Without the distraction of colour, black and white photography accentuates the textures, patterns, and shapes of buildings. The interplay of light and shadows becomes more prominent, enhancing ...

In fine art photography, photography is used to communicate a message, feeling or idea through subjects that hold a meaning or serve a particular purpose. We show you how to develop an idea ...

I love street photography, I teach street photography, I promote street photography, I defend street photography, and want everyone to experience the fun of doing street photography!

There ...

The camera is a reasonably recent image-creation tool; compared to millennia of paintings, drawings, carvings, and illustrations, we have only a few hundred years of photographs and photographic ...

Street photography is difficult enough as it is, without having to think about shooting in black and white (or converting images in software), so why bother? The answer, of course, is that most ...

There are five types of natural light, as far as wildlife photographers are concerned: front light, side light, back light, diffused sunlight and… Magic Light.

The first four ...

Art and photography collector James Hyman's fantastic new project is open to the public

We all have the capability to capture images every day on our smartphones, from frost-covered ...

NHS worker Gemma De Cet has been crowned the winner of a North West photography competition.

After reigniting her passion for photography during lockdown, the 39-year-old from ...

Ever since she arrived in New York from Detroit in the early 1970s, Ming Smith says, she’s led an aesthetically rich, if not always financially secure, life. “There was no way to support yourself ...

In recent months, AI has become one of the most widely discussed topics. A lot of creatives, not only photographers, are saying that AI will kill professional photography. However, this cannot ...

“A path along the floor, of proportions 1×21 units, photographed. Photographs printed to actual size of objects and prints attached to floor so that images are perfectly congruent with their ...

Britain’s best photography is about to get a lot more exposure.

Because as of next week, the city – nay, the nation – is getting its first museum to be entirely dedicated to ...

First, it must be noted that Marc Valesella could have been a musician or an engineer in equal measure, and a great one at either.

His wife Gaia proudly points out the exquisite ...

Setting out to produce an alternative history of photography was always going to be a challenge, but the team behind A World History of Women Photographers have managed it extremely well. Tracy ...

Suppose you are a photographer - amateur or professional. In that case, you know that after many hours of work and editing, it is frustrating to see how hard it is to get the impact you imagined ...

Acclaimed documentary-maker Laura Poitras has made a film about photographer and anti-Purdue Pharma campaigner Nan Goldin

Not many people were betting on Laura Poitras’s All ...

Every week, Café Royal publishes books highlighting forgotten architecture or subcultures, celebrating the work of amateur and professional photographers. And they cost less than a London pint

In ...

What obligation does a portrait photographer have to their subject? Is it their duty to cast that person in the best light, or the most revealing light?

As chief curator at the ...

A KEEN amateur photographer living with dementia is being supported to take up his former hobby again by staff at the home where he lives in Wellington.

When Roger Jack, 79, ...

We profile Dutch artist duo and Wallpaper Design Awards 2023 judges Inez & Vinoodh – pioneers of digital image manipulation and portrait photographers to the stars, including fellow judge ...

A TEMPORARY photography exhibition is on at The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre until March 5.

The exhibition, which began on December 5, is a selection of work by ...

One of the best ways to challenge yourself photographically is to enter photography competitions. Luckily, there are dozens out there to choose from, no matter your genre, style or level.

Wading ...

People visiting Edinburgh during the festive season will have the chance to take in a photographic exhibition at the City Art Centre featuring images from the Highland Folk Museum of its founder, ...

The Bucha massacre, by Santi Palacios / Revista 5W - Finalist of the 26th edition of the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award of Médicos del Mundo.

The ...

Shrewsbury School of Photography kicks off the new term next week with evening classes on Tuesday, January 11, at Belvidere School.

Programme leader, Richard Bishop said: "Our ...

BUDDING photographers in west Belfast have displayed their work for the first time in public for a new exhibition.

In recent weeks, a course for beginners was taught at Springhill ...

The Royal Meteorological Society is running its own version of the test by asking the question, “Can computers win a photography competition?”

The RMS challenge asked photographers ...

Reader stories that captured our imagination in 2022

For the cover of our last print issue of 2022, we wanted to capture the spirit of the year, as we see it, in our ...

Two new photography programmes are aiming to get residents snap happy in Neilston.

Ten sessions introducing people to the subject will provide participants with the skills to ...

The stunning photographic work of members of a Shropshire club have really captured the wonders of the forest in the county.

The competition saw a good entry and the club chairman, ...

The winners of the 13th edition of the competition were announced on Thursday at the award ceremony in the Smock Alley Theatre, in Dublin.

Three stunning Cork shots have been ...

“The things you own end up owning you. It’s only after you’ve lost everything that you’re free to do anything.”

Well-known Los Angeles-based, Ireland-born photographer Tony Kelly’s ...

