There’s a quote in the new TASCHEN monograph Arnold that every portrait photographer needs to read. Reflecting on the experience of being shot for film campaigns and magazine features, Schwarzenegger says: “They always shoot up, so the camera is right there in front of you, making you taller, more impressive, and the results are always terrific. You might go in your trailer, look in the…
Taking photos in a downpour is a major challenge – not to mention potentially dangerous to the camera gear. But I’ve just stumbled across a set of photos that perfectly illustrate why sometimes the best photographs are the most challenging ones.
Patrick Smith…
Does a tattoo inspired by a photograph have the same look and feel as the original? That question is at the heart of a longstanding copyright test that could be called into question in an unusual “en banc” hearing between photographer Jeffery Sedilk and celebrity tattoo…
In May 1962, Lawrence Schiller was 25 and on assignment for Paris Match when Marilyn Monroe, wearing only a flesh-coloured two-piece that amounted to a bra and panties, climbed into a pool on the set of her last film, Something’s Got to Give, and proceeded to remove it.
Schiller had two motorized Nikon SLR cameras around his neck. One sporting a 180mm lens and loaded with Tri-X black and white…
Maria has Down syndrome, autism and six fingers. She uses them to flash the heavy metal sign at the camera on a beach, sunglasses on, entirely unbothered. That image, taken by documentary photographer Carol Allen-Storey, conveys something vital about Defying the Myth, the…
When most photographers go indoors, the real magic begins outside – Pro tips for shooting storms, fog and night skies
June 16, 2026
Dramatic weather, shifting atmospheres and rare celestial events offer some of the most powerful and visually striking opportunities you can capture – when you’re willing to embrace the elements and leave the house.
While shooting in these conditions isn’t always…
This shot of conservationists soaring the skies with a flock of endangered birds just won a science photo competition
June 16, 2026
The Scientist at Work photo competition, hosted by scientific journal Nature, is an annual contest that encourages scientists across all disciplines to share images to celebrate and showcase the “interesting, challenging, striking and colorful” projects that scientists undertake around the world.
Now in its seventh year, the 2026 competition saw five winning images – with Gunnar Hartmann…
When Diane Keaton died last October, I wrote about the immense photographic legacy that ran alongside her acting career. Her nine books, her rescued archives, her decades of work with a Rolleiflex that most people never knew about. Now, with the results in from Bonhams’…
Duane Michals, who died on June 09 in New York aged 94, was the kind of photographer who makes people uneasy. He wrote directly on his prints. He blurred things deliberately. He arranged images like comic strips and called them art.
When the street photographer Garry…
These are the most heartbreaking wildlife photographs of 2026 – and they're going on an international tour
June 15, 2026
A sea turtle with a human handprint. A koala hit by a car. The 2026 Environmental Photography Award recognized some of the most heartbreaking wildlife images of the year – and now those images are going on an international tour.
The Environmental Photography Awards presented by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation were packed with fantastic compositions that not only demonstrated an eye for…
