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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…
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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…
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This colorful, lost bird species hasn’t been seen in 13 years. A photographer just took the “best photos ever taken of this bird” – and the first-ever video

October 7, 2026
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…
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Nadav Kander's photographs show us why sometimes, fog, empty sky and flat water make better pictures than a crowded frame

October 6, 2026
With every generation of digital camera technology, we seem to be able to capture more and more visual information. The latest models lock on to eyes from long distance, drag usable detail out of deep shadows, and fire off more frames in a second than a film photographer would once shoot in an afternoon. All of this is very welcome, and offers endless creative possibilities. Yet there’s also…
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