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Earlier this year, students enrolled The University of Texas at Austin's School of Journalism and Media (in the Moody College of Communication) were encouraged to apply for a six-month mentorship with a Canon Explorer of Light. petapixel.com »
A documentary about a pioneering cameraman who jumps from planes so he can film cars falling from the sky is set to be released. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The trailer for I am Martin Parr has been released giving fans a first look at the documentary about the celebrated photographer. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The History Channel has released an absorbing video about the life and career of photographer Lee Miller that is narrated by Kate Winslet. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A volunteer group of more than 300 producers and researchers have published a set of guidelines for the use of generative AI in documentaries. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A new documentary explores the life and career of photographer Corky Lee who turned his lens to the Asian Americans who are so often left out of history. [Read More] petapixel.com »
An upcoming documentary will celebrate American Horror Story actress Jessica Lange's decades-long passion for photography.
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A new documentary, that is executive-produced by Wes Anderson, explores the life and work of American photographer James Hamilton. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Netflix has been accused of using AI-manipulated images in a new true crime documentary What Jennifer Did.
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Tucked away in the artists’ enclave of Denton, Texas, Thin Line Fest is an artistic adventure filled with communal celebration and discovery. What started as a documentary film festival in 2007 is now a lively mosaic of artistic expression with seven music stages and multiple photography galleries. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Standing on top of the desolate mountain, 4000 meters (13,000 feet) up on the Tibetan Plateau, our bodies were freezing and our batteries were dying but we needed to get the final shot for the documentary. petapixel.com »
The trailer for a documentary about the photographer Roman Vishinac -- who is best known for documenting Jewish life in Eastern Europe in the years prior to World War II -- has been released. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Social documentary photographer Tish Murtha may not have garnered much acclaim for her photographic work while alive, but it is, nevertheless, powerful in what it portrays and remains relevant to this day. petapixel.com »
Photographers tend to take two different sides on AI imagery. Some say that it's not photography. Others embrace it and try to learn the technology to add to their skill sets. In our interviews on this website, we've discussed lots of different opinions that photographers have on AI. thephoblographer.com »
Following the success of the "Ultimate Space Telescope" documentary, PBS's science series NOVA has released a second film titled "New Eye on the Universe" that aims to provide a better understanding of how James Webb is deepening the understanding of the universe. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A new documentary explores the life and works of Ernest Withers, an iconic civil rights photographer who was revealed to be an FBI informant after he died. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The Fujifilm GFX 50R is on sale right now for an insanely great price. Actually, it’s now at its lowest price point! Some of us only need a 50MP medium format camera body and don’t care for AI scene detection. thephoblographer.com »
When I work on a blueprint for a potential documentary project most of my attention goes to unpacking whatever it was that drew my initial interest – usually a collection of themes, locations, and characters that I will visit in order to discover what direction the story will end up going in. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Greenhouse gasses and a warming atmosphere may be invisible, but the consequences of climate change sit clearly in sight. In a State of Change, a social documentary featuring wildlife photographer Donal Boyd, seeks to illustrate the climate crisis while confronting the challenge of pulling off such a monumental visual task. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A documentary film about photographer Nan Goldin and her fight to hold a pharmaceutical firm accountable for the U.S. opioid crisis has won the top Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival this weekend, only the second time a documentary has won the illustrious prize. [Read More] petapixel.com »
No Ordinary Life is a film that explores the work of women photojournalists who put themselves in perilous situations to document conflict. [Read More] petapixel.com »
NOVA, a PBS award-winning science series, has premiered a new special that chronicles the James Webb Space Telescope's journey into space through the capture of its first incredible photos. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A documentary about the life of trailblazing 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge has received favorable reviews after it has been shown at various film festivals. [Read More] petapixel.com »
YouTube channel DW Documentary has published a 25-minute program detailing the 175 year history of Zeiss, a name now synonymous with photography despite its origin story beginning well before cameras would become commonplace. dpreview.com »
If the intention behind a photograph is to produce something photographic, weighted by aesthetic merit, or artistic expression, then it is your observation via the camera that you are most likely going to share in that image. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Acclaimed Magnum photographer and judge on VISION+ Mobile PhotoAwards 2021, Martin Parr has shared his thoughts on how modern smartphone technology has shaped the documentary genre and opened up new opportunities for photographers of all levels of experience. petapixel.com »
Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg has been creating timelapses of different fungi over the course of the last 15 years as part of his film Fantastic Fungi. In a video with Wired, he explains how he creates these epic sequences. petapixel.com »
