113 Years Ago, the US Tried to Outlaw Fake Photographs
It’s easy to imagine that anxiety over manipulated images began with Photoshop or AI, but photographers have been wrestling with the problem almost since the birth of the medium. petapixel.com »
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It’s easy to imagine that anxiety over manipulated images began with Photoshop or AI, but photographers have been wrestling with the problem almost since the birth of the medium. petapixel.com »
One of the most memorable situations I've photographed was on a short flight with my husband on July 4th, 2016. He flew us from Centennial, Colorado, to Limon, Colorado, and on the way home, we were treated to an incredible sunset, plus the start of fireworks while in the air. dpreview.com »
A SpaceX Starlink satellite was recently photographed passing over China’s secretive Dingxin Airbase, appearing in an image captured by a commercial Earth-observation satellite. [Read More] petapixel.com »
NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover has been exploring Jezero Crater on Mars since it landed on the planet on February 18, 2021. Since then, it has made many remarkable discoveries and captured hundreds of thousands of incredible photos. petapixel.com »
Photographer Todd Hido's work evokes the haunting atmosphere of Gregory Crewdson or even David Lynch, crafting ethereal images of suburbia that find beauty in the mundane and the uncanny in the ordinary. [Read More] petapixel.com »
As creatives continue to grapple with artificial intelligence (AI) technology -- how it fits into their workflow or whether it should be used at all -- Google has released one example of an AI-generated video using "vintage photography" as the basis. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A recent video shared by All Arts TV profiles the late Beuford Smith, a self-taught street photographer who captured iconic images in New York City in the 1960s and beyond. The video was the inaugural episode of the publication's new "The Darkroom MCs" series and is one of the last interviews Smith gave before his passing on June 7, 2025. dpreview.com »
Photographer Cindy Sherman has launched an initiative that allows her damaged prints to be destroyed and replaced with new, artist-approved versions to preserve her iconic images for future generations. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Some photographs can stop viewers in their tracks. They allow the audience to halt, observe, and mull over the finite layers of colors and content confined in a frame. Such photographs are rare in a world brimming with visual noise, as they allow the viewer to connect and find some respite from the throes of life. thephoblographer.com »
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is set to receive over 6,500 historical and contemporary photography works from world-renowned collector Artur Walther and the Walther Family Foundation. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Gordon Laing, an outstanding camera reviewer from CameraLabs and friend of PetaPixel, just published his review of the Fujifilm GFX100RF which he took to arguably one of the best locations for the compact medium format camera: Iceland. [Read More] petapixel.com »
There are some photographers whose legacy provides us a glimpse of a world that is long forgotten. For instance, Eugene Atget's photographs of old Paris showcase a side of the city we never knew. Then there is Malian photographer Seydou Keita, who showcases the beauty of everyday life in his country with studio portraits of his people. thephoblographer.com »
There are certain moments in the photographic history that seem surreal. For instance, the photograph of the Falling Man shot during 9/11, the Burning Monk captured during the Vietnam War, or the Hindenburg incident. thephoblographer.com »
Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope investigated a goliath galaxy, LEDA 1313424. Nicknamed the "Bullseye," this galaxy features nine rings, many more than any other known galaxy. petapixel.com »
There are days when I can't help but wonder about the life of my photos centuries down the line. What will happen to those photographs if they manage to survive. Will they be adored by my great-grandchildren, or will they be tucked away in whatever cloud storage device they have in store? But as I pondered over the future, another question popped up in my head: the now. thephoblographer.com »
Photo: Mitchell Clark Astronomy photographers, your time to shine is here. The 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest is now open for entries, giving you the opportunity to submit your favorite images of the night sky. dpreview.com »
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured a photo of two stars actively producing carbon-rich dust, which may one day fuel the formation of new stars and planets. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Police have reportedly seized Sally Mann photographs from an exhibition at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, after a complaint was made about her images. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Macro Photographer Ben Salb is an OM SYSTEM Ambassador whose passion for photography lies in the small details of the natural world. The Maryland-based photographer specializes in high magnification insect and spider photography, often finding his subjects close to home in the lush woods of the United States’ eastern coast. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Dedicating himself to capturing ordinary men and women, Louis Stettner described himself as the "world's best-known unknown photographer". [Read More] petapixel.com »
There is a “window” on the back of the Canon EOS R1 that seemed to stump us nerds who obsess over the smallest details, but it may actually be a cool detail. On August 31, 2023, Canon Inc. canonrumors.com »
A huge collection of rediscovered photographs reveals new details about the world's first police crime lab which was founded by the "Sherlock Holmes of France" in the early 20th century. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Three sailors -- who spent more than a week stranded on a remote, uninhabited island -- were rescued after a navy plane spotted a giant "HELP" sign made of palm trees on a beach. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A photographer with a fascination for pigeons has attached small cameras to the birds so they can take photos.
