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A Photographer’s Surreal and Stunning Self-Portraits
Photographer Ben Zank has published his first book Nothing to See Here of his fascinating and often faceless surreal self-portraits.
Photographer Ben Zank has published his first book Nothing to See Here of his fascinating and often faceless surreal self-portraits.
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."
Fascinating photographs, taken in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, offer a glimpse into the legendary saloons of the Old West.
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.
The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) published a scathing rebuke of Adobe in an open letter, calling the company's latest round of ads a "shocking dismissal of photography and the photographers who have dedicated their lives to creating it."
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.