Historical Photos of When Trains Were Purposely Crashed into Each Other
A rare set of historical photographs show the carnage from a train crash that was done on purpose for entertainment's sake in the late 19th-century.
Revisiting the Canon 1D, 20 Years Later
It was my first year in college. I was going out every day to teach myself photography, Harry Potter had just come out in theaters, and Canon entered the digital photography world with its very first fully backed flagship, the Canon EOS 1D.
The One That Nearly Got Us: Creating in Fear of an Oncoming Wildfire
It was a quiet evening with a brilliant red sunset visible through the tall pines of Flagstaff, Arizona. I was sitting with my neighbor in my front yard, each of us enjoying an Old Fashioned and toasting to another hot summer day.
The RF 28-70mm f/2 L: Canon’s Bag of Primes
It’s heavy, expensive, does not have image stabilization, and is impractical for most photographers. It also happens to be one of the best zoom lenses ever made.
Urbex Photographer Discovers Eerie ‘Train Graveyard’ in North Carolina Forest
One of the draws of Urban Exploration photography, or Urbex, is the chance that you'll discover and photograph something truly strange and unique. A building abandoned for so long that nobody realizes the treasures hidden within. Or, in this case, a 'train graveyard' with over 70 dilapidated subways, trains and busses in the middle of a North Carolina forest.
Self-Taught Photographer Travels the US Capturing Extraordinary Photos of Steam Locomotives
There's something grandiose about the sight of a steam locomotive rumbling down the tracks, massive white plumes billowing in its wake as the picturesque train rumbles and screeches down the metal track. And every ounce of the power and strength and nostalgia these trains evoke is captured in the photography of engineer and self-taught photographer Matthew Malkiewicz.
Riding the Rails: A Chat with Documentary Photographer Michelle Frankfurter
Born in Jerusalem, Israel, Michelle Frankfurter is a documentary photographer from Takoma Park, MD. Before settling in the Washington, DC area, Frankfurter spent three years living in Nicaragua where she worked as a stringer for the British news agency, Reuters and with the human rights organization Witness For Peace documenting the effects of the contra war on civilians.
Since 2000, Frankfurter has concentrated on the border region between the United States and Mexico, and on themes of migration.
Photographer Killed While Taking Pictures of an Oncoming Train
Tragedy struck Sacramento, California this past weekend after a photographer and high school art teacher was killed while taking pictures of trains.
Street Photos of Commuters Reading on the Subway
New York-based artist and storyteller Ourit Ben-Haim's Underground New York Public Library project first began as sketches of rough photographs of people reading on trains. The photos are unrefined and voyeuristic, like reading over a stranger's shoulder.
Baltimore Officers Make Up Laws and Detain Student for Photography
29-year-old student and avid photographer Christopher Fussell was taking photographs of trains at a Baltimore station back in March …