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petapixel.com »DJI announced the Dock 2, a "drone in a box" system that features a specially designed Matrice 3D or 3TD drone that can fly automatic missions for up to six months once in position. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The very first crime scene photographs ever made were taken by a pioneering detective from Paris who realized how useful photography can be in solving a case. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The Sony World Photography Awards 2024 have revealed the winners of the National and Regional competition which celebrates photographic communities in all corners of the world. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A cache of Type 1 photographs of pop culture icons are up for auction that includes pictures of Jackie Kennedy, Al Capone, Walt Disney, and many more. [Read More] petapixel.com »
“…I want to express to the readers of this article that using the multiple exposure technique is very addictive,” says photographer Ester van Overbeek to the Phoblographer in an interview. thephoblographer.com »
I'm obsessed with the idea of printed photo books. If someone were to look at my while I peer at them, they'd notice the fascination in my face -- synonamous to the way a dog looks at a bone. And it's only now that I've had some time to look at Mark Seliger Photographs, a book by the famous photographer compiling a ton of images that he's done throughout his career. thephoblographer.com »
When you look at photographs by Eleonora Prignano, it's easy to sit there and contemplate the execution, use of warm colors, and what she had planned in her mind. Things about her work remind us of Henriette Sabroe Ebbesen -- and then it hits us. thephoblographer.com »
The top 50 wedding photographs taken in 2023, according to Junebug Weddings, have been unveiled.
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petapixel.com »Photographs taken over 100 years ago can appear like a foreign country, but the people in those photos did not experience the world in black and white. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Creating photographs shouldn't be easy. Let me rephrase that -- creating photographs that push you and make you do inspiring and fulfilling work shouldn't be easy. It should be a process of experimentation, foresight, adaptation, and emotional roller coasters. thephoblographer.com »
NASA's Parker Solar Probe, the first spacecraft to "touch the Sun," sailed directly through a coronal mass ejection (CME). [Read More] petapixel.com »
A rare set of photographs taken in the immediate aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake are set for auction today in California. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023 would have been famed photographer Richard Avedon's 100th birthday and to mark the occasion a host of celebrities have picked their favorite Avedon photograph. [Read More] petapixel.com »
An old video published by Charlie Dean Archives on YouTube shows a dramatization of how photographs were captured in the field and transmitted by wire in the 1930s, fueling fast-paced news decades before the internet was even an idea, let alone the global communications network it is today. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured what is known as a Wolf-Rayet star, the brief phase that comes just before it goes supernova. Due to how short the time is that a star is in this phase, it is one of the rarest astronomical observations. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been used to identify six galaxies that potentially emerged extremely early in the universe’s history and are so massive they should not be possible under the current cosmological theory. [Read More] petapixel.com »
New photos from Hubble show what scientists call "spokes" across Saturn's rings. First seen by NASA's Voyager in the 1980s, these spokes appear seasonally and scientists still can't fully explain them. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The James Webb Space Telescope has recently captured a large spiral galaxy that resembles Earth's own Milky Way Galaxy that exists a little over a billion light years away. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Facebook groups are refusing to publish photographs of snowy owls in a bid to stop photographers whose "paparazzi-like behavior" around the animals is harming conservation efforts. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Even though the James Webb Space Telescope tends to steal the space-themed headlines lately, the Hubble Space Telescope is still capturing incredible photos of the universe, including this galactic pair that are so close to one another that they are distorted by each other's gravity. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A fascinating collection of antique daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, and carte de visites has been put together showing dogs and their owners from the 19th and 20th centuries. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Fans of astrophotography are currently feasting thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, but Hubble isn't ready to be forgotten yet. Its latest capture is a gorgeous glittering star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius. [Read More] petapixel.com »
While the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has dominated headlines, the Hubble Space Telescope shouldn't be forgotten. The legendary observatory recently captured this gorgeous photo that showcases the colors of the Orion Nebula. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Instagram will be testing full-screen photographs on feeds, which will allow users to post ultra-tall, 9:16 images that match the format for Reels. [Read More] petapixel.com »
While the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the focus of most space-related headlines lately, Hubble is still hard at work and recently captured this stunning star cluster photo. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A spectacular photo of a huge set of rings surrounding a black hole has been captured by the NASA Chandra X-Ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. [Read More] petapixel.com »