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These wildlife photographers broke the rules, and letting them off sets a dangerous precedent for animal welfare – but do you agree?

There’s a video doing the rounds on social media in Chile showing a group of wildlife photographers coming within just meters of a puma in the Torres del Paine National Park (Chilean Patagonia), and it’s causing quite a ruckus. On one side, you’ve got those pointing the finger at the photographers and their guide for what appears to be a major encroachment on the puma’s territory. And on…
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I've honestly never seen a photo like this: How one aerial photographer turned a fishing scene into a work of fine art

There’s a split second when a cast fishing net hangs suspended in the air, mid-arc, before it settles on the water. Singaporean photographer Chin Leong Teo caught that moment in Dawn Net, and the result looks less like a fishing photograph and more like liquid gold spilling across dark water. This stunning composition helped earn Teo second place in the Photographer of the Year category at the…
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Darren Almond photographed the world's most famous landscapes at night for 25 years – but they look like they were shot in broad daylight, thanks to this simple exposure trick

Point a camera at a landscape lit only by the moon and, by every normal rule of photography, you should get black. That’s why Darren Almond’s Fullmoon series still stops people in their tracks more than 25 years after he made the first frame. Yosemite valley, Patagonian glaciers, Japanese temple gardens and Bermuda’s pink sand beaches all appear lit as if by an overcast midday sun. They…
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When Oliver Klink photographed rural Europe's disappearing communities, many of them looked straight down the lens. Some might see that as a problem for documentary work, but I'd argue it's actually a sign of success

Look through Oliver Klink’s Where the Earth Remembers, on view throughout July on All About Photo’s Solo Exhibition platform, and you’ll soon see a pattern emerge. The two children steadying a donkey loaded with firewood are looking straight at the camera. So are the…
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A viral photo on the subway. A striking aerial view. The top 5 news photos of the week prove the power of contrast in photojournalism

Contrast in photography doesn’t always mean dark shadows and bright highlights – sometimes that contrast comes from a stark difference between the subject and the background. From a viral photo of a person of color surrounded by a group in white masks to a serene scene clouded by a ship full of plastic, some of the most striking photojournalism this week highlights the power of contrast. When…
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