Entries have already been coming in for our Photography Awards, in which great prizes are up for grabs.

We launched the new awards last week, offering amateurs, professionals ...

When the covid pandemic hit and the country went into lockdown many people used the time to develop their hobbies, and Lisburn man Mark Magee was no exception.

A keen amateur ...

A flight shot of a Common Buzzard has won top prize in a photography competition organised by Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT).

The trust announced ...

Three amateur photographers have teamed up to exhibit their photos of Maldon at the Maeldune Heritage Centre, officially opened by the Town Mayor (October 21).

The talented trio ...

AMATEUR and professional photographers are invited to enter their best wildlife snap in a competition held to celebrate an exhibition.

The world-renowned Wildlife Photographer ...

Few technological achievements have changed not only their field but also the way our world works. The Gutenberg printing press, for example, revolutionized how we communicate, and in doing ...

The Art of Building, the world’s largest annual photography competition for the built environment, has opened for entries.

Run by the Chartered Institute of Building, the free-to-enter ...

BANGKOK - The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) announce the appointment of multi-award-winning photographer Scott A. Woodward as its Ambassador for Visual Storytelling through Photography.

“Scott ...

'Between old photos, and ones I've took recently, I have thousands of photographs. I actually have two external hard drives, a two terabyte one and a half a gig unit sitting here, but Ill never ...

MID Antrim Museum at the Braid in Ballymena will host a new exhibition of never seen before photographs reflecting the life and times of local ‘big house’ family the Youngs of Galgorm Castle ...

There was a time you could not give your dark room equipment away - not any more.

As Frome Nub News learnt when we visited the packed return of the Frome Wessex Camera Fair at ...

If you've used Instagram in the past six months, you might have noticed the slow decline of photography on your feed. Reels are the main culprit of that change, but there's more to it than you ...

Leeds is celebrating the Platinum Jubilee this summer with the launch of a free to view photographic street exhibition showcasing 70 years of achievement throughout Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s ...

Ellen Carey spent the summer of 1988 in her darkroom attempting to answer a question that had been bugging her: “What is an abstract photograph?” Her experiments kept failing—she processed black ...

Featuring photographs of Biggie Smalls, Doja Cat, Billie Eilish and others, Abbey Road Studios Music Photography Awards celebrates and uplifts photographers’ contribution to the music industry.

“The ...

Finnish photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen captures an exuberant childhood moment in the working-class district of Byker in Newcastle

Having come to London from Finland in the ...

Through the looking glass: prize-winning portraits – in pictures

Winners of this year’s LensCulture portrait awards use intimate images to explore complex ideas about technology, ...

University will host major survey of Robert Blomfield’s shots of student life in 1950s and 60s

Previously unseen work by a photographer who captured life in Edinburgh and has ...

Cancer took my mother away. I was in a downward spiral until a chance encounter with nature set me on my path to recovery. I began photography as a means of prolonging the serenity I felt when ...

Photographer Charles Daniels has been photographing famous rockers like Rod Stewart, Jimi Hendrix, The Who’s Pete Townshend, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, and others since the late 1960s. However, ...

The Consett In Focus photographers have been busy this month with their new project, documenting and recording all aspects of Consett’s Art / Crafts and Culture ahead of Durham Counties ‘City of Culture’ ...

Documentary photography plays an integral role in shaping the world’s ideals and fighting oppression. A good story can open our eyes to things we haven’t seen, even as those things may have ...

The photographer Rankin’s new photography fair, Visual Noise, celebrates the talent of graduates whose final shows were disrupted by Covid.

It takes place at Maryland Studio ...

The 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are open for entries. Last year's edition of the popular wildlife photo contest had a record number of entries. If you missed the winners, check out ...

According to Isabela Eseverri, Caracas has a very specific morning soundtrack. Wake early enough in Venezuela’s capital and you’ll hear the transition from crickets to birds, most notably the ...

The Internet is a treasure trove of information, but photography books are still a fantastic way to both learn about photography as well as be inspired by the work of leading photographers.

I ...

I hope the guys weren’t sent to war,’ says one contributor to this exhibition intended to celebrate the true spirit of Ukraine. ‘I hope the girls aren’t in cities that were bombed’

Ira ...

Whatever kind of creative you are, there are times when you need an instant blast of visual inspiration. And what better way to get it than by following some of the best up-and-coming photographers?

By ...

The most controversial cover of the Beatles ever is probably "Yesterday and Today."

As Rolling Stone reports, a 26-year old photographer was the person behind the idea. ...

Two photos from a series that was minted as NFTs in 2021 twice set the record for the most expensive photography NFT ever sold. If one of those works sells for its current asking price, it can ...

