If you’ve been scrolling social media lately, you’ve probably seen the ‘pixel stretch trend’ all over your feed. If you don’t recognize it by name, this trend does exactly what it suggests: it stretches a slice of pixels from a photograph to create a dynamic sense of motion – and even leading lines.
This isn’t the first time the pixel stretch trend has done the rounds on social…
A striking black-and-white photograph of a shepherd guiding hundreds of sheep through swirling dust has been honored at the 2026 World Food Photography Awards, sponsored by Tenderstem Bimi Broccolini.
Captured by photographer Serkan Dogus, en route back toward the pastures…
Freelancing as a female photographer? This genre is where you'll suffer the largest gender pay gap
June 10, 2026
Across several freelance industries, women charge an average of 19 percent less than male peers, a new study suggests. But the data also hints at the photography genres with the largest pay gap between genders.
The study comes from cross-border payment company Remitly, who…
The 2026 FIFA World Cup officially kicks off on Thursday, June 11, when Mexico will face South Africa at Mexico City Stadium. Throughout the competition, hundreds of accredited photographers will shoot thousands of players from the sidelines of 16 stadiums across the host nations of Canada, Mexico and the United States.
And yet, while the technical aspects of photography have advanced immeasurably…
Meet William Constable: The unsung pioneer of photography who helped pave the way for portraiture
June 9, 2026
Sometimes, even the most influential photographers get lost to time – and William Constable was certainly one of them. Even though the late artist was, for a time, the go-to photographer for British royalty, and pioneered commercial portraiture, his contributions to our…
Two of the biggest names in wildlife conservation, Jonathan and Angela Scott have written and illustrated over 40 books.
The couple became household names through working on the popular BBC TV series Big Cat Diary between 1996 and 2008, where Jonathan was co-presenter and…
Disputed historic Kodacolor photo of John F. Kennedy's final motorcade belongs to museum, court rules
June 8, 2026
Over the years, the assassination of John F. Kennedy (JFK) has raised all sorts of questions, from who fired the fatal shots to the ownership of various photos and films of the president on that infamous day in Dallas, Texas, 1963.
Now, the latest of these disputes, between The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (SFMDP) – the official JFK museum in Dallas, Texas – and a private photo collector…
I’ve long been awed by photographs of the night sky, but one of the latest images to stop me in my tracks isn’t a “photograph” at all. A radio telescope in Australia has built the largest magnetic map of the universe yet, a colorful image five times larger than all…
After six months of lost contact, NASA has officially declared the Mars orbiter MAVEN lost to deep space. On June 3, NASA announced that the MAVEN Mars spacecraft has come to an end.
NASA unexpectedly lost communication with the orbiting Mars spacecraft in December 2025.
Four coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the sun are headed towards Earth – which means photographers could be in for an aurora light show overnight June 04 and 05.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has spotted four CMEs that could collide with Earth’s atmosphere, potentially creating an aurora that could be seen as far south as Illinois and Oregon, as well as in parts of the…
