Behind the lens: The 2024 International Photography Hall of Fame inductees

2024 inductees: International Photography Hall of Fame Clockwise from top left: James Balog, Sam Abell, Martin Parr, Eve Arnold, Richard Misrach, Paul Caponigro. (Not pictured: Anne Wilkes Tucker) The International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum (IPHF) has announced its 2024 class of inductees, a group that includes photographers, visionaries and historians who exemplify the artistry, passion and evolution of the photographic arts. dpreview.com »

2024-10-30 16:00

The World’s First Permanent AI Art Museum Will Open in LA Next Year

The world's first museum of AI arts will open at The Grand in Downtown Los Angeles, California next year. The museum, called Dataland, is being spearheaded by Refik Anadol whom the Los Angeles Times characterizes as a "leader of AI-generated art." [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-9-30 13:12

Vivian Maier Exhibition at Fotografiska Will be the Museum’s Final Show

The Vivian Maier exhibition currently on at Fotografiska New York will be the museum's final show before it closes.

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2024-6-14 13:36

An Enormous Photography Museum is Opening in China

Later this year the city of Lishui in China will become the proud host of an enormous museum dedicated to photography -- possibly the world's largest. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-6-7 20:13

Artist Sues Museum of Sex For Using Photo of Them Without Consent in Ads

An artist has sued the Museum of Sex in New York City for using a photo of them kissing their ex-girlfriend without consent in its ad campaign. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-3-4 15:13

Holocaust Museum Changes Exhibit to Stop Tourists Taking Selfies With Nazi Uniforms

A Holocaust museum has rearranged its exhibit to provide people with fewer opportunities to take Nazi-themed selfies.

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2024-1-31 17:49

Museum Exhibit Showcases ‘Most Awkward Family Photos Ever’

A traveling museum exhibit is hilariously showcasing the "most awkward family photos ever" taken.

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2023-12-29 19:12

Hungary Fires Museum Director Over Photo Exhibit

A set of photos featured in the World Press Photo exhibition showing an LGBT community in the Philippines has claimed the job of a museum director in Hungary. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-11-7 18:29

The Latest Exhibits at the International Center of Photography Slap Instagram Photography in the Face. And We Love It

We're blessed to have more than one museum dedicated to photography here in NYC. The International Center of Photography (ICP) has existed for many years. However, it's recently been overshadowed by Fotografiska in a few ways -- especially with the marketing of the Chapel Bar attached to the museum. thephoblographer.com »

2023-9-28 22:00

Portrait-Friendly Museum in Texas Accused of ‘Ripping People Off’

Seismique is a technology-focused art museum in Houston, Texas and is a trendy spot for local photographers to visit and take pictures, including as the backdrop for portraits. petapixel.com »

2023-6-24 23:43

Museum Wins Lawsuit Over Photo of Michelangelo’s David

An Italian museum has won a lawsuit against a magazine publisher which used a photo of Michelangelo's sculpture David without permission -- despite the 500-year-old artwork belonging in the public domain. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-6-6 18:38

Australian Art Museum Rebrands to Focus Entirely on Local Photography

The Monash Gallery of Art in Melbourne, Australia is rebranding as the Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) to solely concentrate on the art form. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-3-17 20:50

SF Photo Museum to Close Due to Rising Rent, Collection to Fetch $15M

Pier 24 Photography in San Francisco is currently home to the Pilara Family Foundation Collection of photographs, which includes more than 4,000 works that span the history of the medium. petapixel.com »

2023-3-7 21:25

This Photography Museum is Shaped like a Giant SLR Camera

The Big Camera Photography Museum is an epic landmark in Western Australia that houses a huge camera collection; the life's work of one man. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-2-14 17:34

Museum Releases Early Color Photos of a Vanished World a Century Ago

Stunning color images recently made available in high resolution by a French museum capture much of the world as it was transformed by technology and geopolitics 100 years ago. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-12-18 19:54

The Smithsonian is Shifting to a Future of Digital Museum Experiences

The Smithsonian's collection of historical artifacts is so large that only 1% of its 150 million piece collection is showcased at any given time. Mixed with age and fragility, the museum is quickly virtualizing its collection to be viewed online. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-6-24 22:02

717-gigapixel image of Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' is the largest to ever be published

The Rijksmuseum, located in the Netherlands, recently published the largest and most detailed image to date. The Dutch museum's website now hosts a 717 gigapixel (717,000,000,000 pixels) rendition of Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' (1642). dpreview.com »

2022-1-7 21:11

Artist Tricks Museum Into Handing Over $84,000 for a Blank Canvas

A Danish museum recently loaned an artist $84,000 to use in creating a new work of art. Instead of using the cash to create what the museum expected, however, the artist delivered blank canvases titled “Take the Money and Run. petapixel.com »

