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Awards Norwegian photographer Audun Rikardsen rigged his camera directly beneath a seal’s breathing hole in the Arctic drift ice, capturing the moment a hungry polar bear stuck its head through, looking for its next meal

Astrophotography Reddit user Prestigious-Ad-5238 shared the surprisingly good result, which they achieved by putting their OM-5 into Handheld Hi-Res mode and mounting it on a tripod

News Only around 15 percent of cameras tracked by Japanese market research firm BCN+R are Micro Four Thirds. This retro mirrorless is beating those odds to hit the top ten

News Reddit user Mr_BananaPants said he “reverse engineered” Sony firmware to add shutter angle, but things backfired after the mirrorless camera became unresponsive

Black-and-white photography The major black-and-white award crowns both a professional and amateur Photographer of the Year, along with numerous category winners, in one of the world’s major monochrome photography celebrations

Firmware Update The firmware update adds support for 50fps continuous shooting in two high-speed modes, giving wildlife photographers in particular more opportunities to capture fleeting moments

Awards Ukrainian photojournalist Dmitry Kostyukov captured the award-winning scene during the robot's trial phase at a French nursing facility in 2019 – and with the 2027 awards entry period about to close, it’s your last chance to submit an image

Wildlife Photography British wildlife photographer Andy Rouse recently won the MontPhoto Contest 2026 with an artistic nighttime frame of a leopard shot at ISO 51200 and a 1/15-second shutter speed

NASA The NASA rover has beamed back a series of shots depicting wind-carved cliffs on Mars illuminated by golden dawn light, which the space agency compiled into a dramatic panorama

AI Controversy Nikon disqualified the winner of the 2026 Small World in Motion Video Competition after the judges determined AI was involved in its creation, but the company is keeping details of exactly how under wraps…

Awards This year's Grand Prize winner was photographer Dianne Slotten, who captured the adventurous image in Catalina State Park, Arizona, on an iPhone 16 Pro

Camera Traps The sighting took place along a jungle corridor connecting Guatemala and Honduras, and marked the first time in a decade that the conservationists had seen the species on both sides of this border region

News Spanish photographer Miguel Serrano Ruiz spent a month documenting vital turtle conservation efforts in Baja California, Mexico, winning an Ocean Photographer of the Year award

Underwater Photography The major haul of marine discoveries took place during a deep-sea canyon expedition off the coast of Argentina, with footage of the beloved cartoon-esque starfish subsequently "propelling" it to international fame

News The Aura6 is a forthcoming digital video camera inspired by the classic Super8 that only shoots up to 6-second clips and automatically stitches them into a short movie

News As the Louis Jadot Wine Photographer of the Year Award 2027 opens for entries, last year’s winner reveals how, while immersed in darkness inside an enormous vat, he captured his commended image

News Conservationists used motion-activated cameras to document the elusive Andean cat in Mendoza Province, proving how vital imaging technology is in monitoring the endangered species across the region

News The new document highlights a series of 1:1 magnification prime lenses that could finally see Canon expand its cost-friendlier macro offerings for the RF mount

OCEAN Italian photographer Andrea Michelutti captured the intimate scene of a harlequin crab tending to her cluster of embryos, earning honors at the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year Awards

News The Italian city of Siena once again transforms into a major contemporary photography festival with leading photojournalists including Cinzia Canneri, Pierpaolo Mittica and Jasper Doest exhibiting

News Brian Skerry, the renowned National Geographic filmmaker, captured the first-ever footage of underwater great white depredation in Cape Cod, Massachusetts where experts say flourishing seal populations have attracted more sharks

NEWS Katie Brockman was this year’s overall Dog Photography Awards winner with a thought-provoking shot of her pitbull, Caldwell, questioning the “dangerous” narrative that often defines this breed

NEWS The Exposure One Photographer of the Year contest has opened the People’s Vote for its 2026 competition. Check out these amazing black-and-white images, and pick your favorite