Nikon has secured seven wins at the 2025 Good Design Awards, an annual event held by the Japan Institute for Design Promotion to honor outstanding product design. This year’s awards spotlight a wide range of Nikon innovations across both consumer and industrial categories.
The Nikon Z50 II earned recognition in the mirrorless camera category, praised for its compact design and powerful…
"I went on a 2-week photography road trip across America and this $20 pocket tripod was a complete lifesaver"
October 21, 2025
For our recent epic two-week road trip around America, I was keen to capture some great travel photos of all the iconic locations my family and I would be visiting from Vegas to LA and San Francisco. But as I was arriving in the US by airplane, I wanted to travel light. I…
The Fujifilm X-E5, X Half and GFX 100RF compact cameras aren't just popular – they're award-winning. Here’s why…
October 20, 2025
Fujifilm’s mirrorless and compact cameras have been on a roll in 2025. The X-E5, X Half and GFX100RF haven’t just made waves on best-seller lists – they’ve also received recognition at this year’s Good Design Awards.
It’s no surprise, really.
When Hollywood actress Diane Keaton died last weekend, the tributes naturally focused on Annie Hall, The Godfather, and those iconic menswear-inspired outfits that spawned a thousand Pinterest boards. But here’s something you might not know: she was also a photographer and visual artist whose work is seriously noteworthy.
For decades, Keaton’s camera of choice was the Rolleiflex, that…
Are you familiar with Jeff Wall? If not, let me enlighten you. For over 40 years, the Canadian photographic artist has been creating what’s known as ‘staged documentary’: meticulously constructed photographs that look like candid captures of everyday life, but…
Exploring the microscopic world: Nikon Small World announces 51st annual photomicrography winners
October 17, 2025
The winners of the 51st annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition have been announced, celebrating over five decades of excellence in microscopy and digital imaging.
First place was awarded to China’s Zhang You for his striking image of a rice weevil…
The newly-launched Ricoh GR IV has been one of the most anticipated compact cameras of 2025 – in Japan, it has overtaken mirrorless rivals in sales, and now its cult yet refined design has been recognized with the 2025 Good Design Award, presented by the Japan Institute for Design Promotion.
Since its introduction nearly 30 years ago, the Ricoh GR series has built a reputation for its minimalist…
This new Diane Arbus photo exhibition makes me wonder: what does it means to truly look at someone?
October 17, 2025
Right now, Berlin’s Gropius Bau is hosting the largest Diane Arbus exhibition ever held. Titled Diane Arbus: Konstellationen, it features 454 prints, many of them never displayed before, in a show that asks us to confront what it really means to look… and be looked…
These amazing images showcase contemporary photography at its finest – and just won big at BIFA 2025
October 16, 2025
The winners of the Budapest International Foto Awards 2025 (BIFA) have just been announced, and this year’s selection is as visually striking as it is emotionally powerful.
From abstract visual poetry and explorations of identity, to photographs that bring us…
When photographer Alejandro Cegarra set out for the US-Mexico border in 2018, he wanted to capture the struggles of migrants in a way that highlighted universally human emotions. After nearly seven years and 35,000 photographs, Cegarra’s The Two Walls series has earned the photographer a major global title – in a photography competition that he didn’t even enter.
Cegarra (@alecegarra) was…
