar Barnack Award
October 10, 2026
Leica has announced the winners of its 2026 Leica Oskar Barnack Award, with photographer Damir Faizulin taking home the top prize, American photographer Laila AnnMarie Stevens winning the Newcomer Award, and Italian photographer Valentina Sinis becoming the first recipient of the Leica Oskar Barnack Women Grant.
The three photographers were honored during Leica’s Celebration of Photography…
Photokina camera expo is coming back from the dead... sort of. Here's what's really happening
October 9, 2026
A photography show with ‘Photokina’ is coming back to Cologne starting next year, but I really don’t think it’s going to be like the mind-boggling international melting pot that I remember from years gone by.
Photokina brings back fond memories for me…
It was a case of first time lucky several times over for Marc James at the Event Photography Awards 2026… the US-born photographer topped two categories, and bagged the Event Photographer of the Year crown.
James’s ‘Headless Chicken’ photo (pictured…
Real-life Patrick from Spongebob photographed by ocean researchers along with 57 completely new marine species
October 8, 2026
It looks like Patrick Star has a real-life counterpart, as marine scientists have released images of a starfish closely resembling the beloved Bikini Bottom-dwelling character from the children’s cartoon, SpongeBob SquarePants.
According to the researchers – a combined team of marine scientists from various Argentine institutions led by Dr. Daniel Lauretta – the image was also live-streamed…
When Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson and others set up a photographic co-operative back in 1947, the legend goes that they named it after the oversized champagne bottles they liked to celebrate with. Nearly 80 years on, Magnum has returned to its roots, in a way.
Some of…
Some of the best photographs are spontaneous: the result of being in the right place at the right time. But at the other end of the spectrum, there are photographs that are purposely, meticulously staged. And that’s the common theme uniting two new solo shows at CPW in…
When researchers in West Africa’s Côte d’Ivoire Taï National Park spotted vibrant orange, yellow, and black feathers, what followed looked almost like choreography. With one researcher with binoculars and another with a camera, the team managed to capture photos of a bird species that hasn’t been spotted for 13 years: The Ghana cukooshrike.
Field research fellows Paulo Ditzel and Stephanie…
