Photography

Pooch’s prayers answered as it becomes winning scene at 2026 International Pet Photography Awards

Award-winning photographers all started somewhere – these are the 10 photo contests to enter this August

"This photo captures the first full Milky Way arch ever taken at this location," revealing the night sky over Argentina's UNESCO site, a landscape shaped over 200 million years and home to Earth's only complete Triassic record

This mesmerizing image of a galactic mangrove won a photography award – and it stopped me in my tracks

Tear-jerking photo of dying elephant in a garbage dump wins another award – but the solution to these deadly wildlife threats is yet to be found

Legendary Japanese photographer behind David Bowie's iconic "Heroes" cover honored with Lifetime Achievement Award – Sukita defined decades of music photography

Luminous "ghost net" wins prestigious photography award while shedding light on growing threat to mangrove swamps

She was handed a camera to capture Albert Einstein and never put it down. Now, as the award that carries Marilyn Stafford's name marks its 10th anniversary, these photographers are continuing her tradition of getting close to the story

Praying pooches to friendly felines: pet photography awards finalists mark the bizarre and picturesque

Photographer Robert Canis spent 30 years shooting one nature reserve: here's what that patience can teach the rest of us

Chris Killip spent months living in deindustrialised communities in North-East England, photographing some of the most intimate images of 1970s and '80s Britain – using a huge camera that was never built for the job

A hyena, a fur seal and an elephant in the city: Leica photographer Alan Schaller finds humor, tension and black-and-white beauty in the animals that live among us

Long before Bill Brandt, this 1920s postcard salesman worked out how to photograph London after dark without a tripod. A reissued photobook reveals just how he did it

How do you define photography in a single sentence? No-one can agree – so this new book charts 200 years of it instead

Ben Marcin photographed dozens of abandoned houses in exactly the same way for 20 years, and his new book is a masterclass in editing

This book changed color photography forever by turning Cape Cod’s quiet light into high art – 50 years later, it's back and better

A fun new picture book traces Annie Leibovitz's journey in photography, and offers kids an early lesson in creative reinvention

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

When to walk away from work as a paid photographer: The red flags that scream "difficult client"

65% of photography graduates are female – but only 20% of pros are. Is it lack of ability, or something more sinister?

Freelancing as a female photographer? This genre is where you'll suffer the largest gender pay gap

Court case strikes back! Lawsuit over Annie Leibovitz’s Star Wars photos resurfaces

"If you put it in music terms, there was Crowded House, INXS, Barry Manilow… and I was the Black Sabbath. Most of my photos are heavy in moody tonality and that’s how I sold myself". Urs Buhlman on his 40-year career as an advertising photographer

Your photographic portfolio is lying to you… showing your best photos might be costing you jobs

The second body myth: Do you really need a backup camera?

I'm a professional photographer, and I go to a camera trade show every year – they are a goldmine for my business

“Why bad photographers think they’re good,” pro says it like it is, then explains what to do about it

Alien world of photomicrography displayed at Tokyo Photographic Art Museum celebrates 101 years of Nikon microscopes

Most photographers visiting Cuba's capital focus on the Chevys and cigars. David Saxe took a very different approach: going after the blur, the shadows and the things nobody poses for

What does it take to take a truly great celebrity portrait? From shooting Amy Winehouse to Yoko Ono, photographer Jillian Edelstein has spent a career finding out

From the Great Depression to Japanese-American internment, Dorothea Lange's camera bore witness to some of the darkest moments in US history

James Ravilious and Chris Chapman spent 50 years photographing farms, weddings and village halls in the same corner of rural England – yet neither ever saw the other as competition

This new gothic-themed exhibition has a lot to teach photographers about making the ordinary feel unsettling

This gorgeous photo of a polar bear bounding across the ice offers a masterclass in deciding whether to shoot in color or black-and-white

Two decades after the photographer's death, this new exhibition of Bob Carlos Clarke's photos shows why his most confrontational images were never accidents, but carefully built collaborations

How David Bailey's photos turned Mick Jagger and Michael Caine into 1960s design icons – never-before-seen contact sheets behind Box of Pin-Ups go on sale

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The best photo editing software in 2026: retouch, fix and enhance your images

How I built an ultra-compact off-camera flash kit that fits in the trunk of my car

Got a modern mirrorless camera? You’re probably thinking about ISO all wrong

The death of the flashgun has been greatly exaggerated… there are good reasons why successful photographers refuse to give up on their strobes

My technique for creating bizarre portraits will have your people pics looking like a Picasso

"I cannot replicate this one. Ever" – This macro photo was shot with a DSLR from 2009

Hasselblad made “the finest stills camera ever” – and it just released the one feature photographers have been asking about for years

BREAKING NEWS: Adobe will soon own AI photo software Topaz Labs. But what does that mean for photographers?

V-flats are usually boring bits of photography kit. But Westcott just re-invented this classic studio staple

This full-frame camera doesn’t just photograph the stars – it tells you what stars you’re looking at from a removable magnetic LCD screen

This single 3200-megapixel photo contains more than half a million galaxies and 50,000+ stars. Vera Rubin scientists say this is just the beginning

The 1965 Selma photograph with no faces in it: why James Karales' camera turned away from the hero shot and focused on the sky

How to photograph the 2026 total solar eclipse: Get prepared for the astrophotography event of the year

I can’t stop looking at this astounding photograph of a “fire-breathing dragon of clouds” – and it was snapped with just a smartphone

"Let the person looking at the photograph go some of the way to finishing it," said legendary Parisian street photographer Robert Doisneau – but how do you achieve this?

Astrophotography in August 2026: a solar eclipse and the Perseid meteor shower headline a packed month for stargazers

This whale shark POV footage isn't just mesmerizing – it's disrupting what we know about the ocean's gentle giants

Confessions of an eclipse photographer: shooting my first ring of fire eclipse and discovering that photographing from a Caribbean cruise ship is much harder than it looks!

The Photography & Video Show 2027: everything you need to know

“Photographers are capable of making your jaw drop with moments that you don’t even notice” – This daring, first-of-its-kind NY photo festival gives AI the middle finger

Inside the iconic 'Red Room' at new flagship photography and videography event

The world's greatest photography flea market returns to this small French town this June

The Photography & Video Show is gear heaven – but I’m here for Samsung’s Creator Playground

We've got one!!! The Ricoh GR IV Monochrome is at The Photography & Video Show – and you can try it, too!

"The Photography and Video Show is now open" – Always my favorite countdown of the year, as the crowds flood in

It starts this weekend! Download your FREE Photography & Video Show guide and get prepared…

Want to be a great nature photographer? I think you need to hear these two speakers at The Photography & Video Show

The best keyboard for video editing in 2026

How Christopher Nolan made a 300-Pound IMAX camera disappear between his actors

The best video editing software in 2026

The popular video editor Final Cut Pro just gained “one of the most requested features” – and it's coming to both Mac and iPad

The new Adobe Premiere hides a new film grain effect, simpler captions, faster masking and more inside the latest update

Learning color grading is a major challenge. Adobe has hit the reset button with an all-new Color Mode that’s the “largest release in Premiere history”

Photo editing grabs headlines, but DaVinci Resolve’s big AI and VR upgrades will matter most to its core video users

OneOdio solocaster review: an impressive and affordable all-in-one audio interface

8K video is dying, but you shouldn't mourn its loss