Latest articles by Tom May
Love bites: This powerful wildlife photo, taken with a Sony A1, captures the beautiful chaos of motherhood
WINNER Photographer Janet Gustin froze a split-second moment of tender chaos in this award-winning image
"No, The Queen didn't walk out": Annie Leibovitz reveals the truth behind her infamous royal photo shoot
News The portrait photographer recalls what really happened during her historic session at Buckingham Palace in 2007.
Best dry cabinet for cameras in 2026: keep your kit safe in a climate-controlled cupboard
buying guide Protect your valuable equipment from humidity, with the best dry cabinet for cameras and lenses
Shot with a Fujifilm X-T4 camera, this entrancing image beautifully captures an ancient Hindu ritual
NEWS Indranil Sengupta's award-winning shot captures the intimate moment a young performer is transformed into a Hindu deity
Rugged phones completely changed my life in 2025 – here's why these big beasts have become my most trusted travelling companions
Opinion These travel companions solved problems that I didn't know I had
You have less than 2 weeks to enter the £10,000 LCE Photographer of the Year
NEWS The free-to-enter photography contest closes on January 21
Meet the youthful, often shocking future of fine art photography at Circulation(s) 2026
News 26 photographers from 15 countries showcase work in Paris exploring identity, memory and social issues
How Martin Parr spent five decades photographing the climate crisis – without even realizing
NEWS A new Paris retrospective reinterprets the late photographer's work as environmental unravelling
200 unpublished Sophia Loren portraits teach us the importance of trust between photographers and their subjects
News A Life magazine photographer's decades-long access to the Hollywood icons offers lessons for today's image-saturated world
These new AI smart glasses could actually make sense for photographers (and they're cheaper than RayBans)
CES 2026 You get 10 minutes of video recording, triple-format capture for social platforms, and prescription lenses as standard
This flip-open food camera uses AI to track everything you eat (but it is not meant for foodporn)
CES 2026 Amazfit's V1TAL Food Camera raises questions about where cameras belong in daily life
The best slide viewers in 2026: the easy way to rediscover your old slides
Buying guide Whether you wish to view old pictures or are shooting on film afresh today, these are the best slide viewers
The best microscope in 2026: Perfect for students, kids and photographers
Buying guide Explore inner space, educate your children, and shoot macro images with the best microscopes
Honor just reinvented the camera phone! But will this tempt you away from Apple?
CES The Robot Phone packs in a three-axis gimbal, potentially replacing thousands of dollars worth of stabilization gear.
This new foldable phone could be a game changer for photographers
CES 2026 Stylus support on a foldable sounds super-useful, right?
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency: why Nan Goldin's flash-lit photo essay on intimacy still resonates in 2026
news The genre-defining photobook gets its first complete UK showing, 40 years after it changed photography forever
France set to stage a year-long celebration to mark 200 years of photography in 2026
News Major exhibitions and commissions will honor Nicéphore Niépce's invention and explore photography's evolution from 1826 to today.
Yes, this IS a photograph! How a double exposure turned a water strider into an award-worthy work of art
NEWS Anirudh Kamakeri's creative use of this sophisticated technique earned him Special Mention from the Nature in Focus awards
Richard Avedon's American West: what today's portrait photographers can still learn from this classic series
This 1979 documentary project remains a masterclass in environmental portraiture and authentic storytelling.
When Torchlight Meets Tusks: this hauntingly beautiful photo casts new light on the relationship between man and beast
NEWS Ramprasad Dutta's incredible photograph earned Special Mention at this year's Nature in Focus awards
These are the best photography awards to enter in 2026, ranked by submission deadline
You can't get recognition if you don't submit, right?
In Memoriam: the brilliant photographers we sadly lost in 2025
It's been a year of loss for the photographic community, from technical pioneers to Magnum legends.
These are the pictures Martin Parr planned to show at the Pearly Gates
A new exhibition reminds us how one photographer rewrote the rules of documentary photography.
