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There’s power in a simple camera angle. From Dolly Parton to natural disasters, the best news photos this week highlight the power of composition
By Hillary K. Grigonis Published
NEWS The most powerful news photographs this week highlight the power of composition and camera angle as a storytelling tool

Eight hours after drilling an adjacent hole in the Arctic ice, this photographer finally captured a polar bear staring straight into his DSLR lens
By Kim Bunermann Published
NEWS Norwegian photographer Audun Rikardsen waited hours for this extraordinary seal's-eye view of a polar bear – now highlighted by the world's leading wildlife photography competition

Andrew Crommelin and Charles Davidson took the photograph that proved Einstein right about the universe in 1919. So why does history only remember Arthur Eddington's name?
By Tom May Published
Features The photographer who gets the credit isn't always the one who took the decisive shot

Africa's best night-safari destinations could also be dream locations for astrophotographers
By Alan Palazon Published
News A new study ranks Africa's best destinations for seeing wildlife after dark – but its findings also reveal where photographers can escape light pollution and capture star-filled skies

The UK’s rarest bird has a new top-secret nest – but here’s where you can go to photograph them, albeit with “extreme” caution
By Alan Palazon Published
News Montagu’s harriers, Britain’s rarest bird of prey, have successfully nested in a secret location – but in Spain, these birds can be photographed under “extreme” caution, say conservation groups

NASA launches astronomical wide-angle lens into space – what will the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope capture, and how does it differ from James Webb and Hubble?
By Alan Palazon Published
News The observatory will have a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble’s, acting as a wide-angle lens snapping vast swaths of the night sky, to help unravel mysteries of dark energy and exoplanets

These 20th century photos of Mexican workers being rounded up and sent back highlight how mass deportations from the USA are nothing new
By Tom May Published
A new exhibition traces a century of recruitment and removal, from the 1930s to the 1950s

"We speak to thousands of photographers every year": How Capture One builds the future of professional workflows by providing "technology that almost seems to melt away"
By Kim Bunermann Published
INTERVIEW Capture One's CEO reveals how conversations with photographers around the world shape the company’s products, why tethering remains essential for professional shoots, and how a small Danish team continues to influence global photography

When photo competitions get it wrong, there are no "bad guys" – just the rule-abiding photographers that get stabbed in the back
By Alan Palazon Published
opinion At this year’s Capture the Dark photo competition, winning images broke the rules. While there are never “goodies” nor “baddies” when this happens, there are the rule-abiding entrants left asking: What the heck?

Leonard Jefferson wasn't using a professional camera and only knew the rapper Tupac Shakur slightly, yet he captured one of the most iconic images in modern music history
By Tom May Published
NEWS The last-ever photograph of the star before he was murdered wasn't taken by a pro, but by someone who just said hello
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