Alongside the shortlisted Student photographers, the Sony World Photography Awards also announced the 10 Youth photographers who are vying to be named Youth Photographer of the Year in the Sony World Photography Awards 2026. These 10 photographers are all 19 years old and younger, and each demonstrates artistic talent far beyond their years.
The Sony World Photography Awards has unveiled the shortlisted photos in its 2026 Student competition. The shortlisted projects showcase the exceptional photographic talent of the next generation of photographers.
After Google gave users the ability to turn their still images into six-second videos, Google Photos is now expanding on the generative AI feature by giving users even more controls.
A new app called Phozzle turns a user's iPhone photos into daily sliding puzzles, offering a simple way to revisit images that may otherwise be forgotten.
Since TikTok secured its U.S. future by establishing a majority American-owned entity, it has been beset with technical problems and there are fears over its privacy policy -- prompting people to delete the app.
Acclaimed fashion photographer Ellen Von Unwerth has shot the movie poster for Melania Trump's upcoming documentary.
In a world where AI can imitate high-quality photography, nature magazine editors must be more vigilant than ever before -- as is the case for one publication that came close to putting an AI-generated picture on its front cover.
Meta is preparing to test paid subscriptions across Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, including premium access to AI tools such as its Vibes video feature.
The Nikon ZR is receiving its first firmware update (version 1.10), which significantly increases the maximum record time to six hours, makes using it in multi-camera setups better, improves exposure monitoring, and more.
Leica is folding its women-oriented photography grant in with the company's flagship competition, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA). Alongside the usual Main and Newcomer LOBA categories, the annual competition will now include the new LOBA Women Grant, which is open to photographers worldwide.
Leica Camera AG's owners are reportedly considering selling a controlling stake in the legendary photography brand.
The Society of Photographers, founded in 1988, has unveiled the winners of its 2025 Photographer of the Year competition, including three outstanding top photos of the year plus an array of excellent category winners.
The winners of The Virtual Photography Awards for 2025 have been announced, recognizing the most outstanding images captured through in-game photography by digital artists around the globe.
The New York Times photographer who stumbled across a vital clue at the scene of a train crash in Spain that claimed the lives of 45 people has said the story "ignited a firestorm across Spanish media."
For the first time, a single experiment combines four different methods of studying dark energy and the dark Universe. At the heart of the experiment is the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera. Combined, the four experiments have delivered the clearest image yet of how dark energy shapes the Universe.
A tourist was mauled by a snow leopard after getting too close to the animal to take a photo at a ski resort in China.
From zombie apocalypse movies to alien TV shows, there is a morbid obsession with what it would be like if humans vanished from the Earth.
Google has introduced a new meme-creation feature inside Google Photos called "Me Meme", expanding its use of generative AI in consumer photo tools.
A photographer was stunned to discover that a vintage camera he bought at a charity shop still contained undeveloped film holding photographs taken in post-war Switzerland.
Photographers often embrace beauty and the sublime, unlike the current trends in other arts that downgrade their importance. There are good arguments for both rejecting and embracing aesthetics in our images.
Gen Z is pining for the pink-hued Instagram filters and relaxed photo aesthetic of 2016, part of a growing trend that younger users associate with a simpler, less algorithm-driven internet.
Do you print your photos? If not, it’s something you should consider because it is much more rewarding than just posting pictures online.
A new London exhibition, Lee Miller: Performance of a Lifetime, is not only celebrating the pioneering photographer’s extraordinary career but also raising crucial funds to preserve her fragile archive.
Two photographers who met by chance under trying circumstances on the streets of New York City put their initial pugnacious attitude toward each other aside to become firm friends.
The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) has issues a statement noting its "firm opposition" to the manipulation of journalistic images by the White House, saying it doing so was meant to purposely mislead the public.
Multiple reports indicate that a vast majority of Vimeo's staff has been let go, an unfortunate but highly predictable outcome of being acquired by private equity firm Bending Spoons.
For the many style-conscious photographers out there, fashion-forward camera bag options are few and far between. Pgytech aims to change that with its new OneGo Classic Crossbody Mobile Bag, a stylish bag that carries the compact digital cameras that are a go-to choice for hip, young creators.
The Underwater Photography Guide has announced the winners of its 14th annual Ocean Art competition which highlights the best of underwater photography across a variety of categories with over $60,000 in prizes up for grabs.
