As part of their incredible “100 Most Influential Photographs of All Time” project, TIME is telling the stories behind some of the most powerful photographs in human history. You’ve no doubt seen Jeff Widener’s iconic “Tank Man” photo … but have you ever heard the full story behind it? Widener shares this story in his […]
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Apollo 8, the first crewed mission to the moon, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1968. As the Apollo 8 crew members Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William (Bill) Anders orbited the moon aboard the spacecraft, Anders spotted and captured Earthrise, one of the most iconic space photos ever made. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-04-25 20:19
Today marks 44 years since the infamous "killer rabbit" incident when a rampaging bunny "attacked" then-president Jimmy Carter -- damaging his reputation. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-04-20 18:32
1990 marked the release of one of my all-time favorite movies: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I was nine years old and that warm fuzzy feeling of nostalgia is burned deep within me whenever I re-watch it. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-10-08 18:33
A new documentary explores the secret and unauthorized photographs that concentration camp prisoners clandestinely took during the Second World War. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-07-20 17:36
It’s Martin from the All About Street Photography YouTube channel, and today I would like to talk about a very special photo that ended up winning the 1st prize in the Sports, Singles category of the 2019 World Press Photo contest. petapixel.com »
2019-10-22 18:20
Around 1:30AM we awoke to the rumbling of the ground and the sound of a breath-stealing explosion. The post The Story Behind These Heart-Stopping Photos of Volcano Fuego Erupting appeared first on 500px Blog. iso.500px.com »
2019-10-11 15:00
Discover the documentary series 'Portrait in Pushkar' and learn more about the story behind the little girl in the portrait. iso.500px.com »
2018-11-22 21:25
VILSHULT is an IKEA ready-to-hang photo of Amsterdam that has been sold over 427,000 times. After many of my friends asked me why I bought such a “mediocre” photo for my living room, I decided to find out how this photo was made and how it ended up on IKEA’s shelves and in almost half […] petapixel.com »
2018-11-20 20:42
One of the most viral and talked about photos this week is of a 2-year-old daughter looking up and crying at her mother at the US-Mexico border. The Honduran mother and child were being taken into custody by federal agents when they were photographed by Getty Images photographer John Moore, who shares the story behind […] petapixel.com »
2018-06-18 19:50
One of the hottest memes this year is the “Distracted Boyfriend,” also known as “Man Looking at Other Woman. ” It shows a man looking backward, checking out another woman while his partner gives him a disapproving look. petapixel.com »
2017-09-18 20:43
Photographer Zakaria Abdelkafi’s shocking photograph of a French anti-riot policeman set ablaze by a molotov cocktail has quickly spread to every corner of the world. And yesterday, only one day after Abdelkafi captured the photograph, he shared the story behind it. petapixel.com »
2017-05-03 18:26
The photographer brand COOPH made this 3-minute video in which photographer Lorenz Holder shares the interesting story behind how he shot a photo that won the prestigious photo contest Red Bull Illume 2016. petapixel.com »
2017-03-03 19:20
As you probably know by now, this month, TIME is busy sharing the stories behind the 100 most influential images of all time. And today, they shared some fascinating insights into the famous photograph of 11 construction workers having lunch on a steel beam 840 feet above New York City. The photograph—which is sometimes referred […] petapixel.com »
2016-11-29 00:49
When photographer Danny Clinch photographed rapper Tupac Shakur, he had no idea how big those photos would get. But three years later, when Tupac was killed, it was his portrait that ended up on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine—one of, if not THE, most famous photo of Tupac ever taken. Clinch tells the story […] petapixel.com »
2016-09-15 01:48
A seemingly innocuous photograph of two Chinese athletes embracing each other at the end of a race has been censored by authorities. [Read More]
The Tank Man photograph taken by AP photographer Jeff Widener is one of the most iconic images of the 20th century -- But last week a Google search for "Tank Man" brought up an AI-generated image as the feature picture. [Read More]
Leica was at the center of a firestorm of controversy in China earlier this month over a video that dramatized the creation of the iconic photo titled, “Tank Man”. Now it turns out that all the well-known “Tank Man” photos were actually shot with Nikon cameras.