The last known photograph of literary icon Oscar Wilde was taken on his death bed in a Paris hotel room using a borrowed camera and a volatile early flash, mere hours after he passed away.
A photography student sent a 5x4 color negative into space on April 19 and exposed it to cosmic radiation, capturing a beautiful, abstract portrait of space unlike anything done before.
A new book explores the untold and still-mysterious story of the many people behind one of America’s most iconic photographs Lunch on a Beam -- and the lingering question of who actually took the famed image.
A photographer uses lighting and special equipment to capture something not usually seen by the human eye: the intricate patterns, texture, and color found on insect wings.
Perhaps nowhere else in the world are photographers as much a part of the spectacle as they are at Cannes Film Festival. Huddled shoulder to shoulder in black tuxedos, they don’t just document the glamor of Cannes -- they help create it.
A photographer captured a breathtaking image of a coyote leaping across a gap in the ice after years of patient fieldwork.
A video on X showing a behind-the-scenes video of a photo shoot at Tiger World Thailand has gone viral and highlighted a serious problem in the country.
Canon Explorer of Light and famed car and car culture photographer Larry Chen is a major character in the brand-new racing video game, Forza Horizon 6.
An exhibition commemorates the 70th anniversary of the landmark publication of Gordon Parks’ color images of the segregated South in Life magazine
A sports photographer was praised for speaking up after a pro soccer player removed his photo watermark and shared the image with his huge Instagram following.
A filmmaker flew his drone and discovered an eerie village which was mysteriously abandoned over a decade ago.
In March, Jaron Schneider and I traveled to Japan for press coverage at the CP+ photo and imaging show in Yokohama. After four days covering the show, we had a decision to make: go home, or continue the trip and head somewhere else. So, we decided to go north.
Few people get to see the full splendor of the Milky Way Galaxy arch -- even fewer get to see the summer and winter arms in the same night.
Happy Birthday to David Attenborough. The legendary naturalist turns 100 today. Few people have done more to educate the world about wildlife and conservation.
Late last year, a friend of mine shared a link to a small creator on Instagram who was making something that combined two of my hobbies: cameras and Gundam. I was immediately on board.
A husband-and-wife team is producing their own 1920s-era film, similar to the one Oskar Barnack used, in the "world's smallest film factory", which they intend to shoot using a 100-year-old Leica camera.
A photographer has revealed the journey he went on to capture an incredible photo of a rare form of lightning sprites.
Autofocus is one of the great invisible revolutions in photography. When it works well, it disappears. A photographer raises the camera, half-presses the shutter, sees a box snap to an eye, a bird, a car, or a face, and the lens silently moves to the right position.
The Pitt on HBO Max is about as immersive as a TV show can be. Set in real time, with each episode representing an hour in the hectic lives of staff working at the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center's emergency room, viewers can get lost in the working (and sometimes personal) lives of Dr. Robby (Noah Wyle) and his crew.
Last week, PetaPixel reported that the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix has strict rules on what cameras are allowed in -- so one photographer brought along a tape measure to prove that his gear was eligible for entry.
Luca Lorenz has won the GDT (German Society for Nature Photography) Nature Photographer of the Year 2026 in its annual members' competition for his painterly photo of a mountain hare.
A major new biography explores the life of Edith Tudor Hart, a pioneer photographer in 1930s London who became a Soviet secret agent and had a hand in the history of the notorious "Cambridge Five."
The 1994 genocide in Rwanda was one of the most intimate and large-scale acts of violence of the 20th century. In just 100 days, between 800,000 and one million people were killed, mainly Tutsis but also Hutus. Perpetrators were neighbors, teachers, church leaders, even family members, who attacked face-to-face with machetes, clubs, and spears.
Here's the thing with photography: you can take a mundane photo and think, 'Why did I take that?' But years later, that same photo is a fascinating artifact from a bygone era.
The Wikimedia Foundation has announced the winners of the 16th edition of the Wiki Loves Monuments photo competition -- with three of the top five entries hailing from Iran.
Two photographers spent an exhilarating couple of months at a wildlife conservancy in Kenya, capturing photos of lions, leopards, and many other animals in their natural habitat.
