Photography

When a sea turtle was spotted on the sand at a California beach this week, beachgoers immediately called a lifeguard over for help. But instead of an injured turtle, authorities found the first-ever documented case of a sea turtle nesting on the West Coast of the US. Photos prove that more than one mother turtle is nesting much farther north than usual. On September 16, a sea turtle was spotted…

Snapping a beautiful wildlife scene is rewarding, but when the animal actually interacts with you during the process, it’s an extra-special experience, and can lead to extra spectacular shots. That was the case for British underwater photographer, Jenny Stock, who was recently named the Ocean Photographer of the Year Female Fifty Fathoms 2026 winner. Stock’s winning portfolio included an…

Although it’s rarely mentioned in the music press, the work of a small number of music photographers has played an outsized role in our shared cultural history. Think Annie Leibovitz’s photo of a naked John Lennon curled around a clothed Yoko Ono. Jim Marshall’s shot of Johnny Cash flipping off the camera at San Quentin in 1969. Mick Rock’s photos of Bowie as Ziggy…

Modern cameras may take photographs in times measured in fractions of a second, but early photographs once took anywhere from 15 minutes to several hours to take a single photograph. Then, in 1840, an English chemist and pioneering photographer made a discovery that shortened the time required to take a photograph to a minute or less. William Henry Fox Talbot was one of photography’s early…