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Back in 1996, National Geographic released a documentary film titled “The Photographers” that gives the world a behind-the-scenes look …

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

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.

In 1505, Leonardo da Vinci painted a vast mural in Florence's town hall titled "The Battle of Anghiari" -- believed to be one of his greatest works. After being on display for more than 40 years, the unfinished painting was lost when the hall underwent renovations and new murals by Giorgio Vasari were added. There are no known records explaining what happened to the piece, but many people believe that it is currently hidden behind one particular mural called "Battle of Marciano in Val di Chiana".

Photographer David Yoder began photographing this mystery for the National Geographic starting in 2007, and soon began looking for a way to photograph the lost painting through the existing mural. He's currently attempting to raise $266,500 through Kickstarter to develop a camera to do this.

National Geographic recently gave expedition photographer Jimmy Chin the assignment of shooting a …

It’s not every where you get to watch and hear someone picking the brain of a National Geographic photographer.

Check out this photograph of camel thorn trees in Namibia shot by Frans Lanting. It looks like a painting but is actually a photograph...

Tinted orange by the morning sun, a soaring dune is the backdrop for the hulks of camel thorn trees in Namib-Naukluft Park.

Can your eyes and brain make any sense of it?

National Geographic created this nifty little video teaching how to turn any room with a view into a giant …

This is the first color photograph ever taken underwater. It's a hogfish captured off the Florida Keys in 1926 by National Geographic photographer Charles Martin and Dr. William Longley. In addition to some special waterproof camera housing, the duo used pounds of highly explosive magnesium flash powder to illuminate the scene.

If you were given the seemingly impossible task of photographing a giant 300-foot-tall Redwood tree, how would you go about doing so? National Geographic photographer Michael Nichols chose to use raise up a special rig of three Canon 1Ds Mark II DSLR cameras into the air, photographing dozens of photographs that he stitched into a beautiful panoramic tree photo. The photograph was used as the cover photo of the October 2009 edition of the National Geographic.

It’s always fun listening to photographers recount once-in-a-lifetime experiences that lead to once-in-a-lifetime photographs. In this short National Geographic …

Think it’s difficult to muster up enough courage for street photography? At least strangers don’t eat you! This wildlife …

Being a photographer for the National Geographic opens the door to all kinds of photo opportunities that other photographers …

Bruce Dale spent 30 years as a staff photographer for National Geographic, travelling the world and having thousands of …

A great way to learn and become inspired is to look at great photographs. Even better is listening to …

National Geographic cameraman Bob Poole was in Mali searching for elephants when he …

The mysterious white camera -- most likely the NX100 -- that was seen in a leaked photograph from a commercial shoot recently has apparently been spotted again, this time in a National Geographic/Samsung advertisement posted to YouTube.

It’s the end of an era. Photojournalist Steve McCurry has developed the last …

Documentary filmmaker and photographer Louie Psihoyos is on the list of nominees for this year's Oscar in Documentary Features. The film, The Cove, is an expository investigative documentary about dolphin killing in Japan.

If the entire Calvin and Hobbes collection can be found in a complete set, then why shouldn't National Geographic? Well now it can!

Here's a video that's going viral on YouTube. National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen traveled to Antarctica to photograph leopard seals in the water. After arriving, they came across one of the largest leopard seals his experienced guide had ever seen. What happened next you'll have to see to believe: