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"The most compelling photography does not simply record, it constructs" – award-winning images revealed from world-renowned professional photo competition

From over 108,000 images submitted by photographers from more than 160 countries and territories, Hasselblad Masters has just announced its 7 winners for the 2026 competition. Across every category, the awarded images combine instant visual impact with lasting depth. The photographers spark curiosity, shift perspective and leave space for interpretation. “.What this year’s Hasselblad…
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I love documenting my family in photographs – but I hate that, as 'designated photographer', I appear in almost none

Does your interest in photography feel, at times, like an isolating one? I have rarely experienced a bust-up with a partner on holiday, but a trip to Cuba springs to mind. As anyone who has visited Havana or its environs will attest, there is a wealth of faded splendor to document. I first went there over 20 years ago and, for better or worse, it really was like time-travelling back to an earlier…
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Trendy mobile editing app VSCO is building a pro photo editor with film-inspired looks, batch editing – and an upcoming desktop app

VSCO is best known for its mobile editing app with film-inspired presets, but the mobile photo editing powerhouse will soon have its own desktop app for pro-grade photo editing. On Wednesday, June 17, VSCO launched Studio Pro on iOS, with a desktop version of the photo editor set to arrive before the end of the year. While VSCO Studio Pro is available to download beginning today on iPhone, the app…
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"They always shoot up, so the camera is right there in front of you… The way they shoot, you will always look like a stud." What Arnie Schwarzenegger teaches photographers about the power of the low angle

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…
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A rare court re-hearing could call key copyright test into question as a photographer and celebrity tattoo artist return to court

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 artist Kat Von D or Katherine von Drachenberg. The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered an en banc hearing of…
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