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The long road to being seen: one photographer's 90-day quest to portray what Muslim America really looks like
By Tom May published
News British photographer Mahtab Hussain is setting out to discover what it truly means to belong in the United States

No stylist, no lighting rig… but passport photos make some of the best celebrity pictures. This new book helps me understand why with its mugshots of Joan Collins, Mick Jagger, Mohammad Ali and more
By Tom May published
Opinion It documents how a modest Oxford Street studio, open for 66 years, assembled an astonishing archive of famous faces

This $5 coffee shop trick beats a $5,000 studio shoot and it's perfect for building your portrait photography career
By Ariane Sherine published
Opinion Photographers spend hundreds or more on studio time, but relaxing a client – and getting better results – can cost a lot less...

Clients love it when I use AI – until they find out it's AI
By Ariane Sherine published
Opinion Some photography clients don't like to know that you've used AI. But there is a solution...

Did we all get Diane Arbus wrong? These three overlooked photos suggest we might have
By Tom May published
International Women's Day Her true subject was never deviance; it was dignity.

Three days, a Rolleiflex camera and 2,000 frames: the shoot that defined master photographer Irving Penn
By Tom May published
News How an impulsive detour to the Peruvian Andes produced one of the 20th century's most important portrait series.

“Lifetouch is not named in the Epstein files.” US school photography giant Lifetouch issues statement after Epstein investor ties create parent confusion and panic
By Hillary K. Grigonis published
LIFETOUCH “Lifetouch does not – and has never provided – images to any third party,” the company said after online parent panic

Ellen von Unwerth's photo of Melania Trump highlights the enduring power of the 90s fashion aesthetic
By Tom May published
Opinion The Amazon film may be controversial, but the portrait is a masterclass in a bold, graphic style that defined an era.

This is how I photograph gritty portraits like an award-winning TV crime show using filters & flash!
By Peter Travers published
How to Learn to both blur and darken backgrounds to capture more dramatic portraits with a combination of ND filters and fill-in flash as pro photographer Peter Travers explains
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