Dutch photo artist Erik Kessels has sparked outrage with his latest art installation, titled "Destroy My Face." Kessels covered the ground of a skate park with portraits of women who have had plastic surgery and then invited skateboarders to shred them up by riding over them.
Leica recently discontinued its replacement service for M9 cameras afflicted by the widespread "sensor corrosion" issue that surfaced back in 2014. Now a new report claims that it wasn't "damaged" coatings that caused the corrosion, but the fact that protective coatings were inexplicably left out completely.
dubblefilm, the brand best known for its unique film stocks, has launched its first 35mm camera. The SHOW is an affordable 35mm camera that's basically a reusable "disposable camera" that's cheap to buy and fun to use.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has quietly signed a new law that exempts freelance photographers and some other types of independent contractors from the controversial AB 5 law that forced a huge range of freelancers to become employees.
If you're just getting started in photography and want to build upon a solid foundation, here's a helpful 9-minute video by the popular YouTube channel Mango Street that covers 5 basic photography techniques for beginners.
The camera accessory company KUVRD has announced its new Universal Lens Hood. It's a collapsible lens hood that's designed to fit 99% of lenses on the market.
"Sani/nation" is a new project by underwater performer and director Christine Ren (AKA The Underwater Woman). It's a series of underwater portraits that aim to convey the emotional pain brought on this year by COVID-19 quarantines around the world.
You may have seen flamingos stick their heads into water to feed before, but have you ever seen what it looks like from under the surface? The San Diego Zoo set up an underwater camera that captures the fascinating way the long-legged birds eat.
Getting started in landscape photography and not sure what focal length lens to use? Here's a 26-minute video by photographer Nigel Danson on how to go about making that decision.
FPV drone pilot Benoit Finck mounted a GoPro HERO8 to a drone and flew it through the famous 16th-century castle on the French tidal island of Mont Saint-Michel. This resulting 2-minute video won a GoPro Awards prize.
"Before and After" is a photo series by photographer Brad Freeman that documents the isolation he has experienced in Toronto, Canada, during the COVID-19 pandemic. His brother Ryan also made the above 4.5-minute short documentary about Brad's experience in creating the work.
Canon Australia has announced the PIXMA PRO-200 professional photo desktop printer, a successor to the highly-regarded the PIXMA PRO-100.
Rode’s Camera Shop, a 109-year-old camera store, burned down last week during rioting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, sparked by the shooting of 29-year-old African-American man Jacob Blake by a police officer.
Here's a 1.5-minute video tutorial that could improve your workflow if you're often correcting perspective distortions in your photos. In it, Photoshop Training Channel teaches how to get the job done by converting your photo into a Smart Object and then using Photoshop's Camera Raw Filter.
Last week, in the span of slightly over 19 hours, news broke that the Whitney Museum had 1) acquired images from a charity print sale by Black photographers to mount a show entitled Collective Actions: Artist Interventions in a Time of Change, 2) offered the photographers a lifetime pass to the museum for their unsanctioned participation, and 3) canceled the show following a tweetstorm of outrage over the exploitative move.
Boxlapse photographed various plants growing from seeds over 123 days and turned all the images into this 2.5-minute timelapse. Set to jazz music, the video makes the plants look like they're dancing as they grow.
The prestigious annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition put on by London's Natural History Museum has released a collection of Highly Commended entries submitted to this year's contest.
Los Angeles-based pet and family photographer Danielle Spires has been shooting humorous portraits of people and their pets in the style of 1980s-style studio portraits.
LensRentals recently got back a $10,000 Fujinon GFX100 medium format mirrorless camera from a customer who used it in dive housing and reported that it "suddenly died for no reason." After Fuji declared repair impossible and insurance claims were paid, LensRentals decided to take the camera apart and look inside.
Google today launched new features in Google Images "to help people use images on the web responsibly." The features should benefit photographers, as they help people both identify photos that can be licensed as well as find out how to properly license them.
NYC-based photographer Dani Diamond took a V-Flat and his portrait skills out to the Jersey Shore and shot fashion photos of complete strangers he ran into. You can see the project and results in this 6.5-minute video by AdoramaTV.
Photographer Erik Wahlstrom made this 9-minute video on the life and work of photographer Gordon Parks. It's also a video that explores the question: "Can a photograph make a difference?"
Want to learn the secrets of color grading in photography? Photographer and retoucher Joanna Kustra recently gave an hour-long webinar on the subject, and she has now made it freely available for anyone to learn from.
Xiaomi has unveiled its third-generation of under-display cameras for upcoming smartphones. Instead of a notch or cutout, the edge-to-edge display will have a camera that's nearly invisible under the screen while retaining the standard quality of front-facing cameras.
