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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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Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in sea, Mexico, Guadalupe Island
“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

By Alan Palazon Published

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

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Man falling through air against a cloudy sky
Nadav Kander's photographs show us why sometimes, fog, empty sky and flat water make better pictures than a crowded frame

By Tom May Published

News With subjects ranging from Obama and David Lynch to Chernobyl and the Yangtze, Nadav Kander's photography is a masterclass in less being more

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A young European hamster peers out from inside a wire live trap, while a smiling researcher sits out of focus in the foreground on the left.
A wide-eyed young hamster pauses at the mouth of a wire trap as a conservationist watches on. Christoph Kaula's prize-winning photo tells a small story of hope for one of Europe's rarest mammals

By Tom May Published

NEWS This arresting image highlights how conservationists are fighting to bring the European common hamster back from the brink

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A group of laughing women in headscarves, stained aprons and boots link arms and wave as they march along a cobbled street with tram tracks, while a police officer watches from behind
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

By Tom May Published

NEWS This 616-page hardback gathers together hundreds of archive photographs, many never seen before, of a nation caught between tradition and modernity.

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Laowa 24mm f/2 Tilt Shift lens
Venus Optics doesn’t really do ‘ordinary’, and it’s latest Laowa 24mm f/2 Zero-D Tilt-Shift camera lens is anything but…

By Matthew Richards Published

News This new multi-function lens offers full tilt and shift functions with a fast f/2 aperture and zero distortion

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A green parrot perched on a tree trunk amid falling rain, with a blurred forest in the background
"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

By Kim Bunermann Published

NEWS The capture of a Yellow-eared Parrot in Colombia's natural valley in the Cañón del Río Anaime, Tolima, wins a major award, shining a spotlight on wildlife conservation

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Pitbull wearing crown made of newpaper.
Does this pitbull look “dangerous” to you? “No” says 2026 International Dog Photographer of the Year

By Alan Palazon Published

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

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Nice retro camera, knitted with colored wool. Handmade crochet camera on blue background. Amigurumi Camera
Apparently, photography is a “granny hobby” – and I’m not sure how I feel about that

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

OPINION Some lists put photography among the growing trend of "granny hobbies." But is photography REALLY a granny hobby?

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A translucent ribbonfish with a shimmering pink and blue body swims upwards against a black background, trailing long, fine filaments from its fins as glowing salps drift around it.
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

By Tom May Published

NEWS Mitsuna Kawai's blackwater portrait of a ribbonfish among salps won the Ocean Unseen category of Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026; here's how

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