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.
The winners of the second International Aerial Photographer of the Year have been revealed, and Azim Khan Ronnie from Bangladesh has been crowned champion.
National Geographic kicked off its annual summer Sharkfest event in a huge way with a brand-new, jaw-dropping special, Hammerhead Sharks Up Close With Bertie Gregory. These eye-catching, iconic sharks are wildly misunderstood, unfairly feared, and face an existential threat. Gregory spoke to PetaPixel about his new special on hammerhead sharks and what people can do to protect marine life.
Jeff Dworsky dropped out of school at 14, bought a Leica at 15, and moved to a small island in Maine at 16 to become a fisherman.
The 2026 iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) has announced the winners of its 20th annual competition. This year, thousands of photographers from more than 140 countries showed just how powerful an iPhone can be in the right hands and how great photos don't always require high-end, dedicated camera equipment.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the shortlist for its annual ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. This year's edition received nearly 4,000 entries from dedicated amateur and professional photographers from 66 different countries.
Famed abolitionist, writer, and civil rights leader Frederick Douglass was pioneering and influential in his use of photography in the 19th-century abolitionist movement. For Douglass and his peers, the camera was a potent weapon in the fight for the rights and freedoms of Black Americans.
Manas National Park is a magical location situated in the foothills of the Himalaya in Northeast India, where photographer Matan Sharon recently spent time documenting a rare black leopard family raising cubs.
In his latest video project, photographer Michael Shainblum returns to the volatile, weather-driven landscapes of New Zealand with a body of work shaped less by fixed composition and more by responsiveness to constant change. We spoke with Shainblum to learn more about the creative and technical approach behind his immersive landscape photography.
A photographer has spent the best part of a decade documenting the War on Drugs -- looking at where cocaine comes from and where it ends up.
A Game Boy enthusiast recently took his classic 1998 console to Mount Wilson Observatory in Los Angeles and attached it to an enormous 60-inch telescope.
Over 10 years ago, photographer Dustin Snipes revealed how he captured an iconic shot of NBA star Anthony Davis dunking the Sun. But fast-forward 11 years, and Red Bull once again commissioned Snipes to do a near-identical shoot. Only this time with AJ Dybantsa, who is projected to be the number one pick at today's NBA Draft.
The 2026 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year has unveiled its shortlist -- and there are some real bangers on there.
Travel and nature photographer Jake Guzman has spent the past two years creating Otherworldly America, a new 256-page photography book that features hundreds of photos Guzman has captured all across America, from Alaska and Hawai'i all the way to New England. It is a beautiful look at what makes the United States such a special place for landscape photographers, and a rich well of photo opportunities that can never truly be exhausted.
The winning photos from the third annual Nature and Humans Photo Competition reveal two very different but equally important aspects of non-human animals.
As globalization brought the population of the world together, it began to feel like a smaller place. Once exotic destinations like Japan or Bali are now teeming with tourists -- all hungry for a photo. Unexplored areas now feel like a relic of the past, but one photographer says he's found a path less traveled.
Nature's 2026 Scientist At Work photography competition features five of the best photos that scientists captured around the world, showcasing the important work scientists do and the incredible places they go.
The winners of the 2026 Sony Future Filmmaker Awards have been revealed, showcasing up-and-coming filmmaking talent across five categories.
I have wondered for many years what you would see if you were a tiny ant looking up when walking through a flower field, or a ladybug that has just landed on a flower stem.
Sir David Attenborough turned 100 last month, and much of his incredible life's mission has been celebrating and showcasing the natural world. Billions of people on Earth have heard Attenborough's voice, heard his words, and seen his work. Arguably, nothing on Earth impacts life as much as the oceans, and that's the focus of "Ocean with David Attenborough," streaming now online and on National Geographic, Disney+, and Hulu.
Wandering through a market in Frankfurt years ago, photo collector Jochen Raiss stumbled across a photo of a woman halfway up a tree.