Society has evolved a lot over the last two decades. But, it seems common sense and thoughtful dialogue are slowly fading away.

Instead, we’re getting deeper into a world of ...

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway have revealed experiences for 2022, including photography workshops, Pullman Dining experiences and behind the scenes Engine Shed Tours.

The ...

London is a magical city full of history and wonder. Beautiful architecture, tight, intimate streets, and multiculturalism make up what many feel is the best city in the world.

Naturally, ...

In the mid-1800s, the development of exciting new forms of communication, like photography and the telegraph, was considered miraculous.

his technology also coincided with a ...

Here’s some great news.

Over the next few months I’m going to be building up a complete library of creator resources exclusively for ArtyFacts subscribers, and today I’m delighted to ...

Apple today announced the 2022 "Shot on iPhone" challenge, encouraging users to submit impressive photos shot with the iPhone 13 Pro and ‌iPhone 13 Pro‌ Max's macro mode.

To ...

Photography is both an artistic medium as well as a documentary and journalistic medium.

It’s done by everyone from career artist to amateurs picking up a camera for the first ...

Henri Cartier-Bresson had a simple maxim about the craft that he had mastered so completely. “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst,” he would tell fledgling snappers.

And ...

The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the dates for their annual astronomy photography competition.

In its fourteenth year, the Astronomy Photographer of the Year will ...

Each year in November, the TIME photo team comes together to narrow down the thousands of images made by photographers around the world since January.

The ones that make the ...

A tripod for street photography might seem counterintuitive, but it can work if your favor.

Most street photographers don't use tripods as a matter of practicality. Tripods are ...

From border politics to vintage NASA gear, these are the photo books that best document the WIRED world.

IF YOU’VE EVER wondered which artists inspire our WIRED photo department, ...

Hundreds of people and a unicorn gathered at the Wiltshire stone circle for the winter solstice, the longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere.

The idea of turning J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings into a live-action feature film eluded filmmakers for decades. Then, when Peter Jackson finally accomplished the near-impossible — ...

A new photo exhibition featuring street art of migratory birds is running from 2nd December until mid-January in Valletta, Malta.

Curated by Rachel Formosa, it forms part of ...

Wildlife photographer and founder of The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, Paul Joynson-Hicks MBE, discovered that many of the images he took during his work in East Africa made him laugh out loud.

He ...

Nothing can capture a poignant moment and convey a powerful message quite like a still photograph.

Although we seem to be living in the video age, a single image has the power ...

If you’re looking for a bit of photo-inspiration check out this week’s crop of wildlife photography in The Guardian.

We have a waving seal pup in the Farne Islands, in my neck ...

Levitating dogs, singing frogs and boxing alien-like insects. They’re all here in this, the 19th International Photography Awards.

Photographers, amateur and professional alike, ...

Visual storyteller Ana María Arévalo Gosen has been announced as 2021 winner of the prestigious (LOBA) Leica Oskar Barnack Award, for her photo-documentary Dias Eternos which uncovers the appalling ...

Emperor penguins are the largest of the species, standing at around 4ft tall. Their habitat is the harsh Antarctic ice and the frigid waters.

With wind chill temperatures of ...

Every year, thousands of Goths decent on the North Yorkshire harbour town of Whitby for the Whitby Goth Weekend music festival.

This past weekend was the Halloween event that ...

Almost 100 breathtaking images have been submitted to the Campaign for National Parks Documenting Climate Change in National Parks Photography Competition 2021.

A bit of a mouthful ...

One unlikely factor: Richard Attenborough’s ‘Gandhi’, argues a new study.

It has been argued that art cinema abruptly disappeared from the Indian film scene in the mid-1980s, ...

Art Wolfe has been photographing after dark for decades. He exclusively reveals to David Clark what attracts him to the nocturnal world and why is he enjoying shooting it more than ever.

“I’m ...

For Cat, photography was always just a passion, until suddenly it became her world.

Having grown up snapping pictures, she loved photography - she loved it so much, in fact, ...

This is shaping up to be architectural photography week! No apology for yet another piece on architectural photography, purely by coincidence.

However, this could be of interest ...

An architectural photography competition billed as “the world’s biggest photography competition for the build environment,” entitled “The Art of Building” has returned.

I hadn’t ...

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world in a gallery of unforgettable images.

Brighten up your Monday with this picture feast for photographers ...

A chance encounter with a couple of old plastic undertaker’s wreaths 20+ years ago in Northern Ireland.

Now they are an inspiration for photographer Gareth McConnell in his ...

Are you looking for a bit of photographic inspiration?

Here's a list of photography projects you can try your hand at over the next few weeks, as autumn takes hold in the northern ...

The world's leading celebration of food photography and film, Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year, is open for 2022 entries.

And new to the renowned competition is a category ...