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Photography is all a matter of perspective: one angle is visually uninteresting and doesn't tell a story, but another viewpoint of the same subject is alive with emotion and meaning.

Actress Diane Keaton passed away over the weekend, and although she was best known for appearing in The Godfather and Woody Allen movies, she also had a keen eye for photography.

While each of Apple's latest iPhone models has a different rear camera system, they all feature the same brand-new Center Stage front-facing, or "selfie," camera. The base iPhone 17, ultra-thin iPhone Air, and flagship iPhone 17 Pro all have the same Center Stage camera, complete with its groundbreaking square image sensor and sophisticated new features. We sat down with key minds at Apple to learn more about the new camera and how it empowers mobile photography.

If there are two things people love, it's adorable cats and awesome space photos. Therefore, it makes complete sense for astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy to combine his stunning work with his adopted cat, Gregory.

Many photographers and everyday folk have participated in selfie a day, or photo a day challenges. But for Nick Tomasso and his son Jackson, an annual Batman photo started off completely by accident.

Author Patricia Cornwell has this week released her latest forensic crime thriller Sharp Force. Another nail-biting installment of the adventures of Dr. Kay Scarpetta. But the story of how I captured the photo on the front cover is just as tense.

A large Harvest Supermoon put on a show for photographers in New York City yesterday and Sunday as it loomed large and bright over the Manhattan skyline.

I loaded a roll of CineStill 800T into my camera, knowing exactly what I was after: neon and halations. The kind of light that doesn’t just illuminate, but bleeds, glows, and lingers in the air.

The Nikon ZR had been in development for a few years and before the acquisition of RED Cinema in 2024. Still, Nikon used its new asset to enhance the camera, resulting in a model that is significantly more powerful and versatile than what was originally envisioned.

For the past several years, Nikon has repeatedly surprised with how low it prices its cameras. It started with the very aggressively-priced Nikon Z9 and has continued through until earlier this month with the launch of the ZR.

With the introduction of the Z Cinema series of cameras that includes both RED cinema cameras and the new ZR, it's easy to imagine how this camera line might expand. But in conversations with Nikon, the company thinks its newest video camera is so wide in its capabilities, there isn't a need for other cameras right now.

Nikon says that, based on internal testing, it expects the Nikon ZR to be able to record continuously for up to 2 hours and 5 minutes in 6K resolution at 59.94 frames per second in R3D NE at an ambient temperature of 25 degrees Celcius, despite the fact it is a very small camera with no active cooling.

The 2025 Astrophotography Prize has revealed its field of winners, a competition dedicated to the "education and the continual improvement of astrophotography."

Last week in China, a press photographer's powerful image of a man calmly facing enormous waves whipped up by Super Typhoon Ragasa in Hong Kong went viral across the country.

Earlier this summer, Chris Niccolls, Jordan Drake, and I browsed the fixed-lens section of KEH's website to see what was available for a reasonable price. With compact, point-and-shoot cameras suddenly exploding in popularity, we were wondering: have they aged well, or is it just nostalgia?

When train driver Han Junjia first started his career in 1992, the railway industry in China operated on steam locomotives that could just about manage 30 miles per hour.

From family snapshots to school pictures, children today almost always strike the peace sign, a simple V-shaped gesture that has quietly become a ubiquitous part of their photo poses.

London, one of the great metropolises of the world, has been around since the days of Ancient Rome and continues to change, expand, and shift.

Earlier this month, Fujifilm finally fully revealed the GFX Eterna 55, a camera that it had been teasing through smaller releases over the course of the year. This slow reveal of the Eterna 55 was unusual for Fujifilm, but it afforded the company unique opportunities to tailor the product to its intended users.

At its first-ever brand event, Evoto One, Evoto announced a sweeping expansion of its platform with new desktop, mobile, and video tools. Evoto has lofty goals and some powerful, entrenched competition, but it likes its odds.

While some photo competitions allow for liberal image manipulation and even artificial intelligence, there is none of that in the Natural Landscape Photography Awards which has just announced its winners.

Today marks the autumnal equinox, the astronomical date when fall begins and summer ends. It's a special date for keen skywatchers, including Luca Vanzella and Alister Ling who recently completed an ambitious photographic project charting the swing of the Sun and the Moon over one year.

Mathew Brady is the most famous American photographer of the 19th century, but would his legacy be any different had President Ulysses S. Grant died in his studio? It very nearly happened.

After the finalists of Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025, now it can be revealed that Indonesian-based macro photographer Yury Ivanov has been named the winner for his vibrant image of two synchronized 'ladybugs of the sea.'

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy used a specially designed solar telescope attached to an astronomy camera to capture a unique image of a SpaceX rocket blasting off into orbit in front of the Sun.

Street photographer Phil Penman is most associated with New York City having lived there since the early 2000s. But for his latest project, he expanded his gaze to all around the world.

Hasselblad is one of the most storied names in photography. The company was founded in Sweden in 1841 as a trading business, but by the early 1900s, Victor Hasselblad began producing cameras that defined the brand and set a new standard for precision and design.

A young press photographer who was covering Charlie Kirk's appearance at Utah Valley University when he was assassinated tells PetaPixel how she was able to remain calm and capture dramatic photos that have been published all across the world.

The world-famous Abbey Road Studios has announced the nominees for its 2025 Music Photography Awards.

This has been an extremely busy week for product announcements. While we rarely do recap stories here, we’re making …

A photographer who has spent over 20 years documenting California's Yosemite Park has pulled together an incredible collection of wildlife photos for a new book.

Amid the horror that unfolded in New York 24 years ago today, dumbfounded people on the ground reacted in different ways. Some fled, some went toward the World Trade Center, some took photos.

Making a movie of any kind, scripted or otherwise, is a massive endeavor. Not only do you need to assemble the right team, but you also need to figure out budgets, manage every shooting day carefully, and prepare for every eventuality. So while the PetaPixel team may have the camera and editing skills, the multitude of other factors usually preclude us from actually making a movie. So, when the opportunity was presented, we jumped on it.

The International Pet Photography Awards has revealed its winners, with Katie Brockman taking home the top prize for her creative portfolio.

A photographer with a passion for hidden details in the natural world takes compelling photos of "overlooked" insects.

With the upcoming blood moon eclipse this weekend, astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has revealed a unique image he took during the last total lunar eclipse earlier this year.