For most of photographic history, the camera didn’t treat every human skin tone equally. Early references cards featured only white women, and so chemical emulsions and exposure standards were optimized for those skin tones. Pictures of darker skinned people, in turn, were often underexposed, poorly balanced or lacking distinct facial features.
Kodak finally introduced multiracial reference…
Under a fiery nocturnal lamp, a lifesaving beach rescue of exhausted turtle earns Spanish photographer major award
October 12, 2026
During the pitch dark of night, a lifesaving rescue takes place on a Mexican beach. Under the fiery red light of a nocturnal lamp, conservation worker Isreal Oblea helps an olive ridley sea turtle move her newly laid eggs from the shoreline further up the beach.
The mother…
"When I saw how much passion was on everybody's faces, I knew this photo had to be a black and white one"
October 12, 2026
‘Slayer Fans’ was crowned best photo in the Music Events – Audiences category in the Event Photography Awards 2026.
It was taken by events and wedding photographer Brian Robinson at a Slayer concert in London in 2025.
A not-for-profit competition, the Event…
Recreating the look of a photo from a 1980s mall studio has become a viral AI trend. But one photography duo is taking “high-quality bad photos” without AI and with a heaping serving of humor – and the response has been overwhelming.
M4LL PH0T0 (@m4llph0t0) is a pop-up photography booth visiting festivals and events and re-creating the 80s and 90s studio portraits popularized by “mall…
Leica has just honored one of photography's greatest storytellers, and her black-and-white images are extraordinary
October 11, 2026
Leica has announced that legendary Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide is the recipient of its 2026 Leica Hall of Fame Award, recognizing a remarkable career that has helped shape the way we see documentary photography. Widely regarded as one of Latin America’s most…
Photographing animals from a moving boat is tricky unless you follow these top tips to keep your images sharp and your camera dry
October 11, 2026
Shooting animals from a platform rocking about on water offers interesting challenges compared to doing from the security of dry land. No matter whether you’re sailing down the Amazon river, braving a midge-infest Scottish loch or traversing the lake at Longleat Safari…
From professional wrestler to photography's top prize! Meet the winners of the 2026 Leica Oskar Barnack Award
October 10, 2026
Leica has announced the winners of its 2026 Leica Oskar Barnack Award, with photographer Damir Faizulin taking home the top prize, American photographer Laila AnnMarie Stevens winning the Newcomer Award, and Italian photographer Valentina Sinis becoming the first recipient of the Leica Oskar Barnack Women Grant.
The three photographers were honored during Leica’s Celebration of Photography…
Photokina camera expo is coming back from the dead... sort of. Here's what's really happening
October 9, 2026
A photography show with ‘Photokina’ is coming back to Cologne starting next year, but I really don’t think it’s going to be like the mind-boggling international melting pot that I remember from years gone by.
Photokina brings back fond memories for me…
It was a case of first time lucky several times over for Marc James at the Event Photography Awards 2026… the US-born photographer topped two categories, and bagged the Event Photographer of the Year crown.
James’s ‘Headless Chicken’ photo (pictured…
Real-life Patrick from Spongebob photographed by ocean researchers along with 57 completely new marine species
October 8, 2026
It looks like Patrick Star has a real-life counterpart, as marine scientists have released images of a starfish closely resembling the beloved Bikini Bottom-dwelling character from the children’s cartoon, SpongeBob SquarePants.
According to the researchers – a combined team of marine scientists from various Argentine institutions led by Dr. Daniel Lauretta – the image was also live-streamed…
