Photography

Abstract photography may not be everyone’s first choice – but it can make anyone a better photographer. And that comes down to three simple reasons. As a genre, abstract photography is incredibly dynamic. It offers endless opportunities to experiment, push creative boundaries, and truly understand how images work. Photography began largely as a documentary medium, but abstraction has long been…

The winners of the Virtual Photography Awards 2025 have been announced, and this year’s standout pictures include narrative-driven portraiture and otherworldly dreamscapes. The competition recognizes the most creative stills captured during video game play using in-game photography technology. This year saw over 3,200 entries across seven different categories. Hary G from the US scooped the…

Photography is a “terrible career” said Florida-based poster, Alan Black, setting the busy micro-blogging platform Threads alight over the weekend as part of his list of dating red lines on the platform’s main dating thread. Any woman he dated, he said, must not be a photographer, he said, getting over 2,800 responses. He went on to add: “People being upset about Photographers being on…

Recent reporting from Bloomberg suggests that Leica Camera AG could be heading toward one of the most significant moments in its modern history. According to the report, the iconic German camera maker is in talks over the sale of its controlling stake, with potential buyers said to include Chinese private equity firm HSG (formerly known as Sequoia Capital China) and European investment group Altor…