Photography

Whether you’re a seasoned photographer, a beginner just getting started or someone who loves capturing beautiful moments, submitting your images to photo competitions is one of the best ways to gain exposure and recognition. Entering competitions isn’t just about winning – though prizes and publicity are great bonuses! It’s also a chance to dive into your archives, rediscover…

The best photos tell a story without words – and photojournalists are tasked with the job of taking photos that transcend language barriers. This week, some of the most striking news photographs that I’ve seen highlight the power of a good camera angle. What’s included in the photo and what’s not are equally important to telling a story in a photograph. From natural disasters to the…

One of the tricks a great photographer can pull off is to make their job look easy. Taken between 2010 and 2012, Peter Marlow’s large-format cathedral photographs fit firmly in that category. To the untrained eye, these hushed, glowing interiors, empty of people, might look like they were easy to set up and shoot. They were anything but. An exhibition running at Southwark Cathedral titled…

Over 50 years ago, on July 20 1976, NASA achieved something quite incredible for humanity and photography. At precisely 05:12 PDT the space agency successfully touched down on Mars with the Viking 1 lander, beginning the search for life on our celestial neighbor. Just 25 seconds later, the spacecraft – now stationed on Chryse Planitia, a smooth, circular plain in Mars’ northern hemisphere…