Photographer Mathieu Stern recently had a chance to spend a week with the TTArtisan 50mm f/0.95 lens, and he decided to stick it on his Sony a7 III to see what shooting video at f/0.95 is like.
1940s NYC is a new online interactive map created by NYC-based software engineer Julian Boilen. It's like Google Street View, except every photo taken shows New York City between 1939 and 1941.
If you're a Canon shooter who struggles with backing up your photos on a regular basis, you may be happy to know that there's a new integration with Google Photos that allows for automatic image backups over Wi-Fi.
The Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) photo competition has announced the winners of the 2020 contest. The overall winner this year was Majed Alza’abi of Vardø, Norway, who captured the above "artistic and impressionistic" photo of European Shag.
The famous Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan is being accused of "predatory" and "exploitative" behavior after it purchased artwork by Black photographers indirectly (and at a steep discount) through a fundraiser to exhibit the photos without the artists' permission.
Netgear today unveiled the new Meural WiFi Photo Frame, a 15.6-inch digital frame that's designed to be a simple and effortless way to show personal photos and artwork.
Here's one of the more unique cameras you'll ever see: designer Adrian Hanft took 28,248 coffee stirrer straws and turned them into a one-of-a-kind camera -- the images show up as 28,248 points of light.
Sculpted busts give us an idea of what ancient Roman emperors looked like, but what if they had posed for photo portraits? That's what designer/cinematographer Daniel Voshart explores using AI and Photoshop in his Roman Emperor Project.
Back in 2014, photography enthusiast Dylan Scalet inherited a sizable collection of photos shot by his grandfather, Jack Sharp. It wasn't until the COVID-19 lockdown that he began digitizing the film, and in doing so, Scalet discovered that he had a treasure trove of beautiful (and previously unseen) street photos showing life in Europe over half a century ago.
After launching the Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 II back in June, the return of Meyer Optik Görlitz lenses under new ownership marches on today with the release of the new Lydith 30mm f/3.5 II.
Here's a fascinating 4-minute video that offers a tiny window into what life in one German town was like back in 1902.
Photographer Jason De Freitas recently took his 35mm film camera out into the night and spent over an hour manually shooting a photo every minute. He then turned those photos into this 30-second time-lapse of the Milky Way.
Here's an 8.5-minute video by Insider that offers a glimpse into the fascinating world of hand modeling.
If you use Instagram as a way to view photographic inspiration, you may be pleased to know that the service is rolling out a new "Suggested Posts" feature that brings an endless scroll of photos and videos tailored to your interests.
The title of this post is actually an understatement. If I were to factor in the money I actually made in image sales from photos taken with my Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x, it wouldn’t have cost me anything at all. It would have made me a great deal of money.
Panasonic has officially confirmed that it will be announcing the new full-frame mirrorless LUMIX S5 camera through an online launch event on September 2nd.
The camera lens and accessory brand Moment has just announced its new Travelwear line of bags. The company is now a full-fledged camera bag company after dipping its toes with the Rugged Camera Sling that was unveiled back in May.
I know it’s hard to believe, but this beautiful model has no feelings or emotions. Why? Because she’s not even real. No studio was rented, no lights setup, the entire shoot never happened. No photos were taken.
One of the many traps photographers can fall into when seeking to grow in their craft is "gear acquisition syndrome" (GAS) or "gear lust". Wedding photographer Taylor Jackson made this entertaining 7-minute video explaining why gear addition isn't the path toward success in photography.
Google Images is continuing to make changes that benefit photographers. The image search engine is testing a new "Licensable" badge that aims to help photographers sell their photos through search results.
During the peak of this year's Perseid meteor shower, photographer Matt Dieterich pointed his camera at Mount Rainier and created this photo of the meteors and Milky Way erupting from the active volcano.
Adobe today officially opened up registrations for MAX 2020. While the MAX conference ordinarily costs over $1,000 to attend, the COVID-19 pandemic caused Adobe to turn this year's conference into an online-only event that's open to anyone who wants to take part.
Kolari Vision's new KOLARI IRND Filter is a new jack-of-all-trades neutral density filter that's designed to perform evenly across both the infrared and visible light spectrums.
Conservation photographer and wildlife tracker Jeff Wirth was reviewing the photos on a camera trap he had set up when he was surprised with this unexpected shot: an unknown man who had spotted the camera and decided to strike a pose.
Aerial photographer Brad Walls has released a new series titled Pools from Above. The project features minimalist aerial photos of swimming pools around the world that highlight the beauty of their shapes, colors, and textures.
Corel has announced PaintShop Pro 2021, the latest major release of the 30-year-old image editor. This new version brings AI features that aim to help photographers save time and "achieve previously unattainable results."