Digital cameras can see in color in near darkness these days, but decades ago, there were very different solutions for capturing usable photos at night. One example is the photoflash bomb, a special type of bomb that was designed specifically to explode in midair and illuminate the world below for aerial photos. The photoflash bomb […]
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Ever wanted to try one of those cool smoke bomb shots, with thick, bright smoke in eerily sculpted curves floating around fashion models? I’d never tried one but I’ve seen quite a few images online that amazed and delighted me, so when the local model photography group in Orlando planned a smoke bomb shoot at […] petapixel.com »
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Joe Rosenthal, the photographer who captured the iconic war image Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, has had a block in downtown San Francisco named after him. [Read More]
A years-long investigation has uncovered the identity of a photographer who risked his life taking hundreds of pictures of Nazi Occupied France -- and paid the price for it. [Read More]
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]
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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]
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