One phone call led to this award-winning sports image. It was a conversation between photographer Louis Garnier and his friend Kevin Rolland, a former world champion and multiple X Games gold medallist.
“I’ve got an idea with fire. You in?”
The result: An image so vivid you can almost feel the heat, with the skier flying off a pipeline in the dark, smoke billowing around him into…
It’s Manhattan, 1945. A peanut seller leans on his cart as steam billows from the roaster. Signs offer fresh roasted peanuts for five cents.
A year later, on Fifth Avenue, an ageing Model T Ford rattles along incongruously beside a contemporary 1940s taxi, like a…
These Australian photo store workers don't just know how to sell cameras, they know how to use them too, as these winning shots show
November 3, 2026
The Camera House group of photo retailers currently has over 50 stores located all around Australia. Established in 1983 by a group of independent photographic retailers, Camera House has grown into the largest speciality photographic and video retail chain in Australia.
On May 18, 1980, at 8:32 a.m. PDT, all hell broke loose as Mt. St. Helens, a 9,677-foot (2,950-meter) stratovolcano in Washington state, US, violently erupted.
The blast collapsed the northern face of the volcano, sending a pyroclastic flow, a destructive, superheated avalanche of gas, ash, and pumice, racing outward, reaching an estimated speed of 670 mph and temperature of 800°F (400°C).
In…
Paris marks the precise spot where the first humans were photographed, and it’s not where you might think
November 2, 2026
The famous image above may be something you’ve seen before. Louis Daguerre’s 1838 photograph of the Boulevard du Temple in Paris shows a broad, tree-lined street. It seems totally empty.
But look closely at the bottom left of the picture and you’ll see two figures…
The first time you glance at this photo, it looks like a pretty mundane mountain landscape. A craggy rock face. Snow-dusted peaks in the distance. A valley below. All fairly standard stuff.
But look closer at the right-hand side of the picture. Curled up together on a ledge…
Euphoric fans, grieving mothers: these photographs show a side to World Cup 2026 we didn't see on TV
November 2, 2026
It’s evening in Mexico City. Crowds fill the streets around the Angel of Independence, lit by a giant screen showing the World Cup. A red billboard nearby spells out “GOOOOOL”. It’s a happy, euphoric scene.
Elsewhere in the city, a mother holds up a megaphone. Her green Mexico shirt bears a photo of a young woman and ‘Desaparecida’, the Spanish word for…
Northern Hemisphere finally get extended hours under truly dark skies in November 2026. The Milky Way’s bright core has slipped from view, but in its place come the rising winter constellations, dense star fields and bright targets that reward longer stargazing sessions.
The photographer behind the first “ghost” photos was arrested for his work in 1869. But these 8 spooky photos may still keep you up at night
November 1, 2026
When photography was first invented, critics argued that photographs lacked the soul of traditional artwork like paintings – but around two decades after the first daguerreotype, a jewelry-maker in Boston would bring “soul” to photography in an entirely different way…
There’s nothing spooky about these beautiful, most-photographed British castles this Halloween
November 1, 2026
Forget the spooky tales you’ve been told about British castles, because there’s nothing scary about these stunning photographic subjects. From the south of England to northern Scotland, the UK is home to some jaw-droppingly beautiful historic fortresses, and a new survey has just revealed the most-photographed.
Carried out by photo curation platform Popsa, the survey has shed light on the top…
