Award-Winning Documentary Celebrates Pioneering Black Photographers
Filmmaker/photographer Michael Blackshire, age 32, has made a documentary about pioneering Black photographers in Chicago, now in their eighties.
Filmmaker/photographer Michael Blackshire, age 32, has made a documentary about pioneering Black photographers in Chicago, now in their eighties.
The "really bad photographer' who scored $50,000 and a 10-day trip to Iceland thanks to her terrible photos has revealed the images she took during her visit to the country.
Photographers don't always need to go to great lengths for great pictures; sometimes it's about making the most of where you are. Case in point: Andrew McCarthy's latest shot of a Blood Moon eclipse.
Jon Kreye has spent more than eight years photographing cabins, vacation rentals, hotels, and resorts around the world for major travel and lodging companies. In this exclusive PetaPixel interview, the award-winning photographer shares how his love of travel and unique places shaped his career, his approach to storytelling and light, and why staying true to his creative voice matters.
It's become a go-to photo for the official White House account on X when it comes to US-Canada relations -- which have become decidedly frosty. But who took that stirring photo of a bald eagle with its talons on a Canada goose and where did it come from?
The 2026 Minimalist Photography Awards has announced its winners. This year, photographers from nearly 70 countries entered over 6,200 photos for consideration, competing across a dozen categories.
DJI mounted an Osmo Action 6 camera to a rocket ship, filming its ascent into near-space and back down again.
The Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 competition has given a sneak peek at 15 finalists that are set to compete for the prestigious Grand Title.
As debate intensifies over surveillance cameras, a photojournalist in Philadelphia has set out to document the omnipresent devices monitoring us.
Camera traps set up by a wildlife photographer in Iran have captured the rarely seen Pallas's cat.
“It was just breathtaking,” Wayne says, the awe unmistakable in his voice. “It was the most epic thing I’ve ever photographed in my life.” …
The cinematographer behind the acclaimed horror-comedy TV show Widow’s Bay has revealed how he created the series’ distinctive cinematic look.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has shared a series of amazing pictures that show six brave goslings taking a leap of faith.
The annual 2026 BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology photography competition offers researchers out in the field a chance to celebrate the intersection of art and science, showcasing their projects in a visually beautiful way.
An FPV drone pilot took GoPro's new Mission 1 Pro camera for a thrilling ride up, down, and around Niagara Falls.
National Geographic's latest documentary series, Lion, directed by Jon Favreau, premieres this week. It follows a lion cub for four years on his journey to become a leader.
A photographer who captured a pod of gymnastic dolphins acrobatically leaping from the water has revealed the tricks and techniques he uses to set up his stunning shots.
Joerg Daiber travels the world creating mesmerizing videos using a tilt-shift perspective and recently traveled to the stunning Norwegian archipelago of Lofoten.
The best photographs do more than record a moment. The 2026 European Photography Awards celebrate images that pull us into one, inviting us to linger on a fleeting gesture, look again at a familiar place, or see the world from an unexpected perspective.
The finalists for the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026 have been announced, a competition that honors the ocean in all its complexity -- its wonder, its fragility, and the urgent need to protect it.
A photographer has been capturing abandoned homes in Baltimore and the surrounding areas for the past 16 years -- dodging ticks, copperheads, drug dealers, hunters with high-powered rifles, and farmers on ATVs.
The National Portrait Gallery in the United Kingdom has unveiled the four finalists for its Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026. One of the four photographers will win the grand prize, taking home £15,000, or just over $20,200.
Photographers from all over the world traveled to Europe last night for a stunning total solar eclipse.
The winners of the Pure Street Photography Awards 2026 have been announced -- a competition created to celebrate photographs defined by honesty, observation, and humanity.
The winners of the 2026 International Pet Photography Awards have been announced, with photographer Callie Soden claiming the Creative and Studio category titles before being named the overall International Pet Photographer of the Year.
