Photography

If you run a photography business, chances are that AI hasn’t impacted your bottom line yet. Because although AI is able to do things like generate studio-quality headshots, it’s still a long way from being able to replicate the work of wedding photographers, sports photographers or fashion photographers, for example. For now, at least. However, there is a different, more indirect way…

Few photography commissions hold as much significance as TheCal. Since 1964, the Pirelli Calendar has been more than a date-tracker; it’s a cultural artefact, photographed by photography icons such as Helmut Newton, Annie Leibovitz, Peter Lindbergh and, last year, Ethan James Green. Each photographer is given near-total creative freedom and the results have ranged from sultry to subversive…

The National Portrait Gallery has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize, one of the world’s leading awards for contemporary portrait photography. The annual prize celebrates outstanding portrait photography from around the globe, encouraging entrants to interpret the term ‘portrait’ in its widest sense. Open to professional, amateur, and emerging…

Black-and-white photography is timeless. From its roots in the 1800s to today’s digital world, it continues to hold a powerful place in visual storytelling. Monochrome images are often praised for their emotional depth and dramatic feel – and rightly so. But not every scene automatically works in black-and-white. Often, the issue lies in relying on color contrast instead of understanding…