2021-10-5 21:50

Ernst Leitz Museum To Open New Interactive Photography Facility

The Ernst Leitz Museum in Leitz Park, Wetzlar is a modern museum dedicated to photography that, in October, will open a facility where visitors will be able to enjoy what it calls an interactive photography experience. petapixel.com »

2021-7-23 22:52

Museum Wins Case Against Photographer Who Claims It Stole His Photo

A panel of judges has ruled in favor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art over a copyright case. Florida-based photographer Lawrence Marano alleged that the museum stole his 1982 photo of the band Van Halen in the 2019 exhibition Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock and Roll. petapixel.com »

2021-4-7 21:05

Video: Japan Camera Hunter tours Nikon's incredible Tokyo museum

Belamy Hunt, better known as Japan Camera Hunter, ventured to the Nikon Museum in Tokyo earlier this year and recorded the experience. It looks like a wonderful museum and a must-see for any photographer visiting Tokyo. dpreview.com »

2021-3-9 22:24

This Museum Of Witchcraft And Magic Exhibited My Collection Of Photos, Occult Items, And Other Creepy Stuff (47 Pics)

Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick is hosting an exhibition of important vintage spirit photography, prints and drawings, and contemporary art on the subject of ghosts, spirits, specters, demons, and the paranormal from my collection. boredpanda.com »

2020-9-30 18:16

Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magic Shared My Unusual Collection Of Occult Items, Photos, And More (47 Pics)

Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick is hosting an exhibition of important vintage spirit photography, prints and drawings, and contemporary art on the subject of ghosts, spirits, specters, demons, and the paranormal from my collection. boredpanda.com »

2020-9-29 18:16

What Photographers Can Learn from the Whitney Museum and See in Black Debacle

Last week, in the span of slightly over 19 hours, news broke that the Whitney Museum had 1) acquired images from a charity print sale by Black photographers to mount a show entitled Collective Actions: Artist Interventions in a Time of Change, 2) offered the photographers a lifetime pass to the museum for their unsanctioned […] petapixel.com »

2020-9-1 20:55

The Museum of Cameras is Blue Moon’s Love Letter to the Camera Geek

I don't know about you, but I'm still being cautious. I don't really want to use my museum memberships amidst COVID-19. But it's been cool to see how the world has adapted. It's opened up a lot of opportunities. thephoblographer.com »

2020-8-31 19:00

Whitney Museum cancels 'Collective Actions' exhibit after backlash

The Whitney Museum in New York is cancelling its planned 'Collective Actions' exhibit, which was scheduled to begin September 17th, after an online backlash. Farris Wahbeh, the curator, sent out a letter of apology and confirmed that the museum will not show works it acquired at discount prices at a recent 'See in Black' charity auction. dpreview.com »

2020-8-26 02:55

Oakland Museum of California showcases the work of Dorothea Lange in a free online exhibition

The Oakland Museum of California has put together a digital archive of photographs captured by Dorothea Lange, showcasing some of the best works from the 20th-century documentary photographer and photojournalist. dpreview.com »

2020-8-12 17:21

The British Museum Just Put 1.9 Million Images Online for Public Use

Earlier this week, the British Museum made nearly 2 million high-resolution photographs and images of artifacts within their collection available to the public, allowing you to download and use the images under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4. petapixel.com »

2020-5-2 23:32

British Museum launches revamped online collections database early with 1.9M images

On Tuesday, April 28, the British Museum announced that it is the latest institution to make digitized images of its various collections available for free online. The 'revamped' online collections database now contains 1. dpreview.com »

2020-5-1 18:24

Steve Simon Shows Why This Museum Tour Is a Must for All Nikon Fans

Award-winning documentary photographer and author Steve Simon has recently visited the Nikon Museum in Tokyo, and as a long-time Nikon photographer, it proved to be such an exceptional experience. For those of us who can't visit anytime soon, he filmed a quick walkthrough as a preview of all the wonders we can expect to find. Nikon fans will especially find this a treat!  thephoblographer.com »

2020-1-22 23:00

A Quick Tour Through the Nikon Museum In Tokyo

It’s a weird bond and a strange badge of honor that I’ve never strayed from Nikon. I love photography, but I also marvel at the tool itself. I am also honored to have worked on many advertising campaigns for Nikon in Japan, from cameras like the D600 and the never introduced pocket DL, to making […] petapixel.com »

2020-1-16 00:48

Nikon F 60th anniversary sale includes a special wristwatch with shutter speed dial

Nikon is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its first SLR camera, the Nikon F introduced in 1959, with a commemorative items sale through the Nikon Museum. The sale is offering several unique Nikon F-themed products, including a wristwatch, coffee mug, an acrylic plate featuring a hand-drawn and written illustration of the Nikon F camera's components, as well as a revised 2019 Edition of the Nikon Camera History poster. dpreview.com »

2019-12-10 18:49

Thermal Camera at Museum Spots Woman’s Breast Cancer

A thermal camera at a tourist attraction in Edinburgh, Scotland may have helped save a 41-year-old woman’s life recently by spotting her breast cancer before it had been diagnosed. In May of this year, Bal Gill, 41, visited the Camera Obscura and World of Illusions in Edinburgh where she posed in the museum’s thermal camera […] petapixel.com »