It looks like an image taken on the semi-arid landscape of southern California, but this remarkable news photo, showing scorched grass, was actually taken in London.
Bruce Gilden is known for his confrontational street photography, using a close-up flash technique to capture striking portraits of people many would simply walk past. He's proven to be controversial, but Gilden says he had a deep empathy for his subjects.
Photographer Benedek Lampert's new series, The Nature We Replaced, combines the miniature worlds the photographer is known for crafting with powerful environmental storytelling.
New York City's bodega cats are no ordinary felines. They're working cats in neighborhood stores that are in charge of pest control -- an important job in a city with a persistent rodent problem.
Civics, the new book by photographer William Meyers, offers a sweeping 25-year visual record of New York City as a microcosm of America, capturing the everyday acts of civic engagement, public service, and neighborly support that sustain the democratic fabric of the nation.
The Royal Photographic Society will exhibit photographic works created by 48 different photographers for its 167th annual International Photography Exhibition (IPE). It is the world's longest-running photography exhibition.
Starting from the early 1900s, a new exhibition documents the rapid expansion of urban life in the United States through the eyes of the most important photographers from the 20th century.
South African photographer Chris Fallows, who has famously captured Great White Sharks leaping from the waters around Cape Town, has opened up about witnessing a humpback whale "supergroup" at the end of last year.
Photographer AJ Smadi has captured the second-ever photograph of the International Space Station (ISS) and Venus in the same frame -- he also captured the first one.
Most photographers would not dare to use moonlight as their key light, but Darren Almond is not most photographers.
The winners of the Mangrove Photography Awards 206 have been announced, celebrating the unique waterworld that permeates tropical areas.
National Geographic's new three-part docudrama series, Pompeii: Out of Time, combines Tom Hiddleston's charming presentation skills, cinematic filmmaking, and a passion for history to tell the story of Pompeii's final hours before it was decimated by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup has come to its conclusion -- with Spain lifting the trophy. But what was it like covering this year's expanded tournament as a photographer? PetaPixel spoke to two of them to find out.
The finalists for the 2026 International Pet Photography Awards have been revealed, with photographers all over the world showcasing their best work.
This project grew out of the many water-drop imaging experiments that my students and I have done over the years. I wondered if combining water-drop photography with portraiture might produce some unique and interesting images.
The Association of Photographers (AOP) has announced the winners of its annual Student Awards.
Photographer Alan Schaller's first book, Metropolis, explored the isolation of living in the big city, a somber subject. His second book, however, should bring out a few more smiles.
While fine art wildlife and landscape photographer Tom Murphy has traveled all around the world, capturing exceptional photographs, he is perhaps best known for his prolific and acclaimed work in and around Yellowstone National Park, where Murphy has called home for over 50 years.
NASA photographer Jim Ross recently flew over Washington, D.C. while seated in an F-18 aircraft and took photos of the capital on America's 250th birthday.
We are living through the most photographed moment in human history, and somehow, street photography matters more than it ever has.
A photographer who took an epic trip starting from the southern tip of Europe all the way to northern Germany visited 10 cities and created 10 mesmerizing timelapses.
The 2026 Ocean Conservancy Photo Contest winners celebrate the beauty of the world's oceans and their inhabitants, delivering colorful photos of cuttlefish, serene walruses, and more.
The British underworld was once famous for eccentricity, heists, and horrific violence. The Kray twins from the East End of London are arguably the most famous gangsters to ever emerge from the city; it's a scene that is notoriously difficult to photograph.
Researchers spent 35 days exploring a remote, mountainous stretch of the Atlantic Ocean where tectonic fractures constantly reshape the seafloor and bizarre animals thrive.
Award-winning photographer and filmmaker Jason Lindsey's latest project, UNFINISHED, is a "film for America's 250th" anniversary. In the short four-minute film, Lindsey shows dozens of photos captured across America that have one big thing in common: they all feature the American flag in one form or another.
