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Nikon F2 camera.
“It’s amazing that this camera survived a volcanic eruption” – forthcoming documentary tells the valiant, yet tragic, story of a photographer’s last act

By Alan Palazon Published

News 8:32, a forthcoming documentary, commemorates photographer Robert Landsburg, who, in the face of certain death, snapped a remarkable series of Mt. St. Helens’ violent eruption

News
Child workers photographed by Lewis Hine
He posed as a Bible salesman to sneak his camera into factories. It was risky, but Lewis Hine’s photos eventually helped end child labor in America

By Tom May Published

History His pictures of children in mills, mines and canneries stand as a powerful example of photography driving change

History
LIFE is coming back from the dead. The magazine that launched the careers of many famous photographers is publishing again. But can the new $45 quarterly succeed in a world full of free images?

By Tom May Published

Opinion The relaunch of the legendary picture magazine is welcome, but we should be realistic about what it can achieve

Opinion
Photographer Jerry Gay of Blaine, Wash., displays his 1975 Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of firemen resting after battling a house fire
He arrived at the scene of a house fire after the flames had already been extinguished. But photographer Jerry Gay turned his lens on firefighters instead – and won a Pulitzer

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

NEWS Jerry Gay, a photographer who won a 1975 Pulitzer for a photograph of firefighters, has died at the age of 79

NEWS
Escaramuza.
This atmospheric photo shot on a medium-format film camera opens a window onto the identity, history and resilience of women in traditional Mexican-American horsemanship

By Alan Palazon Published

Photojournalism Constance Jaeggi O’Connor’s photo series Escaramuza, the Poetics of Home explores the cultural heritage and challenges faced by women practicing the equestrian tradition across the US

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A young girl in a dark headscarf peers out from behind a half-open wooden door with a metal bolt, standing against a dim grey wall, while beyond the door a sunlit room with patterned curtains
A picture of two halves: as an Afghan girl stares straight into the camera, light, shadow and color tell a story about confinement, with no need for words

By Tom May Published

Awards Stefano Rosselli’s portrait gives voice to a generation of women shut out of public life

Awards
Monochrome image depicting a ballet dancer performing in a garage.
Beyond polished performances: photographing the “quieter, unguarded” moments of ballet dancing

By Alan Palazon Published

Photojournalism Interval, a series by Idaho-based photographer Weston McGhee, explores ballet dancing in spontaneous settings, with one of the images recently chosen by VSCO to feature on a billboard

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An aerial view shows a commemorative installation marking the third anniversary of Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel, in Tel Aviv on October 7, 2026.
This drone photograph looks like a striking pattern – but look closer, and it becomes a devastating reminder of the gruesome facts

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

DRONE A drone photograph by a photojournalist in Israel illustrates the power an aerial perspective can have

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DRONE
A row of Afghan refugee women in brightly coloured headscarves, most with their faces veiled, stand against a grey concrete wall holding hairdryers triumphantly above their heads, cables dangling.
Why has a photo of women holding hairdryers been awarded Global Peace Image of the Year?

By Tom May Published

Italian photojournalist Silvia Alessi found a highly original way to tell the story of oppression in Afghanistan

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Black and white photo of David Bowie leaning out of a car window at night, pointing angrily at the camera with his teeth bared.
Punched by Bowie, thumped by Jagger and swatted with a newspaper by Dylan: a new book reveals what it really took to get the shot as a paparazzo, long before autofocus did the hard work

By Tom May Published

Forget autofocus tracking and 30fps bursts: this veteran tabloid photographer's new book recalls a time when fieldcraft, nerve and legwork mattered more

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