As part of their incredible "100 Most Influential Photographs of All Time" project, TIME is telling the stories behind some of the most powerful photographs in human history. You've no doubt seen Jeff Widener's iconic "Tank Man" photo ... but have you ever heard the full story behind it?
For many of us, photography is just a hobby; for 22-year-old James, it's an escape from the constant pain his terminal illness keeps him in day-in and day-out. When his illness threatened to take even this away from him, one of the UK's top engineers stepped in and created a DIY rig that lets James keep shooting.
When world-renowned photographer Joey L. reached out to PetaPixel about his latest project, I didn't expect to see photos of burning oil wells. But that, alongside some powerful portraits, is exactly what was waiting for me.
There's an environmental cost behind every facial tissue, electronic gadget, and pork chop you purchase—a cost that might horrify you if you could actually see it. Thanks to the powerful work of photographer and environmentalist J Henry Fair, now you can.
It’s like I hit a wall. Not hit, actually... fell through. And everything on the other side was magic. This past year has been the most creatively transformative year I’ve had since I first picked up a camera.
Photographer and father Andy Whelan is receiving an outpouring of support from across the globe after sharing a heartbreaking photo of his 4-year-old daughter's fight against cancer.
Get ready for a serious photo history lesson. Starting November 17th, TIME Magazine will begin what they're calling "an unprecedented exploration" of the 100 most influential images of all time. From Tank Man, to Babe Ruth, to the JFK Assassination.
The big story from Microsoft's Windows 10 event today was definitely the Surface Studio (click here to see it in all its innovative, all-in-one glory). But don't think they totally ignored their other hardware. The Surface Book got a big bad internal update too.
There's hopelessness in Dondi Tawatao's eyes. The photographer, once a feature photographer in Manila, now spends his nights photographing corpses—documenting the victims of Filipino President Rodrigo Duerte's ruthless drug war.
(Warning: This video contains graphic content).
Commercial portrait photographer Gabriel Hill's typical day involves photographing big players in the pharmaceutical industry, some of the wealthiest people in the world. But his powerful personal project ImPORTRAITS is all about people who have almost nothing: refugees who escaped their countries carrying only the bare essentials... and sometimes not even that.
500px today announced a new tool called Splash. Instead of searching for photos using titles, keywords, EXIF details, or colors, Splash lets you hunt for photos simply by sketching them on a canvas.
Varanasi, India is an incredible place, a real eye opener and a step back in time. You witness events you may have never imagined, or have ever wanted to see. It's completely unavoidable and totally unpredictable. It's the kind of place that you shouldn't expect anything, but embrace every moment.
Of all the photos emerging from the Black Lives Matter protests around the United States, one particular shot is getting widespread attention and praise. Reuters photographer Jonathan Bachman captured a powerful shot of a black woman standing in a street as two police officers in riot gear approach to arrest her.
If you're less-than-impressed with lightning captured at 240fps by an iPhone 6 Plus, then let this photo act as our apology. Captured from 37,000 feet above the Pacific ocean, it is, without a doubt, one of the most spectacular aerial storm images we have ever seen.
As Barack Obama nears the end of his 8-year tenure as President of the United States, White House photographer Peta Souza has been looking back at the nearly 2 million photos he's taken of the sitting president. But Souza may have only yesterday taken his most widely-seen photo of the president... a photo he likely wishes he never had to take.
GoPro broke one of its big rules to share this short documentary. It is one of the only GoPro videos you'll ever see that isn't shot entirely on the company's own cameras, but once you watch it you'll understand why.
Powerful, insanely fast, supremely agile, hauntingly accurate and a master of the dark. The Batman of the camera world.
I could end the review there, but what fun would that be?
Photographer Katherine Cambareri's thesis project will make you uncomfortable, and that is as it should be. Her stark series documents the clothes sexual assault victims were wearing when they were assaulted, forcing the viewer to contend with one of the most common questions victims are asked when they come forward: "what were you wearing."
Loss and desperation, love and respect, bravery and triumph, these are the themes that COOPH is exploring in their newest video, and they're doing it by reviewing some of the most powerful photographs ever captured.
A DJI Phantom is a great little drone, but when it comes to heavy-duty filmmaking or photography, it's just not gonna be able to lift your equipment. Enter the DJI Matrice 600, a powerful hexacopter for serious drone pilots who need to fly serious photo and video payloads.
Reporters Without Borders just released this new video, titled "War Reporters," as part of a new campaign to raise awareness and support for conflict photographers.
"Without independent reporters, war would just be a nice show," the video says. "Support those that risk their lives to bring us the truth."
Rafael del Col was 30-years-old when he lost his wife Tatiane Valques to a car accident back in 2013, leaving him to raise their daughter Raisa by himself. Last year, Del Col decided to pay an emotional tribute to Tatiane by recreating portraits the couple had taken a week before their wedding in 2009, with Raisa stepping into her mommy's shoes.
The photo shoot was captured in the powerful 5-minute video above, which quickly went viral on the Internet.
Warning: This post contains photos of injured veterans that are difficult to view.
"The Unknown Soldier" is a powerful portrait project by photographer David Jay, who spent three years visiting and photographing wounded veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The images are difficult to view, but they capture the high cost that was paid by those serving our nation.
I was in Nepal exactly six years and three days before the earthquake that devastated the country on Saturday.
Back then, I was photographing for a magazine feature and had spent much of the day in Bhaktapur, a beautiful and ancient city in the Kathmandu Valley.
Conflict photographer Lynsey Addario has gotten quite a bit of attention lately after publishing a memoir about …
It was 30 years ago that Reuters launched its Pictures service that plays a key role in distributing powerful photojournalism to publications around the world. To celebrate this anniversary, the agency has selected a collection of photographs that represent "key images" from its massive archives -- photographs that have changed the way we see the world.
The world's largest camera is now one step closer to becoming a reality. The 3.2-gigapixel camera being built for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) in Chile has secured the funding it needs to ensure it will go into operation according to schedule.
This moment, this light, in Cape Churchill last week: it didn’t last long. You can photograph it, or let it pass you by. But you may never see it again.
Last week I was sitting in a tundra buggy not photographing polar bears. The bears, driven by a months-long hunger were out on the sea ice, hunting seals. If we’d been there a couple days earlier we’d have had more time with them. But you can’t do anything about the weather, and you never know these things in advance. What you do know, is what’s in front of your face, and that -- at least for one day on this trip -- was polar bears.
Amidst the many photos of hate, anger, sadness and sometimes outright destruction that have flooded the media since a grand jury decided not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, sparking riots and protests across the US, there are glimmers of hope and humanity.
One such glimmer was captured by Oregon-based freelance photographer Jonny Nguyen at a Ferguson demonstration in Portland earlier this week.
In September of 2012, while shooting a long exposure series at the Ben Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia, photographer Bruce Wayne saw a man take his own life. This experience weighing heavily on his mind, Wayne later set out to capture a long-exposure time-lapse of City Center Philadelphia that would paint the city in a darker light.
He wanted to shoot a time-lapse that might capture an inkling of, "what the city must have felt like and looked like" to the man on that fateful day.