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Here's what Henri Cartier-Bresson, the father of modern photojournalism, said about his concept of "The Decisive Moment" in an interview with The Washington Post in 1957.

Do you feel like the quality of your photography falls short of where you want it to be? Don’t …

Here’s an old clip in which Steve Jobs talks about how he sees the world: When you grow up …

Here's another cool example of what's possible when you combine creativity with an insane amount of dedication: animator Jonathan Chong spent hundreds of hours creating this stop motion video for the song "Against The Grain" by the Australian band Hudson. He animated everything by hand, and captured 5125 individual photographs of 920 pencils for the three-minute long finished product.

If you think you can’t compete as a photographer because you’re past a certain age, think again. Here’s a …

Australian photographer Liam McHenry tells the inspiring story of an encounter he had …

Here’s an inspiring and educational video in which Marc Silber sits down to …

Here’s an inspiring video in which photographer and speaker Dewitt Jones talks about …

Photographer Nathan Seabrook made this creative stop-motion music video for the band Yuba …

Here's an uber-inspiring video in which National Geographic photographer Sam Abell discusses the difference between "taking" and "making" photographs through his experience of shooting one particular photograph for a story on painter Charles M. Russell. He explains that taking an image is shooting a photo as a reaction, without any preparation, while making a photograph is a process.

When Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, photographer …

We love sharing about photography-related movies that you might want to add to your “films to watch” list, and …

Photojournalist João Silva lost his legs to a land mine in Afghanistan at the end of last year, but -- after months of intense rehabilitation -- returned to work in July, landing a photo on the front page of the New York Times. On August 2nd, Silva visited the Bronx Documentary Center and gave a talk on his thoughts and experiences.

Here’s a pretty inspiring video that poses a simple question: “how bad do you want it”? It’s from motivational …

Here’s an interesting video in which Jack White — singer and guitarist of …

Transform is a short film by photographer Zack Arias that offers encouragement to …

"Vector Portraits" is a series of candid portraits of passing motorists shot by photographer Andrew Bush between 1989 and 1997 in the Los Angeles area. After making 66 of these portraits, he published a photo book with them titled "Drive".

Back in 2006, Flickr user André Rabelo submitted the above photograph to the group pool of DeleteMe!, a group whose members vote on photos to weed out any photos that aren't "incredible pictures, amazing, astonishing, perfect". Sadly, the photograph was very quickly removed by popular vote.

Street photographer Eric Kim generated some buzz last month by recording …

Here’s an interesting trailer for Artists & Alchemists, a documentary film coming out …

Nikon has been doing a pretty good job with its “I AM NIKON” advertising campaign in Europe — so …

Here’s a short inspirational video featuring Canadian photographer Jeff Wall in which he …

Here's a neat photo project for you to try: find a friend who loves photography just as much as you do, and share a roll of film. After one person finishes using up a roll, rewind it and send it to the other person. That's what photographers Lexi and Natalie did with their project Exposed Far Away.

Here’s a terrific 20-minute video that features Henri Cartier-Bresson — the father of …

Here's a short 5-minute news segment on Ruth Gruber and her work as a photojournalist during the Holocaust. Currently 100 years old, Gruber was an eyewitness to much of the history most of us have only read about in books.

This short video gives a beautiful and inspiring introduction to night photography. Don’t watch it if you already have …

If you have 20 minutes to spare, here's an interesting video in which winning photographers of the 66th Pictures of the Year International contest discuss the power of photojournalism and some of their work. This is similar to the "What Makes a Great Picture?" by National Geographic that we shared back in September.

The latest Transformers movie to crawl out of the Hollywood cookie-cutter machine had a budget of $200 million. The above 2.5 minute short film was created by Amateur Russian filmmaker Alexander Semenov using a Canon 550D (with a 18-55mm kit lens and 50mm 1.8) and a Nikon D5000 (with a 18-55mm kit lens). In other words, the gear used was entry-level quality with kit lenses.

Freezelight is a Russian group that creates light painting photographs and animations. They have a pretty interesting blog showcasing their work, and opened up a Vimeo account a few days ago to showcase their films.

Photographers often go through hours, days, or weeks of work to achieve certain photographs, and the dedication is usually reflected in the end result. That might seem like a lot of work to you if you typically only spend a few seconds framing and snapping a photograph, but what if I told you that a crew from BBC spent two years working on a 60 second clip?

Here's a dose of creative inspiration: a hand animated video of parkour. Created by Serene Teh and Noel Lee, parkour motion reel is a pretty unique take on the flip book style of animation.

Editor’s note: Jan von Holleben is the photographer well known for his project “Dreams of Flying”. He just completed a …