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"There was ash billowing out from the volcano, it was sulphuric acid," says the photographer behind award-winning volcanologist portrait – but why is he barefoot on a rock?
WINNER "He understands its rhythm, how it behaves, when it's safe, when it's not safe. I just knew I had to have this environmental portrait of this incredible community man," says Australian photographer
17-year-old photographer wins top prize at world-renowned photography awards with history-saving moment before century-old painting went up in flames
WINNER The young photography talent captured the action and collaboration ot the moment, when firefighters evacuated artwork in Stockholm
This underwater photo turns a murky suburban pond into a cathedral of light, and a dead chick into one of the year's most haunting close-ups
NEWS Finding beauty in the macabre, Gaël Modrak dived beneath the surface of a pond near Paris with a fisheye lens, two strobes, and an eye for the extraordinary
World's 10 best pro images now globally recognized at one of the industry’s most prestigious photography awards
NEWS The Sony World Photography Awards 2026 unveiled the winners of the Professional Category, celebrating outstanding photography on a global stage
Using her own image-making language, Mexican photographer beats 430,000 rivals to win Sony World Photography Awards 2026 – plus US$25,000
News One of the world's biggest and most prestigious photography competitions announces the Photographer of the Year winner
Really bad at photography? It's your time to shine with this once-in-a-lifetime $50,000 Icelandic photo opportunity!
News Icelandair seeks a "truly terrible" photographer for a media campaign and the shoddy shooter will get a travel-expenses-paid trip to Iceland and a whopping $50,000 for their amateur work
This macro photographer uses a technique you need to try – 32 images later, he revealed extraordinary hidden detail now recognized in prestigious close-up photo challenge
NEWS A strong macro image thrives on showcasing details invisible to the naked eye – and this photographer achieved exactly that, earning a Finalist spot with 'Parasite'
This 'unreal' image was shot in-camera using a complex dual focal-length long-exposure technique – using a 13-year-old DSLR in complete darkness
NEWS Armed with a full-frame DSLR from 2012, the photographer created this striking effect in-camera – with no heavy editing in post-processing required
"Ice acting as a window into death:" This tragic image of a duck frozen beneath ice in Norway was captured on a Hasselblad film camera
NEWS The photo is almost poetic, with the mallard drake caught partly above and partly beneath the ice – a stark visual divide between life and death, shot on 120 film
This award-winning, upside-down photo of a color-changing spider ambushing a bee relied on an unusual camera feature: A tilting LCD screen
NEWS 'Bee Meal' offers insight into a hidden macro world, where spiders change colors to match their surroundings – all to optimize the hunt, captured on a Micro Four Thirds camera
