Photography

Perpignan is a southern French city near the Mediterranean coast and the border with Spain. With a population of around 120,000, it’s pretty slow-paced for most of the year. But all that changes for a couple of weeks in late summer, when it suddenly becomes the world capital of photojournalism. Churches, convents, even a former prison get turned into galleries, and almost twice the…

Most photography competitions offer a cash or equipment prize, but I’m sure many of us would trade that off for a job as a photographer with a dream organization. That’s exactly what Newfoundland-based photographer David Sturge has won after recently being crowned the Canadian Wildlife Photographer of the Year by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS). He now gets to work as a…

Almost every photographer has watched someone else get the credit for a picture they actually took. Usually it’s a minor issue: a mistyped byline, a client who thanks the wrong assistant. But in May 1919, it happened on a scale that reshaped our understanding of the entire universe – and the person who ended up with the glory wasn’t the one holding the camera that mattered. Above you…

Earlier this year, Icelandair launched a competition for a “really bad photographer.” The airline wanted someone truly terrible with the shutter at their fingertips to show the spectacular Icelandic scenery in its worst light, all as part of a tourism marketing stunt. And after over 120,000 awful photographers answered the call, one stood out as being far worse than all the rest: French woman…