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Snapchat has announced that users will be able to change their usernames without having to create an entirely new account. Snapchat previously did not allow this due to "security reasons."

Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, photographers at the Olympics need to deliver their images as quickly as possible. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Getty Image’s photo editing team is mainly remote and the agency has shared how that system works.

It goes without saying that anything that is valuable is eminently stealable. If there's a market for consumer goods, then there's a market for stolen consumer goods.

Google has begun to more widely roll out the Locked Folder feature, which allows Android users to locally store sensitive images and videos, that was previously only available on Pixel smartphones.

Adobe launched a slew of updates to its Photoshop lines today, but the news was not limited to desktop and mobile software. The company also announced that Photoshop is being extended to the Web.

If you pay a visit to Lingyin Temple, one of the largest, richest, and most famous Buddhist temples in China, you may come across an unusual sight: a young Buddhist monk carrying a Hasselblad camera.

In an effort to protect the experiences of young people, Instagram has announced that starting in the next couple of weeks, all users will be required to provide the company with a birthdate in order to continue using the app.

I was blown away when I first saw Allison Stewart’s series, Bug Out Bag: The Commodification of American Fear. The work zeroed in on the mindset, ubiquitous paranoia, or to borrow from Hunter S, Thompson, our collective “fear and loathing” of America today. Her photographs of ‘preppers’ and how they plan for the worst just seem so America 2021.

Instagram is reportedly testing a feature with a "small number" of users where its "suggested posts" feature will expand beyond just when you've reached the end of your feed and will be mixed throughout a browsing experience, possibly coming ahead of posts from those users follow.

The megapixel race has picked up steam lately with most new models exceeding 45-megapixels and rumors circulating of 100-megapixel sensors on the horizon. But what if low-resolution images from cameras like Sony's a7S III and Canon's R6 offered more detail along with added low light benefits? Now they can.

When you mention Irving Penn, the first images that may come to mind are his fashion photography and mostly his 165 Vogue covers. He also photographed everyday objects, even detritus from New York streets like cigarette butts, leaves, and even chewed gum. This was described by former Director of the Art Institute of Chicago James Wood as 'the cosmos underfoot.'

Wildlife photographer Niki Colemont never met his late parents and fled the Rwandan genocide to Belgium as a 4-year-old refugee. This 1-minute documentary about Colemont shows how he finds peace today in shooting beautiful photographs of squirrels.

Seattle-based artist Rudy Willingham has an ongoing series in which he cuts out parts of portrait photos and fills them in by holding them up in front of carefully chosen backgrounds.

When I was young, I had a vivid imagination but no real inclination towards art and creativity. I distinctly remember having trouble keeping my crayons within the lines of any coloring book I attempted. Fast forward to today and I’m 35 and have been a full-time professional photographer for seven years and a shooter for 13 years.

Last week, the UK's Royal Society of Biology unveiled the winners of its annual photo contest. And while you've probably never heard of this particular contest before, this year's winning image has earned the contest a place in the headlines.