An incredible story and images from National Geographic shutterbug Paul Nicklen about a photographic expedition to shoot deadly leopard seals that took an unexpected turn.
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Video of the Day: A photographer faces off with a deadly predator
The story behind the grieving chimps photo
You’ve probably seen the National Geographic photo that went viral this week, of a dead chimpanze being wheeled past her mournful chimp friends. Photographer Monica Szczupider explains what went on beyond the lens.
PHOTO GALLERY: Early 1900s Russia in full colour
Amazing images of Russia from 1909-1915 from by chemist and photographer, Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, who used his skills to create color photographs well before the rest of the photographic field.
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No hope for Obama artist fraud
Artist Shepard Fairey — creator of the iconic Barack Obama ‘Hope’ poster — has admitted that he knowingly submitted fake evidence in his legal case with Associated Press in an attempt to conceal his use of a copyrighted Obama photo.
The Frankencamera: the future of photography
Stanford University scientists have developed a new digital camera that works like an iPhone — allowing users to download applications and customise the device in infinite ways. It’s kind of like Photoshopping a photo before you even take it.
Vogue photographer Irving Penn dies
Iconic American photographer Irving Penn, who blurred the lines between commercial and art photography and was known for his minimalist style, has died aged 92. He shot over 150 covers of Vogue magazine.
Death of the Polaroid
The last roll of Polaroid film will pass its use-by date next month, marking the end of a photographic era. The Telegraph looks back at 60 years of romance and alchemy.
PHOTO GALLERY: Babak Tafreshi’s Astrophotography
Iranian photographer Babak Tafreshi has won the 2009 Lennart Nilsson scientific photography prize for his amazing images of the night sky. Blast off on a trip through his best work.
PHOTO GALLERY: The dust storm of Oz
Bless The Boston Globe and its continually extraordinary photography column, The Big Picture. Today, they focus on the outback dust storm that hit Sydney yesterday. Who knew the apocalypse would look so beautiful?
Touched up: France demands labelling for airbrushed images
Valerie Boyer, an MP in Sarzoky’s UMP, is one of the politicians pushing in France for obligatory notices wherever photographs have been airbrushed. Our suggestion: “Models may be fatter than they appear”.
PHOTO GALLERY: Images from an over-industrialised planet
A stunning collection of images from photographer Edward Burtynsky captures the high environmental price we pay to live in an industrialised world, giving “a second look at the scale of what we call progress”.
How to take photos in a war zone
War photographer Teru Kuwayama — who has snapped hot-shots in hot-spots like Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Kashmir — explains the perils and practicalities of shooting in a warzone, without getting shot yourself.
A Legoland of classic photos
Ever imagined what some of the most iconic photographs of all time would look like if recreated with Lego characters? Wonder no more, thanks to photographer Mike Stimpson.
How to photograph a cough
The instructional site that makes photography fun — Photojojo — teaches you how to capture what’s invisible to the naked eye but not the camera.
Can a landscape painting beat a landscape photo?
Culture mulcher WH Chong tackles a hoary old argument, photography versus painting, with a hands-on approach: photographing then painting Queensland’s Carnarvon Gorge.
PHOTO GALLERY: London through a lens
A great collection of photos of 20th-century London and its inhabitants from a new exhibition at the at the Getty Images Gallery.
GALLERY: The art of the mug shot
A haunting gallery of “mirrored” mug shot from American police archives captures criminal suspects in a new perspective.
Sexing up Susan Boyle
Score one for the incredible powers of Photoshop: Harper’s Bazaar has done a photoshoot with Susan “Hairy Angel” Boyle, and we’ll be jiggered if she’s isn’t looking rather fetching. Yorkshire pudding no more!
Video of the Day: One camera, 50 years, 10,000 pictures
Olympus celebrates 50 years of its PEN camera with this lovely stop-motion clip, shooting over 60,000 still pictures and using no post production.
TIME practises what it preaches with frugal photography
Photographer Robert Lam was excited when a stock photo he snapped made the cover of TIME magazine, until he found out the going rate for the mag’s cover shot is usually in the thousands of dollars — and he got $30. The cover story in question? “The New Frugality”.
Does this LA Times photo look fake to you?
Readers of the LA Times are constantly questioning the authenticity of seemingly impossible photos published in their newspaper. But the actual culprit is far simpler: a long lens.
Czech yourself: the secret police photo album
A curiously beautiful collection of surveillance photos taken by the Czechoslovakian secret police in the 1970s and ’80s.
Hot dog! Wiener dress-up competition
Star Tribune hosts its first annual Hot Dog Dressing Contest.
Woodstock hippies: where are they now?
The NY Daily News track down Nick and Bobbi Ercoline, who were immortalised on the cover of the original ‘Woodstock’ album in an iconic picture of the two embracing under a filthy blanket. 40 years after the Summer of Love, they’re still together.