When Photokina collapsed in 2020, it was a major blow to the photography industry, adding to the sense of dread that the whole market was coming tumbling down. But now, after multiple years of growth, Japan's CP+ Show is living proof that photography is not just surviving: it's thriving.
An incredible photo archive showing the sad decline of a long-forgotten town shot by Dorothea Lange and Pirkle Jones has been digitized and uploaded by the University of California (UC).
Hasselblad unveiled the 70 finalists of Hasselblad Masters 2026, the company's first Masters competition since 2023. It didn't take long for controversy to emerge, including allegations that a finalist used generative AI to create one of their images.
The year is 1969, legendary rock and roll band The Velvet Underground is playing at a Vietnam War protest in Texas. It sounds like an iconic moment. The only problem? Back then, people didn't care all that much about The Velvet Underground.
The winners of the 2026 Environmental Photography Award have been announced, and photographer Britta Jaschinski has been presented with the grand prize for her image, Handprint on Sea Turtle, which also won the “Changemakers” category.
Following on from Earth Day (April 22), NASA has publicized a tool that allows people to spell out their name or any word they want using Landsat satellite images.
Germany’s Tom Weller has taken the inaugural top prize for the Canon Emerging Talent Award at the World Sports Photography Awards.
Remembering Wildlife has revealed the 20 winners of its competition for images to appear in its forthcoming book, Remembering Giraffes.
IMAX film screenings are special experiences. Not many theaters play the actual IMAX celluloid, and that is in large part because of the insane logistics involved with projecting the film.
John Lyke found his niche as a cameraman when he was just eight years old. Like many other kids, he strapped on a pair of rollerblades and began skating around. The difference is he's never taken them off.
Are photographers competing against AI? It's a question posed by a recent Vogue article after photographer Jack Davison questioned his Instagram followers on whether it is increasingly becoming an issue.
A photographer spent nearly two years embedded with the British Army’s most iconic and senior regiment, documenting its daily life for a new photography book.
A photographer captured a series of spectacular wildlife photos over the course of one year after he left a camera trap fixed on a remote river crossing in Kenya's Maasai Mara.
Peter Beard is a unique and often confusing figure in the history of wildlife photography. But without doubt, his book, The End of the Game, remains one of the most important works of early conservation.
London Gatwick Airport has revealed what happens to luggage after it's checked in by attaching an Insta360 to one of the tens of thousands of bags that are processed each day.
A photographer is setting out to portray what Muslim America looks like with a 90-day road trip across the United States.
NASA's Artemis II mission ushered in a new era of space exploration and inspired billions at a time when hope is so sorely needed. The successful mission, more than 50 years after people last orbited the Moon, honored Apollo's rich legacy while charting an all-new path for the future. The four astronauts aboard Artemis II's Orion spacecraft captured many exceptional photos on their journey, and these are our favorites.
An unknown man walked the streets of New York each afternoon for years, taking thousands of photographs that were only recognized after his death -- leaving behind a vast archive later compared to the rediscovered images of Vivian Maier.
Stanley Kubrick is one of the most influential movie directors of all time. But less well-known is that he started out as a photographer, working full-time for Look magazine in the 1940s. Now, a remarkable set of photos he shot for Look in 1945 is set to be exhibited for the first time.
In 2011, as a teenager, photographer Jack Plant encountered a cover of National Geographic featuring the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia. Captivated by the image -- and the story of a rare white bear living in one of the world’s last untouched wildernesses -- it was a life-defining moment.
Most photographers like a famous face in their portfolio; getting one is the hard part. While editorial photographers are most likely to cross paths with celebrities, photographer David Sharkey has built up an amazing collection through his passport photo service.
It started with an offhand question during a casual conversation: Can the Sigma BF autofocus keep up with the demands of wildlife and sports photography?
In the winter of 2021, photographer Luke Oppenheimer traveled to the Tien Shan mountains of central Kyrgyzstan for what was meant to be a one-month assignment on wolves preying on livestock in Ottuk, a remote village of shepherds.
You may not know his name, but you have seen his work. Co Rentmeester is described as Life magazine's favorite cover photographer, and has been the recipient of the World Press Photo award not once but twice.
