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“For a place that struggles with drugs, violence, exile and the heat. A haven is a special place.”Photographer documents boxing club that gives struggling community “a sense of place”

Moretón is the Spanish word for ‘bruise’ and the title of Darren Vargas’ first publication, which centers around the Lee Espinoza Coachella Valley Boxing Club. The first-generation Mexican-American photographer was inspired to embark on the project following the death of his grandfather, Esmael. Boxing club owner Lee Espinoza, who is affectionately known in the area as the…
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She was Kodak's "Turn Around" girl before she ever picked up a camera. Now Judy Glickman Lauder's collection of Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks, Diane Arbus & Nan Goldin photos is going on tour, and there's a lot photographers can learn from it

Every keen photographer eventually collects something, whether it’s cameras, prints, or just a hard drive full of “keepers” nobody else will ever see. Judy Glickman Lauder collected the real thing: around 100 photographs by around 50 of the medium’s…
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At 3,200 megapixels, the world’s largest camera has officially started its unprecedented mission. “Today, we begin filming the greatest cosmic movie ever made.”

The world’s largest camera was built for scientific discovery, but as the Vera C. Robin Observatory begins its decade-long survey of the night sky, the researchers are calling the work both scientific and a “blockbuster movie of the Universe.” The Vera C. Rubin’s record-breaking size and resolution are the result of two decades of research and engineering, but on June 30, the camera’s…
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Top tips for Top Guns: Don't shoot like a maverick in air museums! Here's how to use your camera like an ace

Where do iconic military aircraft go when they’re no longer needed for frontline operations? Well, aside from selling them to a banana republic in equatorial Africa, those that aren’t broken down for spares or scrap end up in military museums. This is where you come in, along with a camera and an interesting challenge. As is the case in most museums, there isn’t a lot of light, there are…
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Saltwater, gold leaf and 19th-century chemistry: the world's longest-running photography exhibition is back, and it's more technically adventurous than ever

More than 5,200 photographers entered. Just 48 made the cut. That’s a success rate of less than one per cent. Which makes getting a place in the Royal Photographic Society’s International Photography Exhibition feel more like getting into an Ivy League university than entering a photography content. But IPE167, which opens at London’s Saatchi Gallery on August 7 and runs until…
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