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Cara, an Instagram-like app that has banned AI images from its platform has exploded in popularity going from 40,000 users to 700,000 in just a single week.

An outdoor boudoir photographer has been praised online for dressing in lingerie to make her clients feel more comfortable on shoots.

There is a growing backlash against influencers filming strangers in public without their knowledge for videos on social media.

In a move almost certain to anger users, Instagram is reportedly testing a feature that makes ads "unskippable."

Scientists photographed an orangutan treating a large wound on its cheek with a medicinal plant in world-first images.

An eight-year-old, whose aerial footage earned an international award, has been named the world's youngest drone videographer by the Guinness World Records.

A model died after her clothes became tangled in a passing high-speed train during a photo shoot near the tracks.

Scientists think they may have captured a colossal squid baby on camera -- potentially making it the first-ever footage of the elusive creature in the wild.

The filmmakers behind Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga used AI to make a child actor look like the lead actress Anya Taylor-Joy and blend their faces together.

Younger photographers continue to be attracted to older point and shoot cameras and, in absence of their general availability, appear to be turning to very affordable alternatives such as the Kodak PixPro FZ55 -- a camera very few enthusiasts have likely even heard of.

In a delightful video, a chimpanzee and a photographer share an incredible moment as the animal drinks from the person's hands.

The cinematographer behind the hit TV series Fallout has revealed how he created the epic visual style of the video game adaptation with lighting, color, and leaning into the Western genre.

A new study from researchers at Yale University helps demystify why some images stick out in people's memories more than others.

A wedding photographer filmed himself eating dinner in a cupboard alone to show that his job isn't always glamorous.

A woman says her newly-engaged sister wants to edit her out of her own wedding photos and Photoshop herself as the bride instead so that she can have a picture with their late mother.

French film star Gérard Depardieu has been accused of attacking a well-known Italian photographer, known as the "king of paparazzi."

Photography has long played an instrumental role in preserving moments -- some mundane, some good, and others downright horrific. A photo album from Auschwitz fits squarely in the latter group, although not in the way one might expect.

A photographer has sued a woman who posted an image of her grandmother's apartment, that featured his photo-based wallpaper, on a vacation property rental website.

Israel says it will return a camera and broadcasting equipment it had seized from The Associated Press this week after the country's government faced mounting criticism from media groups.

A U.S. man has been charged by the FBI for allegedly producing 13,000 sexually explicit and abusive AI images of children on the popular Stable Diffusion model.

Further details have emerged after a travel photographer was murdered this week while filming a documentary about the Mursi tribe in Ethiopia.

Police officers have been quietly finding ways to keep using facial recognition in U.S. cities that have banned the controversial technology, according to a recent report.

A historian has revealed how he uncovered a "selfie" photograph that was taken in the U.S. in the 1850s.

A couple of Milwaukee-based brands are teaming up for a beer-themed, easy-to-use film camera. Retrospekt, known for refurbished vintage cameras often adorned with glorious visuals, is releasing a simple-use 35mm film camera with Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR) graphics.

A photographer was attacked and killed by a moose after attempting to take photos of its two newborn calves.

Meta isn't done trying to compete with BeReal. The Instagram owner is reportedly working on a new feature similar to BeReal's casual selling point.

Despite the ubiquity of the iPhone camera sound, with trillions of photos shot on iPhone every year, many people don't know the fascinating analog origins of the camera app's digital shutter sound.

TikTok is testing the ability for users to upload 60-minute videos -- as the company continues to embrace long-form content and compete head-on with YouTube.

Like the Underground Railroad, the Leica Freedom Train was not a physical object or location but a monumental and dangerous effort to save people from persecution and even death.

There has been a rise in "selfie spoofing scams" in which a fraud actor steals a person's selfie to carry out identity fraud, according to a new study.

An upcoming documentary will celebrate American Horror Story actress Jessica Lange's decades-long passion for photography.

Photography has been banned inside the courtroom during former President Donald Trump's New York City hush money trial -- after a pool photographer broke a longstanding rule.

The NFL and the Detroit Lions have filed motions to dismiss a photographer's "meritless" lawsuit over the use of his photo of former football star Barry Sanders to design a statue of him.

A cameraman lived up a tree for three weeks to film millions of bats migrating -- in a spectacle that is considered to be the largest mammal migration on Earth.

A Yellowstone National Park guide filmed a photographer who refused to move away as a grizzly bear and her cubs crossed a highway.

A videographer, who was employed by a skydiving company, tragically died after his parachute failed to open.

The United States Supreme Court rejected a lower court's ruling that there is a three-year time limit to claim damages from copyright infringement. All claims, even those that occurred decades previously, are fair game as long as the lawsuit is filed within three years of discovery.

Apple is apologizing after a new iPad Pro commercial sparked controversy for showing a wide range of creative tools, including a camera and lenses, getting crushed to bits by an industrial hydraulic press.

Los Angeles Dodgers star Tyler Glasnow reportedly met his girlfriend after he got the team photographer to "zoom in on her" as she sat in the audience.

It is well known that bias is an issue with AI image generators. One way or another, AI seems incapable of striking the right balance. There are many reasons for this issue, most of which relate to how AI is trained. Absolut -- yes, the vodka brand -- wants to fix this problem, and its ideas for how are bizarre.

In a shocking dashcam video, footage shows a tornado's path of destruction.

A professional photographer has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a client during a boudoir photo shoot that he was hired for.

A photographer was filmed bursting into tears of joy after learning that his lost camera bag, with over $21,850 worth of gear and memory cards full of images, had been found.

VSCO, known for its mobile photography and camera apps for iOS and Android devices, wants to help connect its users and brands, becoming a sort of LinkedIn for photographers.

A new Kickstarter hopes to fund a photography quiz card game that will test players' knowledge.

CENTER, a non-profit photography organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has received a $60,000 grant that it will use to make nearly 20,000 images and related text available as an accessible online resource.