Photographers have less than two weeks remaining to submit work to the London Camera Exchange Photographer of the Year 2026 contest, with entries closing at midnight on January 21. The competition, now in its third year, has a £10,000 (approximately £13,400 / AU$20,000) prize fund and is free to enter for photographers of any experience level.
The contest has grown significantly since its 2024…
Meet the wildlife photographer buying up land in Africa to protect animal habitats, using money he makes with his camera
January 13, 2026
South African photographer and conservationist, Chris Fallows, is so dedicated to his craft that his return on spending 100 days on location could be just a couple of pictures.
But as he puts it, “either I’m a terribly bad photographer or I have set the bar very high…
Meet the youthful, often shocking future of fine art photography at Circulation(s) 2026
January 13, 2026
Circulation(s), Europe’s premier festival dedicated to showcasing new photographic talent, is returning for 2026. And whether you’re a young photographer seeking international exposure and professional development opportunities, or an older hand seeking…
How Martin Parr spent five decades photographing the climate crisis –without even realizing
January 12, 2026
Martin Parr, one of Britain’s most acclaimed documentary photographers, died on December 06 aged 73 – just weeks before a major retrospective was due to open at the Jeu de Paume in Paris, France. The exhibition, Global Warning, running from January 30 to May 24, 2026, was planned in collaboration with Parr himself.
Its premise is both simple and devastating: for five decades, while…
Canon's Action Priority and Register Face Priority modes are the sporting world's worst kept secret for top soccer shots
January 12, 2026
As a journalist writing photography news for over a decade it takes something rather special to make a new camera feature stand out. I must admit, I can’t but involuntarily roll my eyes when another new camera model surpasses the old one with little more than a few more…
200 unpublished Sophia Loren portraits teach us the importance of trust between photographers and their subjects
January 12, 2026
When Alfred Eisenstaedt, one of Life‘s original four staff photographers, first shot Sophia Loren for the magazine, she was already on the cusp of international stardom.
Born Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone in 1934, the actress had risen from working as an…
Rare image of vanishing century-old technique celebrated in photography contest – captured with an 8-year-old DSLR
January 9, 2026
This striking image by French photographer Guillaume Petermann just received Merit recognition in AAP Magazine #53: Travels. Captured on Lake Manchar in Sindh Province, Pakistan, the photograph documents one of the world’s most extraordinary and endangered fishing traditions.
This rare tradition highlights a vanishing way of life between humans and nature, a bond that has endured for…
Expressive Kolkata image earns major recognition, captured with "one of the best full-frame mirrorless cameras for travel photography"
January 8, 2026
Wrapped in dense morning fog and charged with stillness, Maidan by Italian photographer Andrea Bettancini has won First Place in AAP Magazine #53: Travels. Captured in Kolkata, India, the image depicts a mounted Indian Army soldier sitting on a horse in front of a bare tree…
On a recent family road trip around America, I was very excited to return to San Francisco some 30 years after I first visited . This was to be our final destination after more than two weeks and 1100 miles of travelling from Vegas to LA and up the Californian coast.
In my…
"This was the first jaguar I'd ever seen, but I wasn't there to photograph one", admits HIPA 2025 category winner Karine Aigner
January 8, 2026
Karine Aigner’s photograph of an elusive jaguar in Ecuador saw her win the General – Color category in the fourteenth season of HIPA (the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award), themed ‘Power’.
With a prize pot of US$1 million [£739,550/AU$1,490,000] HIPA is the world’s richest photography competition so its category winners are able…
