Get Close, But Have an Escape Plan: What It’s Like Photographing Wildfires
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Swanson documents California wildfires for a global audience, taking pictures and video at the same time.
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Swanson documents California wildfires for a global audience, taking pictures and video at the same time.
A Minnesota wedding photographer is facing criminal charges for allegedly secretly recording a bride in a dressing room.
California Governor Gavin Newsom's administration hired a personal photographer earlier this year, raising eyebrows among California taxpayers. Officially called the governor's Director of Photography, the photographer reportedly earns a $200,000 annual salary, among the highest in Newsom's administration, and just $34,000 shy of Newsom's wages.
National Geographic's new documentary series, Photographer, lives up to its name. The six, hour-long episodes focus less on beautiful photographs and more on their creation. The series is very much about the person behind the images: the photographer.
The director of photography for Nat Geo's new Photographer series says there's no easier subject matter for cinematographers than photographers.
The late American fashion photographer David Seidner (1957-1999) was influential in his life, but his work has, sadly, gone underappreciated in the decades since his passing. The International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York City aims to change that through an ongoing exhibition of Seidner's work called "Fragments."
The man who fatally shot photographer Tyler Gerth during a protest following the death of Breonna Taylor has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Widely acclaimed, renowned, and beloved American photographer Elliott Erwitt -- who had captured more presidents since Harry Truman than any other photographer in his 70-plus year career -- has passed away at the age of 95.
National Geographic has revealed the seven iconic photographers featured in the upcoming documentary series Photographer, created by Academy and Emmy Award-winning filmmakers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin.
Albert Watson is a fashion, celebrity, and art photographer with over 100 Vogue covers and iconic images of celebrities and champions of business captured for over five decades. His subjects have included Mick Jagger, Steve Jobs, Jack Nicholson, Kate Moss, Christy Turlington, David Bowie, Tupac Shakur, and Andy Warhol.
British photographer Simon Mitchell was killed on Sunday at the British Motocross Championships when a motorbike struck him.
Visitors to Google today will see a striking Google Doodle celebrating the life and work of photographer Corky Lee.
The National Portrait Gallery, London, reopens in June following a three-year closure for the “largest redevelopment” in its 127-year history. Its opening exhibition, Yevonde: Life and Colour, will be the most comprehensive to date on British photographer, Yevonde Middleton (1893-1975).
In the inevitable tide of recognition of so many women artists of the past 20th century who passed simply as muses, lovers, wives or companions, when their work was truly as strong, beautiful and original as that of their partner, Dora Maar, for many reasons, occupies a special place.
A former international soccer player has apologized after footage of him brutally attacking a cameraman was filmed at the World Cup in Qatar.
The chief risk officer of multinational investment bank UBS has resigned from his role to become a full-time professional photographer.
Anyone who has spent any extended time editing photos with a mouse will find that often, it's just not the best experience. That's why so many editors switch to a drawing tablet (also known as a pen tablet), but picking the best one has gotten surprisingly challenging in recent years.
NFL player Davante Adams took no chances while leaving the field of play by carefully clearing photographers out of his way after he was charged with a misdemeanor assault for shoving a cameraman.
A photographer in South Dakota had a close call with a large bison when it charged at him as the man was attempting to take photos.
NASCAR driver Chase Elliott took his frustration out on a photographer by pushing his lens away and acting aggressively toward the cameraman.
The personal Leica M2 of photographer Charles Gatewood is being offered for sale, the proceeds of which will be donated to charity. Gatewood is often called the best photographer of San Francisco's "alternative" culture from the late 1980s until his death in 2016.
Photographer Mark Thompson was allegedly slapped by a security guard at the Formula One in Hungary this weekend, with an image of the confrontation being posted to his Twitter timeline.
RightsClick is a new Washington DC-based copyright management suite designed by copyright experts and advocates who say they care about making the system work for independent creatives and professionals.
Two photographers will seek to revive a class-action lawsuit against Instagram that claims it contributes to copyright infringement by letting outside websites embed images.
Video of Prince William, the future king of England, getting into a spat with a paparazzo has appeared online, where he confronts the photographer while out on a bike ride with his family.
The Eastman Kodak Company displayed Coloramas – giant backlit photos 18 feet high and 60 feet long – at Grand Central Terminal in New York City for 40 years starting in the 1950s. The photographer who made 55 of them was Neil Montanus.
Philippe Halsman was born in Riga, Latvia, on May 2, 1906. He discovered an old view camera in the family attic when he was fifteen, bought some glass plates, and started making photographs. Like many other photographers, when he first saw that image appearing in the darkroom tray, it was a life-changing moment, and he knew what he was going to be doing with his life.
Photographer Nam Ing died last week after falling from a 300-foot cliff in southwest Oregon while hiking with friends.
Renowned American photographer Elliott Erwitt has captured more presidents since Harry Truman than any other photographer. Over the last 70 years, Erwitt has shot iconic photos of Marilyn Monroe, including her famous subway grate pose, the finger-pointing Nixon-Khrushchev Kitchen Debate in Moscow, segregated water fountains, a grieving Jacqueline Kennedy, and hundreds of humorous dog images.
When Italian photographer Letizia Battaglia passed away on April 13, 2022, the biggest shock among those of us who have written about her was that she didn’t die at the hands of the Mafia.