Photography

Many photographers build their career by finding a niche and staying in it. One, though, has spent five decades systematically ignoring this advice. And the results, collected in TASCHEN’s new limited-edition monograph Albert Watson: KAOS, make a compelling argument that specialization might be overrated. The book opens with Albert Watson’s breakthrough: a 1973 portrait of Alfred…

The winners of the Down’s Syndrome Association’s international photographic competition have been announced. They come from the UK, France, Singapore and Australia and were unveiled at a ceremony at the Langdon Down Center in London, England, earlier this month. The My Perspective competition received a record-breaking 252 entries this year, from countries around the world including…

Titled Der Kuss (The Kiss), Hungarian photographer Ferenc Lorincz’s striking image shows what appears to be an aquatic romance between a common carp and its domesticated mirror carp cousin in Lake Čierna Voda, Slovakia. The fish face each other with mouths nearly touching against a stunning turquoise backdrop. Although actually, as Lorincz has revealed, this is more likely defensive…

The winners of the Nature inFocus Photography Awards 2025 are here. Established to celebrate extraordinary wildlife imagery and conservation storytelling, the awards have grown into a global celebration of nature photography. This year’s awards attracted entries from more than 1,250 photographers in 38 countries and received nearly 16,000 submissions. The jury selected the winners from…