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American fashion photographer Roxanne Lowit has passed away at the age of 80. Lowit is considered one of the most groundbreaking photographers in her field, thanks to her intimate and personal behind-the-scenes photographs of the fashion world.

Instagram head Adam Mosseri has told staff that the app is falling far behind TikTok and YouTube in all aspects of creator satisfaction.

BeReal is considering adding paid features to the app in a bid to avoid Instagram-style advertising.

A new TikTok video trend sees users mocking street photographers and how they approach people to pose for photographs.

A video of a model becoming frustrated with people getting in the way of her shot in a busy train station has sparked a furious debate on social media regarding photoshoots in public places.

Snapchat is making the desktop version of its app, Snapchat for Web, available to all users worldwide.

The broad strokes of an emotion can be fairly simple to translate into visual communication. A smile for joy, a tear for sadness, bared teeth for anger, wide eyes for fear. Nuance however is always present, the experience and expression of complex emotions are not always as straightforward.

TikTok has become the latest app to launch a dual camera feature that copies the photo-sharing app BeReal.

Members of the Jewish community in Ottawa say they are angry after the National Holocaust Monument was used as a backdrop for photos and videos.

Elon Musk's ex-girlfriend is auctioning photos of the billionaire from college with some items currently attracting bids of more than $8,700.

Flickr is adding a new virtual photography category for bulk uploading, group adminning, and search filtering in what it describes as one of its most active communities.

A filmmaker has revealed just how difficult it can be for a photographer to get the perfect shot at a red carpet event in New York Fashion Week (NYFW).

The U.S. Forest Service in the Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho has issued a warning to drone pilots to stay away from wildfires as there have been two recent incursions in the area, where one got "extremely close" to a firefighting helicopter while in flight.

A street photographer's stunning images seem to show the moment people "catch" him taking a photo of them.

Dries Depoorter has created an artificial intelligence (AI) software that searches public camera feeds against Instagram posts to find the moment that a photo was taken.

Ubisoft has announced the Photomode in-game photography exhibition that is calling upon all virtual photographers to enter for the chance to see their best video game shots showcased in a physical gallery in New York.

Whether you like them or not, Artificial Intelligence (AI) image generators have exploded in popularity this year and the technology shows no signs of stopping.

American-born French photographer William Klein has passed away at the age of 96 in his home in Paris. Klein is considered one of the most influential and "groundbreaking" photographers thanks to his 1956 photo book Life is Good & Good for You in New York.

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.

Angelina Jolie was "the tipster" who set up the famous photos which broke the news about her relationship with Brad Pitt in 2005, claims a new memoir by a magazine magnate.

Reality TV star Bethenny Frankel has revealed how "deceptive" editing and filters can be, by posting a Photoshopped image of herself in a bikini on Instagram.

Instagram will be testing a "repost" feature that would allow users to share other people's posts in their own feeds.

Meta has dissolved the Responsible Innovation Team, an internal group whose job it was to address "potential harms to society" that would be caused by Facebook and its products.

Later Cam is a new app that is designed to bring the idea of retro analog photography to the smartphone by featuring a disposable camera interface that lets users take 27 pictures and then delivers prints of those one-take photos back to them.

Hillary Clinton has revealed that she started wearing her now-iconic pantsuits after photographers took "suggestive" photos of her during a state visit to Brazil 27 years ago and one of the images was used in a lingerie advertisement.

Instagram head Adam Mosseri admits that the company had "gone too far into video" and insists "photographers are all still relevant" on the app.

One of the judges for LensCulture's 2022 Street Photography Awards selected a member of the photo collective he is a part of as a winner, leading to questions of bias or impropriety.

Meta is adding more paid features to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp in a bid to recoup declining advertising revenue.

A commercial photographer is teaching "media literacy skills" on TikTok by revealing how celebrities like Kim Kardashian edit their photos.

New data has revealed how the creator economy has grown by over 165 million globally in the last two years -- an increase of 119%.

Snap, the parent company of photo-sharing app Snapchat, is laying off 20 percent of its staff this week, which equates to over 1,000 employees.

Instagram is testing a new feature that will allow users to mute words, phrases, and emojis from captions and hashtags, and another it says will offer an easier way to clean up the Explore tab.

BeReal is currently working on a feature that lets users discover and view posts from "friends of friends."

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called Instagram "a super positive space" during a lengthy interview on The Joe Rogan Experience on Thursday.

Meta announced today that it will allow users to post their NFTs on Instagram and Facebook from one digital wallet linked to both social networks.

Lightricks, the creator of the selfie-editing app Facetune, has released its own artificially intelligent (AI) text-to-image generator.

Nigeria's advertising regulator has announced a ban on using foreign models and voice-over artists in television commercials made in the country.

Snapchat is getting real. Or, it’s at least taking a cue from fellow social media company BeReal with its new dual camera feature.

Instagram announced Thursday that it will make its most restrictive content filter the default setting for new users under 16 years old.

BeReal has soared to over 10 million daily active users. An epic climb from the 10,000 users the app had a little over a year ago.

Instagram is now allowing users to share anyone’s photos through a QR code.

One of the most famous portraits of Winston Churchill from the Château Laurier Hotel in Ottawa has been swapped out with a fake. It is not clear how long the original has been missing.

According to Generation Z, there is a telltale sign that reveals the age bracket of the person filming a video and it is called the "Millennial Pause."

Video game photography remains a relatively new medium with Gran Turismo 4 in 2005 the first to offer a photo mode.

Instagram is testing a new feature that copies the photo-sharing app BeReal, which continues to hold on to the number one spot in the U.S. on Apple’s App Store charts this week.

Fans of astrophotography are currently feasting thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, but Hubble isn't ready to be forgotten yet. Its latest capture is a gorgeous glittering star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius.