The Texan police department investigating the confiscated Sally Mann photographs spent almost $7,000 of taxpayers' money on a fruitless fact-finding mission to New York City. [Read More]
Texas has dropped charges against Sally Mann after a grand jury declined to take action against the controversial photographer and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth where her photos were exhibited in January. [Read More]
Trouble brews at one of the world's largest nonprofit photography associations, the Professional Photographers of America (PPA). The council has decided to call for a meeting with its members to address several concerns, one of which includes recalling the current Board of Directors.
Trouble brews at one of the world's largest nonprofit photography associations, the Professional Photographers of America (PPA). The council has decided to call for a meeting with its members to address several concerns, one of which includes recalling the current Board of Directors.
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]
A photojournalist arrested while covering a Pro-Palestinian protest at a university had his assault charges dropped following an outcry. [Read More]
A rare pink grasshopper was photographed in a wildlife refuge this week -- but its unusual color spells bad news for the insect. [Read More]
A photographer had a terrifying incident while taking pictures of the Dallas skyline when men chased and shot at him.
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A federal judge has overturned the stringent drone laws in Texas, citing that it is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment. The lawsuit challenging the law was brought in 2019 by the National Press Photographer's Association (NPPA). [Read More]
Long, scripted, single-take drone videos are becoming must-have shots for high-end productions, and HBO’s series Hard Knocks has shared the latest: an impressive tour of the Dallas Cowboys NFL team’s massive facility.
When Texas-based educator and photographer Dusty Parrish came across a Kodak box camera from the 1930s, he didn't want to keep the experience to himself. He had the brilliant idea of bringing back the old school photography experience to kids today by mentoring 30 kids from the school he's teaching in.
Two separate planes transit across last night’s Harvest Moon in Austin, Texas. I’ve been wanting to capture a plane transiting the moon for a while now and last night I got lucky with two within minutes of each other.
Keith Carter is a Texas-based photographer whose ethereal style and beautiful depiction of “truth and beauty” have often led him to be referred to as a “poet with a camera”. In this moving 15-minute interview with The Art of Photography, Carter discusses his career, how his projects come together, illness, and his legacy. Keith Carter […]
Smaller than any monolight but more powerful than any speedlight, the Godox AD200 pocket flash (AKA. Flashpoint eVOLV 200) is an intriguing piece of lighting equipment. But can it take on the South Texas sun? Photographer Francisco Hernandez took it out on a portrait shoot to find out. Hernandez already put the AD200 through its […]
Police in Fort Worth, Texas have returned the Sally Mann photographs that were seized from a modern art museum following complaints that her artwork constituted child pornography. [Read More]
Three civil liberties organizations submitted a joint letter to the Fort Worth Police Department demanding the return of multiple Sally Mann photographs that were "unconstitutionally seized" from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth last month. [Read More]
A federal judge has ruled that social media companies can't be forced to block certain types of "harmful" content from teens. [Read More]
Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert is being accused of a very rudimentary style of censorship by photojournalist Jim Lo Scalzo. According to Lo Scalzo, Gohmert got up and physically blocked his view so that he couldn’t photograph protesters during attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions’ confirmation hearings earlier this week.
After the Sally Mann photographs controversy in Fort Worth, Texas, a lawmaker in the state has proposed a ban on "obscene" artwork being displayed at museums. [Read More]
The Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) says it condemns the seizure of the Sally Mann photographers included in the Diaries of Home exhibition in Fort Worth, Texas and calling it a "brazen act of censorship" by Texas authorities. [Read More]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging that the Silicon Valley tech giant unlawfully captured and used the biometric data of millions of Texans without obtaining their consent. [Read More]
Photographer Edward Thompson, known for his documentary photo essays on various social topics, has created a body of work about the Texas Hill Country. Shot entirely on medium format film, he captured the curious and, at times, strange lives of local Texans at the time of George Bush’s political reign. [Read More]