Starting your content creation journey just got easier and more budget-friendly. From drones and action cameras to lighting, audio gear, tripods, and memory cards, this roundup highlights must-have tools at incredible prices.
TTArtisan has announced a new colorful limited-edition version of its AF 35mm f/1.8 II APS-C prime lens. It is a garish Kodak-colored lens, without any official Kodak branding, sure to attract plenty of stares on the street. Whether that's a good thing or not will depend on the photographer.
Insta360's CEO and founder, Jingkang "JK" Liu, posted a very interesting photo on Chinese social media site, Weibo, leading to rampant speculation about what Insta360 may have up its sleeve. It appears that Liu teased two new Insta360 cameras in a single photo, accompanied by a pithy caption.
An astronaut onboard the International Space Station lamented he "should have grabbed a different lens" as he flew over the Artemis launch pad in Florida.
The official X account for The White House published a digitally altered photo of a protester being arrested in Minnesota.
TikTok has completed a deal to create a new U.S.-based joint venture, resolving years of uncertainty over whether the app would be banned in the United States.
Making a camera backpack is not easy. Photographers rarely look for the same features in a bag, and everyone has an opinion on what they want, which makes creating a singular design that everyone will like simply impossible. Hasselblad decided to try and, in doing so, managed to do something few makers have managed: make a unique and exceptional interior.
AI culling, editing, and retouching company Aftershoot has identified what it believes are the top five photography trends for 2026.
Photography competitions arise in all sorts of places, including sometimes very unexpected ones. Portuguese wine maker Dow's recently announced the winners of its 2025 Black and White Photography Competition that challenged photographers to capture people's dedication and patience, which Dow's says is a common thread that connects both black and white photography and winemaking.
Flickr is one of those platforms that refuses to die, like a beloved old truck that leaks oil but still starts every morning. Flickr is one of the original photo-sharing communities, and if you’ve been around long enough, you probably remember when it was the internet for photographers. I've been on Flickr since the early days, and at one point, it genuinely felt essential. In fact, I had a pro account for over a decade.
As January nears its end, Fujifilm published its annual New Year Greeting video today, offering a recap of its 2025, discussing the GFX Challenge Grant Program, and, in news sure to excite Fujifilm photographers, teasing what's coming for Fujifilm. The company is even considering an upcoming fan vote to determine which X Mount lenses it should develop.
The U.K. increasingly looks like it will follow Australia and ban children and teenagers from social media.
Alongside being an aerospace engineering student, Tyler Staub and his brother, Calvin, also started a drone service company to capture aerial media for local businesses. Now you can add "inventor" to Tyler's list of accomplishments, as he has built a new adapter, the aptly named Dronebal, to turn a DJI Mini 4 Pro drone into an easy-to-use, high-quality handheld camera.
Yodobashi Camera shared its top 20 best-selling compact digital cameras of 2025. Fujifilm not only had the best-selling model, the X100VI, but numbers five and 11 on the list as well. However, the company with the most compact cameras on the list was Canon.
Photographers and filmmakers have joined forces with well-known Hollywood stars in a new anti-AI campaign.
The Leica M-mount is a dynamic arena for third-party lens manufacturers, even though the brand is considered quite exclusive. These prestigious cameras come with huge price tags and the easy assumption would be that Leica users would only stick to Leica lenses. However, as one of the oldest camera manufacturers around, third-party lens makers have been creating for this illustrious mount for almost a century, and I got to play with a piece of history for my latest review. Well, sort of.
PPP Cameras in the U.K. has come up with a stunning timepiece that is perfect for the Leica enthusiast who wants to make it to photo shoots on time.
An AP videographer found himself riding in a burning armored vehicle in Haiti on Monday after the police unit he had been filming was attacked with Molotov cocktails.
Lexar has announced the launch of its new TouchLock Portable SSD, introducing advanced NFC-based security and hardware encryption in an ultra-slim, MagSafe-ready design built for modern mobile workflows.
This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the team is in New York City and spend time chatting in different hotel rooms together! The big topic that has been on everyone's mind lately is pricing, and the idea that photography has become too expensive.
A photographer and journalist document the children’s bedrooms left behind by school shootings and the lasting grief in the Netflix documentary All the Empty Rooms.
Brooklyn Beckham's photography career lives in infamy -- who can forget that elephant photo? But amid a family drama, the photo book he released in 2017 is now surging in value.
