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

By Wendy Evans Published

How to Shoot creative photos with a bespoke diffusion effect by using bubble wrap and sheer stockings

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Black and white images of two New York windows from Masao Gozu's series Windows & Bars
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

By Tom May Published

News A new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art surveys five decades of apartment buildings in the Big Apple, and whoever happened to be leaning out

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A powerful rhino trudges through a grassy field, surrounded by birds in flight against a dramatic black-and-white sky
Fancy trying your hand at judging a photography competition? Cast your vote in this major monochrome contest

By Alan Palazon Published

NEWS The Exposure One Photographer of the Year contest has opened the People’s Vote for its 2026 competition. Check out these amazing black-and-white images, and pick your favorite

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A brown bird with wings spread flies through a dark, mossy forest
"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"

By Kim Bunermann Published

NEWS Award-winning photographer tells the story behind his honored image in major bird photography competition – and the challenges behind the capture

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Behind-the-scenes photos from Jada and David's All About the Journey truck set across America
For one photography duo, “challenge” means “creativity.” So they built an entire set in the back of a pickup truck – and started driving it 7,000 miles across America

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

INTERVIEW Jada and David built a custom wormhole set into the back of a truck, mixing a made-up world with reality in a 30+ day creative journey from coast to coast

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The rusting, gutted shells of several old cars sit among pine and birch trees in a forest, with grass and saplings growing around them and a black bird perched on one roof.
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

By Tom May Published

News Plants swallow a Chernobyl cooling tower, tourists gawp at a melting glacier and Sri Lankans recycle discarded plastic into wearable art

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Photograph of soccer action during the Scottish Premiership clash between Motherwell and Falkirk, April 4, 2026, taken by Chantelle Cook.
"I spent a day shooting top-flight football with an entry-level mirrorless camera", student learns pro camera skills at Motherwell FC

By Peter Fenech Published

How to Photography student Chantelle Cook bagged photos worthy of a pro with her crop-sensor Canon EOS R50 – here's how

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Two Baird's tapirs at the base of a rainforest tree in Costa Rica, one wearing a GPS collar and stretching up to eat from clusters of long green fruit hanging on the trunk
Deep in the Costa Rican rainforest, an adult tapir teaches a youngster to survive in the most fragile of ecosystems. Here's how this prize-winning photography captured the scene so beautifully

By Tom May Published

NEWS Michiel van Noppen's Fritz Pölking Prize-winning composition tells a conservation story with remarkable clarity

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At night, a person with a bright headtorch reaches a gloved, tattooed arm towards a scarred Baird's tapir to treat an open wound on its face, holding a container of red liquid.
At 17 minutes past midnight, two men in the Costa Rican rainforest fight to save a tapir from a flesh-eating parasite. Michiel van Noppen was there to photograph the action in style

By Tom May Published

NEWS A headtorch, a flash and a dragged shutter were key to the success of this dramatic picture

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