Photography

From professional wrestler to photography's top prize! Meet the winners of the 2026 Leica Oskar Barnack Award

Headless chicken bags Event Photographer of the Year 2026 title… "The photograph tells it all: it was a very, very hot day and I felt so bad for this poor young girl"

“The light was extremely scarce and that was the greatest difficulty in getting the shot” – major wine photography contest winner explains the difficulty he had shooting his award-winning image

Armed with just a compact camera, housing, and a light, a diver returned to the same spot multiple times. Finally, a crab emerged in a “rare moment of maternal care,” snagging major honors

"I visited this magical yet desolate mountain landscape. Some of the country’s last wax palm forests survive here" – Award-winning photographer captures threatened Yellow-eared Parrot in Colombia

Does this pitbull look “dangerous” to you? “No” says 2026 International Dog Photographer of the Year

On a dark March night off the coast of Japan, a ghostly ribbonfish trailing gossamer filaments rises through a swarm of salps. Photographer Mitsuna Kawai was there to capture it – and her camera choice was inspired

Fancy trying your hand at judging a photography competition? Cast your vote in this major monochrome contest

"As my companions caught up with me, the cave came alive in an explosion of fluttering wings. I had a nasty fall on the river rocks on my return trip, but my knee pain vanished when I saw this photo"

A policeman directs traffic from a metal bin, Harrow boys queue for sweets in straw boaters, and men on stilts tend the Kent hops: new photo book opens a fascinating window on 1930s Britain

German photographer Wolfgang Zurborn spent lockdown scanning his pictures of crowds, and learned something profound about finding order inside chaos

“I want my picture to hurt you.” Now 90, renowned Vietnam War photographer Don McCullin shares why he wants to create photos to lose sleep over – and why he hates his most famous photograph

French photographer Nicolas Rachline transforms deserted streets into film noir, elevates mood over moment, and demonstrates that every picture doesn't actually need to tell a story

What does a city lose when its ‘ordinary’ places disappear? The photography couple's “race against time” to document New York’s mom-and-pop diners

Philippe Halsman fled Paris in 1940 with nothing but his camera and 12 prints. After his death, his grandson found the glass plates he left behind – and they offer a fascinating glimpse into the genesis of a photography legend

A century of National Geographic's best US photography, gathered together in one beautiful volume, makes me want to go out and shoot on film again

Flower photography isn't just about pretty roses: photographers in this new collection found beauty from weeds in concrete and ghosts in cyanotype

The Vogue photographer who never let his models stand still: Neil Kirk spent decades capturing supermodels mid-stride, mid-leap and mid-laugh

Pro photographer gets £5,000 of his gear seized by customs for not having this important document. What exactly is an ATA carnet, and why did he need one?

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

A boyfriend served up for breakfast and a forest floor burning in the shape of a deer: this new exhibition shows just how much thought goes into a staged photograph

Siena Awards Photo Festival 2026: war, human rights and humanity's relationship with nature explored as major photojournalists take stage

Nadav Kander's photographs show us why sometimes, fog, empty sky and flat water make better pictures than a crowded frame

A family with their dog, an old woman on a fire escape, a faded Stars and Stripes – For five decades, photographer Masao Gozu walked New York's immigrant neighborhoods and pointed his camera up at people's windows

No polar bears, no wind farms: this outdoor exhibition asked 20 photographers to find new ways of showing the climate crisis, and they didn't hold back

A student photographer wandered the streets of Detroit with a camera in 1972, then left the negatives in storage for four decades. Now they're an award-winning exhibition, and that teaches us something profound about viewing our old work

Most photography exhibitions only show photographs. Leica tried another approach in Amsterdam, and I think they're onto something

The powerful images of 20th-century American photographer Gordon Parks have been analyzed endlessly, but now it's the turn of the people he caught with his camera to have their say

Photography festivals work better with a theme, and Bristol has built an entire biennial around this single unsettling idea

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I made a lens diffuser for my camera using panty hose to get dreamy, soft-focus shots!

Nano Banana is now inside Lightroom. Adobe has quietly added an experimental Prompt to Edit tool that regenerates images inside Lightroom

DxO and Affinity join forces to take your photos from RAW file to finished edit

I ditched Photoshop after 15 years – Now, five months of using Affinity, I have absolutely no desire to go back to Adobe

"Quality, color and reliability" – How this Scandinavian company has shaped the future of photography

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

The best photo organizing software in 2026

DxO launches “most powerful RAW editor yet” with PhotoLab 10

My favorite retro lens filter for a film-like look is now a digital slider. Adobe has sneak-launched a new “glow” slider, and I’m already obsessed

This drone photograph looks like a striking pattern – but look closer, and it becomes a devastating reminder of the gruesome facts

Real-life Patrick from Spongebob photographed by ocean researchers along with 57 completely new marine species

Filmmaker captures invasive species by dropping night-vision camera into the River Thames’ murky depths

Some of Magnum's finest photographers have been spending summer in the pub, and their pictures show exactly why documentary photography earns its salt

This colorful, lost bird species hasn’t been seen in 13 years. A photographer just took the “best photos ever taken of this bird” – and the first-ever video

“I was confident I’d photographed the right species but given how rare they are, I also had a bit of doubt.” Photographer captures one of Australia’s rarest birds with a last-gen full-frame camera

Michigan confirms unusual fox photo is “an incredibly rare sight” – and could be the only one like it in the region

Why has a photo of women holding hairdryers been awarded Global Peace Image of the Year?

“She just rocketed through and then it was over,” says Nat Geo filmmaker on first-ever underwater camera footage of great white shark ripping prey from fishing line at Cape Cod

Photokina camera expo is coming back from the dead... sort of. Here's what's really happening

Iconic classic cars play backdrop to one-day photo show in Somerset tomorrow

Fujifilm Fujikina is coming to the US, turning NYC into “a living gallery space,” along with photo walks, workshops, and talks

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

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

Nikon will be hosting free workshops across these US cities this year as the iconic yellow SUV returns

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!

Drag-and-drop video editing? Here’s how "modular" video templates can transform your timeline

Adobe’s popular video editor has finally arrived on Android – and it’s free. Adobe Premiere mobile is built for faster edits for creators

The best graphics cards for video editing in 2026

Hollywood darling of video editing software gets AI assistants and expanded photography features in big update

How Adobe Stock templates help creatives work faster without starting from scratch

Neewer X11 2-in-1 review: This teleprompter is just the ticket for more than simply talking to camera

TourBox Elite Plus review: a wireless control console for computers and tablets

The best keyboard for video editing in 2026

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