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Men walk through rubble at the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on September 14, 2026
I feel like I’ve been gut-punched. These emotional news photos prove the power of lines in storytelling

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

NEWS These dramatic news photographs illustrate the impact of lines in a photograph

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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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A view of workers at Ground Zero shot through the shattered window of an apartment building on September 13, 2001
“I went from being a photojournalist to just another New Yorker running for their lives." A New Yorker for only two months, he recorded the devastation of 9/11 with a 3.1MP camera

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9/11 Mario Tama had only been a photojournalist with Getty for two months when he photographed the World Trade Center on 9/11. This is his story

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The south tower of the World Trade Center, left, begins to collapse in New York Tuesday Sept. 11. 2001
“I saw the tower was about to collapse. I took one photo. Then someone shouted, ‘Run!’” In shock, covered in dust, and bleeding, she captured some of the most memorable 9/11 photos

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9/11 Gulnara Samoilova was an Associated Press photo editor living just four blocks from the World Trade Center on 9/11. This is her story

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Newspaper boy Ned Parfett sells copies of the Evening News telling of the Titanic maritime disaster, outside Oceanic House, the London offices of the Titanic’s owner, the White Star Line, in Cockspur Street, London, 16th April 1912. Six years later Parfett died whilst serving in France during World War I. He was killed in a German bombardment on 29th October 1918, 13 days before the end of the War. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The most famous face of the Titanic disaster belongs to a newsboy nobody thought to name – taken by a photographer nobody credited, either

By Tom May Published

famous photos The fame of Ned Parfett's photo has outlived him by over a century

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Visa pour l'Image photography festival loses its founder: why Jean-François Leroy's passing is a huge loss to photojournalism

By Tom May Published

Obituary The man who launched the world's biggest photojournalism festival has died aged 69

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An older man holding a camera and a woman stand together in a grassy field under a cloudy sky with concerned expressions.
Movies featuring real-life photographers don't always hit the right notes, but new Netflix movie H for Hawk gets Fleet Street legend Alisdair Macdonald spot on

By Tom May Published

Brendan Gleeson plays the real Daily Mirror shooter, whose actual pictures anchor this Claire Foy grief drama

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TOPSHOT - An aerial view shows houses lying deluged in sludge after flash floods at Devighat, Bidur Municipality in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 27, 2026. Nepal's disaster agency said that 823 people remained out of contact on August 27, more than 24 hours after a deadly flood tore through the border region with Tibet. (Photo by Prabin RANABHAT / AFP via Getty Images)
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

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A photograph of rapper Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight, taken by Leonard Jefferson just minutes before the fatal shooting is displayed during the murder trial of Duane Davis, related to the 1996 killing of Shakur, at Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 21, 2026. The trial of the former gang leader accused of orchestrating the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur began on August 10, 30 years after one of America's most high-profile unresolved killings. The proceedings, expected to last a month, will likely not make clear who fired the shots that killed the California hip-hop legend on the night of September 7, 1996, while he was in Las Vegas to see a Mike Tyson boxing match. (Photo by Bizuayeha TESFAYE / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
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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3FCB1J2 FILE - Released prisoner of war Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm is greeted by his family at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif., as he returns home from the Vietnam War, March 17, 1973. (AP Photo/Sal Veder, File)
Pulitzer-winning photographer Sal Veder has died aged 99 – his most famous frame carries a lesson for all of us

By Tom May Published

News The man behind one of the most reprinted news photos of the 20th century taught us something important about truth.

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