2019-10-25 20:21

Auschwitz Museum urges visitors to not be disrespectful by taking selfies on the train tracks

Train track, in operation May–October 1944, leading through the gate to the gas chambers at Auschwitz II-Birkenau The Auschwitz Museum has asked visitors to be more respectful after an upsurge of pictures posted on social media showing people posing on the train tracks that lead to the main gate. dpreview.com »

2019-3-24 00:12

Nikon Museum exhibition showcases 60 rare prototype interchangeable lenses

A Reflex-Nikkor 1000mm f/11 prototype is mounted on the Nikon Z 7 via the Mount Adapter FTZ Nikon Museum is showcasing prototype interchangeable lenses from the 1950s to the 1980s in a special exhibition called "Prototype Lenses -- Fascinating Images Captured by the Nikon Z 7 Mirrorless Camera. dpreview.com »

2018-12-12 02:08

There’s Now a Museum of Selfies in Hollywood

The word “selfie” has exploded into mainstream culture over the past decade as more and more people around the world shoot and share self-portraits using their smartphone’s front-facing camera. petapixel.com »

2018-11-29 21:19

Wildlife Photographer of the Year winner disqualified for using stuffed animal

The winner of the Environment category of the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition has been disqualified after the competitionincluded a ‘taxidermy specimen’ taken from the entrance to the park in which his picture was created. dpreview.com »

2018-4-28 21:20

I Photograph The Strangest Museum You’ve Ever Seen

The Museum has been started in 2005 in a 1000 meters ground in Lavasan area ( Tehran / Iran ). It is directed by Prof Naser Houshmand Vaziri who is one of outstanding sculptors in Iran and all of designs, creativities and inventions have been made by him.This is the first private and personal caved museum in Iran. boredpanda.com »

2018-4-5 12:24

Gallery Review: Stephen Shore Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art

A tangerine sunset casts a Texaco station in an eerie light in a middle-of-nowhere highway.  Flashbulbs on a Rollei 35mm capture a grotesquely delicious image of an omelet, white toast, and a stark white glass of milk in what could be any diner in the United States. thephoblographer.com »

2017-12-6 14:00

Museum Offers Free Film Digitization for Black Families

The National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D. C, is offering African American families free digitization services so that they can bring analog media into the digital age. petapixel.com »

2017-11-22 22:00

Photographer Spends Eternity Waiting For Museum Visitors To Match Artworks And The Result Is Worth The Wait

Most of us were bored at some museum at least once in our lives - except this guy! France-based photographer Stefan Draschan always keeps himself entertained at art galleries by creating his own art projects. boredpanda.com »

2017-10-18 02:38

Chinese Museum Pulls Photo Exhibit Comparing Black People to Animals

A museum in China has taken down a photo exhibition that placed photos of black people and African animals side-by-side. The exhibit had attracted outrage from around the world after images of it were shared online. petapixel.com »

2017-10-14 19:17

800-Year-Old Coffin Damaged After Museum Visitor Lifts Kid in for Photo

An 800-year-old stone coffin in a UK museum was damaged earlier this month when parents decided to lift their child into it to pose for a photo. The Guardian reports that the ancient artifact was on display at the Prittlewell Priory Museum in Southend, Essex, on August 4th when the kid was lifted past the […] petapixel.com »

2017-8-23 18:57

Designer Makes Paintings and Statues Smile at the Museum with FaceApp

British designer Olly Gibbs recently did something really fun. He took the popular neural face transformation app FaceApp to the Amsterdam museum, where he used it to… liven a few of the characters up. petapixel.com »

2017-5-18 20:52

Nikon Museum 100th Anniversary Special Exhibition showcases prototype cameras

The Nikon Museum has launched its second 100th Anniversary Special Exhibition called 'Prototype Cameras -- Developers' Memories. ' This exhibit, which will be running from April 4th through July 1st, showcases about 40 of the maker's prototype cameras spanning dates from the 1940s through the 1980s, including its notable Nikon Model I Prototype 1 unit. dpreview.com »

2017-4-12 22:43

Metropolitan Museum adds 375,000 scans of artwork to public domain

“[Advertisement for Sarony's Photographic Studies]” by Napoleon Sarony (American (born Canada), Quebec 1821–1896 New York) via The Metropolitan Museum of Art is licensed under CC0 1. 0 The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has added 375,000 images to the public domain, each showing a scan of copyright-free artwork in the museum's collection. dpreview.com »

2017-2-18 21:39

You Can Now Access The World’s Oldest Film Archive Online For Free

The George Eastman Museum, the world’s oldest museum dedicated to the subject of photography has opened up a new online portal that will provide free access to over 250,000 items from their collections. digitalrev.com »

2016-11-1 03:00