The Prints and Photographs collection in the Library of Congress number more than 15 million images. Maintaining the archive is a big job and a retiring librarian has picked her favorite pictures after working there for 34 years.
After European Union lawmakers reached an agreement on the EU's landmark EU AI Act in December, the law cleared its last significant hurdle, achieving European Parliament approval earlier today.
Yesterday, a rumor broke that claimed Nikon had ceased producing F-mount products. However, in a statement to PetaPixel, Nikon rejects this claim.
A photographer and graphic designer created a set of mind-blowing AI images of The Simpsons using the very latest text-to-image technology.
It’s not often that you get your hands on a Hasselblad, so when we received the $5,750 Hasselblad X1D II 50C in the office, to say we were excited would be an understatement. According to Hasselblad, the medium format camera is described as compact, powerful, and enhanced, and we can attest to it.
With the recent excitement surrounding the release of the film Oppenheimer, there have been lengthy discussions about the best way to watch it – mostly because of something called an aspect ratio and the way that it affects the viewing experience. This is a term that is used widely in film, and it’s just as important for photographers to understand.
A rare set of photographs taken in the immediate aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake are set for auction today in California.
Fujifilm is set to release a Disney-themed X100V camera that includes a unique wooden box and a set of accessories. The collection is limited to just 100 units and, adding to their rarity, will only be available in Hong Kong.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making news for more than Meta's popular new Twitter killer, Threads, the famous CEO posted a family portrait on Instagram that has caused a stir across social media.
Google has released a new product photography tool aimed at helping businesses to create their own high-quality images without the need for an "expensive" photographer.
Less than a week after the reports indicated that Meta was investigating making a Twitter competitor, Instagram is rolling out that feature, called Notes, to all users.
Want to see some bad street photographs? I’ll share them and tell you why I think they’re not good. These photographs were all made during a five-day visit to New York City between October 31 and November 4, 2022.
Photo restorer Adam "A.B." Cannon, who sometimes spends up to a month enhancing American Civil War portraits, says that AI programs that colorize black and white photos do not account for real history.
Apple has released an iOS 16 software update that fixes a bug that caused the camera on some new iPhone 14 Pro models to shake and make an audible grinding noise when using third-party apps.
Epic Games, the company behind both the Unreal Engine and video game Fortnite, has announced the limited beta release of a new mobile app that turns photos into three-dimensional (3D) scans.
There's one piece of equipment that the working photographer uses more than any other. No, it's not their camera. Not their favorite lens either. I'm talking about their photo editing monitor.
The largest and national news agency of the United Kingdom and Ireland is switching from DSLR cameras to Sony mirrorless cameras.
One of the most constantly joyful aspects of photography is the ability of the medium to allow the creator to make something from nothing.
Twitter is the latest tech and media giant to join The Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), which focuses on combating misleading and fraudulent online content.
After my testing of the new Sony compact primes, I was able to spend some time with the competing set of primes from Sigma that were arguably the reason Sony created its lenses in the first place. Both sets are fun, compact, and extremely portable optics... but which should you buy?
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.
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.
A US Air Force C-32—one of the modified Boeing 757 jetliners known as "Air Force One" or AF1 whenever the president is present—had a near miss with a drone this past weekend while the President, First Lady, and their son were all on board. The US Air Force is investigating the incident.
Our daughter Kira came into the world on March 31st. Little does she know it is a much different world than the one we all came into. This is a photo story I put together document her first month on this pale blue dot in the cosmos.
Every time Fuji releases a new camera I feel like this is the generation that will let me leave Canon behind. I had the same hopes and eventual disappointments with the XT2 and the XT3. Inevitably, I would realize full frame always beats out crop frame, that high ISOs and battery life can’t be matched, that Fuji was just not good enough to beat my Canons.
There are many ways to deal with the isolation and anxiety of social distancing and quarantine, but coming up with hilarious photo recreations of the old masterpieces might be our favorite so far.
In the last couple of years (has it really been that long?) we've been hearing revelations of the trials of female photojournalists. Nothing, unfortunately, too unexpected. Every time around someone writes another version of the standard essay on this topic covering much the same appalling ground every time. See, for instance, this recent iteration.
Cardpackr is a new memory card storage solution designed by a design partnership called W2. It's a stackable magnetic case that can expand to hold as many memory cards as you need.
Legendary American photojournalist David Douglas Duncan has died. One of the most influential photographers of the 20th century, Duncan was best known for his combat photographs captured during World War II and the Korean War.
Stock photos generally aren't the best at showing realistic views of what different jobs are like, but sometimes they're hilariously inaccurate. People have recently taken to social media to point out the worst offenders, and the new viral hashtag #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob has been a solid source of laughs.