Photographer Carl Bovis was shocked to be told by former New York attorney Regina Alberty that she was blocking him on social media for the heinous crime of posting an unflattering photo of a bird.
She implied he had deliberately made the image look bad because he disliked the woodpigeon, saying: “Usually photographers try to take pictures that favor the subject. Do you even like the subject…
If you’ve ever written names on the back of a photograph, then consider yourself a hero. Because future generations will thank you, whether they’re descendants trying to figure out their family lineage or historians analyzing stuff we don’t even know will…
This year’s ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition saw some truly unique images, perhaps none more so than the winner of the “Our Moon” category.
Taken by Czech astrophotographer Petr Horalek, the image depicts a rare lunar occultation of Venus, as the Moon…
“We wanted to use the largest canvas we could find to put photographers front and center” – 25 artists just got their photos displayed on billboards across the US
September 30, 2026
VSCO has announced the first 25 images of The Fifty, an initiative to display 50 images from 50 different professional photographers on billboards or large-format out-of-home placements in their home state.
In these times of unprecedented uncertainty for photographers, the photography and social media platform wants to highlight the creativity and dedication from artists all over the…
DxO and Affinity have joined forces to make the journey from RAW processing to full image editing considerably easier, with the new DxO PhotoLab 10.1 introducing one-click export directly into Affinity.
Available now as a free update for existing PhotoLab 10 users, version…
Astrophotography in October 2026: last call for shots the Milky Way as we welcome longer nights and see Saturn at its best
September 30, 2026
October 2026 is a transitional month for astrophotographers. Darkness arrives earlier, nights grow longer, and the sky becomes easier to work with again after summer’s compressed twilight. At the same time, the Milky Way’s bright core is making its final appearances…
His photographs are famed for giant sets and fairytale fantasies, so why is Tim Walker shooting portraits on plain white backgrounds?
September 29, 2026
If you don’t know much about fashion photography, you might assume it’s relatively straightforward stuff: dress a model, pose a model, shoot a model. A quick flick through the pages of a modern fashion magazine though, and you’ll be swiftly disabused of that notion. At the high end of the market, a contemporary fashion shoot is more like fine art, and there’s no finer…
Photography festivals work better with a theme, and Bristol has built an entire biennial around this single unsettling idea
September 28, 2026
I go to lots of photography festivals, and I like it best when they have a theme. Not just because it makes them easier to write about, but because more broadly, I think it helps the public enjoy the event.
There’s nothing worse than wandering around gallery after…
“After several attempts, a perfect opportunity eventually arose,” says award-winning astrophotographer on his super-detailed shot of Sun’s surface
September 28, 2026
After previously failing to get the shot, a Portuguese astrophotographer has finally captured a highly detailed close-up of the Sun’s surface – winning a major astrophotography award.
Miguel Claro was recently named winner of the “Our Sun” category of the ZWO…
Gordon Parks is one of the towering figures of 20th century American photography. Born in Kansas in 1912, he bought his first camera secondhand for $12.50, taught himself to use it, and worked his way from Farm Security Administration trainee to Life magazine’s first black staff photographer, a post he held for more than two decades.
Known for capturing poverty, segregation and the civil…
