There are many photographers covering the hugely popular world of Formula One racing, but none of them shoot it quite like Joshua Paul of Lollipop Magazine. Instead of using the latest and greatest digital cameras — or even a modern camera, for that matter — Paul chooses to use a Graflex 4×5 view camera from […]
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The photographer who shot Princess of Wales Kate Middleton this week has been forced to deny the image was doctored after speculation that the picture had been Photoshopped. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-03-13 19:09
At a recent electronic music performance, the English duo Rob Brown and Sean Booth, who perform as Autechre, plunged Sydney’s City Recital Hall into darkness. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-02-11 20:00
Kishin Shinoyama, who took one of the final and best-known shots of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, has died aged 83.
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News photographers yearn to capture an iconic image; so when Bob Jackson missed the opportunity to get a photo of President John F. Kennedy's assassination because there was no film in his camera -- perhaps he thought he had missed his golden opportunity. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-11-27 17:35
The photographer who won an intellectual property case at the United States Supreme Court against the Andy Warhol Foundation has revealed the financial damage it did to her. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-11-07 21:48
Photographer Bruce Weaver, who shot the definitive image of the Space Shuttle Challenger breaking apart after lift-off, has died. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-10-12 15:55
A photographer who takes stunning photos of marine life tells PetaPixel he spends 500 hours underwater each year.
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petapixel.com »2023-09-29 18:51
The photographer who sued Hilary Duff for calling him a "creep" for shooting a kid's football game has reportedly died.
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petapixel.com »2023-09-28 15:57
When Dorothy Bohm was saying goodbye to her family as she was fleeing the Nazis, her father passed her his Leica camera saying: “You might need this.” [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-03-23 16:39
A wildlife photographer who befriended Freya the walrus has condemned her "murder" after Norway euthanized the animal, deeming her a threat to humans. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-08-16 19:47
Formula One photographer, Michael Potts, captured remarkable images of a huge accident at the recent British Grand Prix, where everyone involved was fortunate to escape uninjured – including Potts himself. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-07-11 18:07
When Italian photographer Letizia Battaglia passed away on April 13, 2022, the biggest shock among those of us who have written about her was that she didn’t die at the hands of the Mafia. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-05-07 22:16
The photographer who faced strong criticism for charging extra to take photos of plus-sized models has filed a $1.5 million lawsuit against the agent and model that publicized his test shoot rates. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-05-03 21:14
Achmad Zulkarnain is a professional photographer in Indonesia who has been gaining international recognition for creating his images without hands or legs. This 3-minute video by Great Big Story is the latest look at Zulkarnain’s life and work. petapixel.com »
2018-04-12 20:16
My name is Lisen (aka Miss Mischief).. My story starts off like many artists. boredpanda.com »
2017-12-27 19:22
By day, Melanie Barboni is an assistant researcher at UCLA who studies volcanoes. But one of her nicknames is “The Hummingbird Whisperer,” and that’s because she’s an avid photographer who has become friends with a colony of over 200 hummingbirds. petapixel.com »
2017-09-11 23:08
Bristol, UK-based Sam Hobson is a wildlife photographer with a difference from others: he primarily shoots wildlife that he can find in and around cities: foxes, badgers, deer, toads, squirrels, herons, ravens, pigeons, goshawks, falcons, gulls and others. petapixel.com »
2017-05-29 17:28
My name is Duy Ho, and I’ve been photographing weddings since 2011. I established my style by embracing my personal interests and influences: an architecture and design background, my love of cinematography and film, a respect for classic and renaissance art, and a quirky obsession with the chiaroscuro style of painting. To further refine my […] petapixel.com »
2017-01-12 23:56
Landscape photographer Thomas Heaton recently travelled to Hawaii to capture a volcano for the first time. Unfortunately, the excited photographer was greeted by a number of inconsiderate tourists who decided to cross the roped off area in order to grab a better view of Kilauea’s volcanic lava flows. digitalrev.com »
2016-12-15 03:00
When I was child, my parents took me hiking to High Tatras. I was amazed by the beauty of the mountains we have. When I was 10, I bought my first digital compact camera which I've used to document my hiking adventures for over two years. boredpanda.com »
2016-11-25 01:00
Dear Vicar, I am writing an open letter to Vicars. Not all Vicars, I hasten to add, but unfortunately it’s becoming such a regular occurrence, that I feel compelled to write to all those that it applies. digitalrev.com »
2016-11-18 03:00
Last week, a Twitter user took to the social media platform to share something they learned about the speed camera sign, saying that it isn't a bellows camera, as they had thought "for years," but rather that the symbol depicts a "boring CCTV camera pointing towards the viewer." [Read More]
Film photographer and YouTuber Willem Verbeeck recently set out on a fun project that will appeal to portrait photographers, film lovers, Polaroid fans, and large format shooters alike. He teamed up with a camera store to shoot 8×10 polaroid portraits of strangers in Brooklyn.
Iranian photographer Alireza Rostami loves experimenting with camera equipment, from flipping a lens element for “magic bokeh” to creating a working analog watch camera. His latest experiment is also off the beaten path: he found that a display from a broken laptop works perfectly as a view camera’s ground glass. After the display on his […]
At the end of October, for the first time in history, you’ll have the chance to own one of Ansel Adams’ 4×5 view cameras for yourself. Heritage Auctions has gotten their hands on an Arca-Swiss 4×5 inch view camera used by Ansel in the 60s, and on October 27th it goes up on the auction […]