Documentary photography is often a polarizing genre. Not only because of the topics. But also because of who photographs, and more so, where they photograph. Western photographers often lust after impactful stories happening in nations less fortunate than theirs. thephoblographer.com »
It's time to travel again! Parts of the world are opening back up, and folks are eager to explore again. Bringing along the right camera can sometimes be a confusing task. Luckily, we've done a whole lot of traveling over the years. thephoblographer.com »
A brief 11-minute cinematic documentary titled “The Light Within a Hundred Square Feet” tells the story of Oson Chin — the last film printer left in Chicago — and his legacy of enthusiasm and knowledge of analog photography. petapixel.com »
Minimalism can be such an effective and beautiful way to present information, especially in photographs where there needs to be only one subject or central point of clarity. However, while many seem to subscribe to the “less is more” sensibility of minimalism, which can mean chiseling away at anything non-essential, I don’t find this a […] petapixel.com »
A simple local documentary project can help you return back to enjoying your personal photography, even after a long break. There are plenty of photographers who haven’t picked up their cameras for months due to the unforeseen long-term break imposed by COVID-19 restrictions and the impact this global pandemic has had on people’s mental health, […] petapixel.com »
A photography documentary is a great way to consume the art form you love. From the educational to the eye-opening, there’s a photography documentary for all your wants and needs. Popular streaming site, Netflix has hours of awesome content for the photography fan. thephoblographer.com »
The Olympic games are the peak of international sports photography and the images photographers can capture there are timeless and iconic, long outliving the photographer and the subject. This 30-minute documentary explores the role photographers have in capturing that history. petapixel.com »
Earlier this year, we carefully observed the kits used by award-winning press photographers. What we learned is that there really, truly is no such thing as a bad camera anymore. They're all good. thephoblographer.com »
The first trailer for the forthcoming Pete Souza documentary, The Way I See It, has been released, providing a glimpse into what we can expect from the feature-length documentary. Pete Souza has served as Chief Official White House Photographer under two presidents, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. dpreview.com »
There's a pretty big issue these days involving documentary-style photography, and it stems from the street photography community. I've seen it in several different protests. Maybe that's where I should start. thephoblographer.com »
Here at The Pholographer, we sure love sinking our teeth into some good documentary photography. We appreciate the vision, time, and execution photographers put in to share the world's most important stories. thephoblographer.com »
One of the byproducts of the new-wave approach to street photography, which champions anonymity, mystery, and a cinematic aesthetic, is that there is an absolute abundance of images featuring silhouetted figures and shadow play. petapixel.com »
There seems to be a trend in current photography goals to achieve a “look” to one’s work. I feel this is a short-sighted goal, and that a consistent aesthetic is more the result of careful curation of a large body of work, rather than something that ought to be deliberately achieved. I think that a […] petapixel.com »
“I can’t shoot street photography where I live. My city is just so boring. I need to travel more to explore exotic places to be able to shoot more. ” Those are sentiments I had some time ago about my photography. petapixel.com »
Whenever I travel for photography, there’s a real sense of anticipation for the scenarios I might face, the feeling that the next great moment is just around the corner. As a street and documentary photographer, my intention when traveling is not to see “the sights”, or to eat the foods, or to hear the music […] petapixel.com »
In this article, I’ll share with you the lessons I have gained leading photography tours in Romania with Intrepid Exposures. These are lessons I feel we can all learn from in order to create more powerful photography. petapixel.com »
I think the question of whether something is or is not “art” is a bit disingenuous, often used more as a tool for gatekeeping than true analysis or critique. There is no objective standard for what makes something enjoyable as a piece of art, whether that’s a photograph, music, sculpture, or a blade of grass […] petapixel.com »
Shooting a long term project, whether personal or professional, is a wonderful way to explore areas of photography you might not have previously considered. I know of photographers who have experimented with different types of filters, post-processing techniques, actual shooting methods (long exposure, panning, unfamiliar/conventional focal lengths), and so on, as their projects evolve. The […] petapixel.com »
Recently I hit a milestone in my photographer’s career: I’ve accomplished 250 paid assignments. It took me ten years and half a million frames to get there. I thought it’s a decent reason to reflect a little bit on what has been done and what the journey feels like. The A-ha Moment Just a few […] petapixel.com »
All documentary photography by Jenna Shouldice. Used with permission. “During labor, I feel like a magnet to the experience,” explains Jenna Shouldice. She’s a documentary photographer based on Vancouver Island. thephoblographer.com »
Robert Frank, one of the most influential documentary photographers of our time, passed away on Monday on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. He was 94 years old. With his seminal work The Americans, Frank changed the course of documentary photography, pioneering a raw, candid, and honest style that remains popular to this day. He […] petapixel.com »
Dutch public broadcaster VPRO has published a documentary called '#followme' that details the hidden reality behind fake Instagram accounts and how they become popular. The documentary, which was filmed in a vertical orientation for a primarily mobile audience, is around 49 minutes long and available to stream for free on Instagram and YouTube. dpreview.com »
To celebrate its 100th anniversary, Olympus has shared a trio of short documentary videos showing the history and subsequent evolution of its three primary business divisions: medical, scientific solutions and imaging. dpreview.com »
