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Colorful nebula with dense orange and blue gas clouds surrounding bright stars in deep space
Rarely photographed Shark Nebula showing oceanic predator prowling the skies above Kuwaiti desert wins world's largest astrophotography competition. It took over 28 hours to capture it, says award-winning photographer

By Kim Bunermann Published

NEWS 650 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus, the Shark Nebula is made of dense interstellar dust. Now, this outstanding, detailed photograph wins a prestigious astrophotography award

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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

By Tom May Published

news Timed for the USA's 250th birthday, TASCHEN's new 700-image retrospective is an intoxicating read

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Selection of the best graphics cards for video editing photographed on a green background
The best graphics cards for video editing in 2026

By Ben Andrews Last updated

Updated Speed up your workflow with one of the best graphics cards for video editing.

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Northern Lights as seen from the ISS with a wide-angle lens showing the curvature of the earth
Excuse me while I snap the sky! NASA astronaut’s ‘Purple Haze’ photograph of aurora kissing the curvature of the Earth was taken from the ISS and is simply jaw-dropping

By Mike Harris Published

News 255 miles above Earth, from a vantage point on the International Space Station, a NASA astronaut captured an incredible green-and-purple aurora tracing Earth’s curvature

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The cover image for Cowboy Kate & Other Stories (1964), a close-up portrait of a woman in a black hat with tousled blonde hair falling across one eye.
Strange but true: one of the photographers who defined the look of London's Swinging Sixties was actually working 5,000 miles away

By Tom May Published

Born and raised in South Africa, Sam Haskins turned ordinary young women into icons, creating some of the era's most influential images from a Johannesburg studio

Fashion Photography
Close-up of a brown hare with tall ears standing in a golden wheat field
11-year-old photographer's incredible moment as a hare stares straight into his lens – his remarkable photo wins a top prize and lands on the front cover of this magazine

By Kim Bunermann Published

NEWS Crowned as the winner of a nature treasure hunt and photography competition, the young photography talent proved excellent photographic skills and a keen eye for composition

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Magnum Photos' British photographer Ian Berry poses in front of his exibition "Ghana's Disposable Children" during the 19th International Festival of Photojournalism/Visa pour l'Image, 06 September 2007 in Perpignan.
RIP Ian Berry, the Magnum photojournalist who shot the only photos of the Sharpeville massacre, and who spent more than seven decades working hard, being humble, and insisting the job was never about the gear

By Tom May Published

Obituary The English photographer has died aged 92, leaving behind an astonishing legacy of work

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Close-up of a white bird's face with a black eye patch and a pale orange beak against a blue background
"It was almost ​​​​impossible to keep the camera steady. In the remote Almirantazgo Sound, the biting cold, ever-changing light and unpredictable wind forced me to readjust my stance and refocus after every blast of photos" says award-winning photographer

By Kim Bunermann Published

NEWS With 14-year-old DSLR gear, this photographer braved Chile's challenges to capture a stunning Black-browed Albatross – and won a major prize

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Small yellow-brown bird perched on a thin branch against a blurred green and yellow background
All award-winning photographers started somewhere – 10 photography contests to get your photography noticed this September

By Kim Bunermann Published

UPDATE These international photography contests want to see your images and are open to photographers of all levels

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August Sander: Bohemians (Willy Bongard and Gottfried Brockmann), 1922-1925
Taken from the last years of Imperial Germany, and through the Weimar Republic into the Nazi era, these rarely seen images by pioneering portrait photographer August Sander highlight just how wide his range was

By Tom May Published

A new exhibition marking the photographer's 150th anniversary digs into the lesser-known corners of his archive

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