Photography

More than 800,000 voters from around the world have chosen the People’s Choice winners at the British Photography Awards 2026. Spanning 20 categories, from Portrait and Landscape to Drone, Documentary, Birdlife and Sports, this year’s awards saw engagement double compared to last year. Take a look at all 20 images below, and visit the British Photography Awards website for more…

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 visitor from another era. Both of these pictures were taken by American photographer Todd Webb, who spent the post-war years…

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: a man having his shoes shined by a boy. This duo are thought to be the first people ever to be photographed. Recently, after…

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 month also features a well-timed new moon, a bright supermoon and a meteor shower, but it’s less about headline events…