It’s been almost a month since documentary photographer Martin Parr left us. He spent over 50 years capturing everyday British life with saturated colors and a satirical eye, and leaves behind an enormous body of work. But Parr knew which photographs mattered most.
When asked about his legacy, he said that when he reached the Pearly Gates, The Last Resort – his breakthrough series from…
What’s more festive than transforming a room in your house into a dreamy, fairy-lit world, perfect for a spot of creative portrait photography?
The concept is simple – by sticking a fast prime lens onto the front of your DSLR or mirrorless camera and taking advantage…
These are my top 12 photography books published in 2025
December 29, 2025
How to Photograph Gardens
Anyone wondering how to do just that will find plenty to learn in this book by Jason Ingram. One of the UK’s leading exponents of the craft, he takes the reader on a tour of some of his favourite gardens in the UK and abroad, illustrating his…
10 extraordinary award-winning photos of 2025 you need to see
December 26, 2025
These are the 10 most captivating award-winning photographs of 2025, showcasing the very best in wildlife, macro, landscape, astrophotography, food photography and more.
Discover the visuals that amazed judges, from erupting volcanoes to awe-inspiring galaxies, and the gear and stories behind these photo contest winners from the last year…
The Long Shadow – Christopher Harrison
Discover…
You’re probably thinking this is a silly argument. If it’s decisions I want, what’s to stop me making a decision about how my photos should look when I process my RAW files? If I want black-and-white, I can have it. If I want vintage, faded color, I can have it. RAW…
Why removing color made this photograph of a well-known desert landscape more powerful than ever
December 25, 2025
White Pocket, located in Arizona’s remote Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, requires a challenging four-wheel-drive journey across rough dirt roads. Yet despite its remoteness and the commitment required to reach it, the location has been photographed…
A real tree, a real sky… but this amazing photo feels like it was taken on another planet!
December 24, 2025
At first glance, this looks like sci-fi: a bulbous, gravity-defying tree stretching its twisted limbs towards a sky streaked with pinks, purples and cosmic dust. But nothing here is imagined. The tree is real. The sky is real. And the place is Socotra; an isolated Yemeni island in the Arabian Sea where Earth masquerades as somewhere else entirely.
Swiss photographer Benjamin Barakat’s image…
Mushrooms, mist and a 16mm gamble: here's what happened when photographer Albert Dross went ultra-wide and ultra-low with his camera
December 23, 2025
At first glance, it was an unassuming patch of woodland: damp leaves, a fallen log, a few pale mushrooms most walkers would barely register. But drop the camera to ground level, push an ultra-wide lens to its limits and start stacking focus, and an ordinary-looking forest…
The 2025 Oppo Photography Awards has crowned its global winners, spotlighting some of the most compelling mobile photography from around the world.
In its biggest year yet, the competition drew nearly 2 million submissions from 87 countries, making it the most expansive…
The tragic cost of wildlife photography: Rare and beautiful Galaxy frogs threatened by photo tourism
December 17, 2025
A striking photograph of the rare Galaxy frog (Melanobatrachus indicus) is drawing attention to the latest report from global conservation charity ZSL (Zoological Society of London).
The paper, published today (December 17 2025) in Herpetology Notes, highlights that a small population of Galaxy frogs in India’s Western Ghats is no longer detected at a monitored study site following a series…
