Duane Michals, who died on June 09 in New York aged 94, was the kind of photographer who makes people uneasy. He wrote directly on his prints. He blurred things deliberately. He arranged images like comic strips and called them art.
When the street photographer Garry Winogrand saw Michals’ first sequence show in the 1960s, he reportedly said: “What is this? This isn’t photography.” Michals…
These are the most heartbreaking wildlife photographs of 2026 – and they're going on an international tour
June 15, 2026
A sea turtle with a human handprint. A koala hit by a car. The 2026 Environmental Photography Award recognized some of the most heartbreaking wildlife images of the year – and now those images are going on an international tour.
The Environmental Photography Awards…
RIP David Hockney: the famous artist who also pushed forward photography, with a little help from Picasso
June 15, 2026
Throughout my lifetime, I’ve seen David Hockney described as the “world’s greatest living painter”. Sadly, that no longer applies: the artist born in Bradford, England in 1937 died yesterday, one month short of his 89th birthday. Most tributes will focus on his…
As a photographer who got my start at a small town newspaper, I’ve had my fair share of photographing sports teams.
You probably know the sort, the ones with two or three rows of players all looking at the camera. The quick and dirty sports photo that happens when you have to take two dozen team photos in the span of an hour.
But after coming across a viral photo of Norway’s World Cup-bound…
Photographs from the lens of artists like Diane Arbus, Robert Frank, and Nan Goldin have helped both document and shape New York City’s history, so it only seems fitting that a new gallery and home for a longstanding New York-based photography organization will open with…
Street photography has never been more popular. With over 134 million #streetphotography posts on Instagram and an explosion of dedicated collectives and online communities, the genre has become the gateway drug of choice for a new generation of photographers.
Yet the wealth…
If you’ve been scrolling social media lately, you’ve probably seen the ‘pixel stretch trend’ all over your feed. If you don’t recognize it by name, this trend does exactly what it suggests: it stretches a slice of pixels from a photograph to create a dynamic sense of motion – and even leading lines.
This isn’t the first time the pixel stretch trend has done the rounds on social…
A striking black-and-white photograph of a shepherd guiding hundreds of sheep through swirling dust has been honored at the 2026 World Food Photography Awards, sponsored by Tenderstem Bimi Broccolini.
Captured by photographer Serkan Dogus, en route back toward the pastures…
Freelancing as a female photographer? This genre is where you'll suffer the largest gender pay gap
June 10, 2026
Across several freelance industries, women charge an average of 19 percent less than male peers, a new study suggests. But the data also hints at the photography genres with the largest pay gap between genders.
The study comes from cross-border payment company Remitly, who…
The 2026 FIFA World Cup officially kicks off on Thursday, June 11, when Mexico will face South Africa at Mexico City Stadium. Throughout the competition, hundreds of accredited photographers will shoot thousands of players from the sidelines of 16 stadiums across the host nations of Canada, Mexico and the United States.
And yet, while the technical aspects of photography have advanced immeasurably…
