PHOTO GALLERY: Images from an over-industrialised planetA 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”.
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Photographer Leibovitz sued for $300k
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.
Ode to Kodachrome
Kodachrome has been discontinued. Photojojo suggests you help it go out in a blazing storm of colour by taking just one more roll.
Celebrating the Lomo
Digital photography fans step aside, the Lomographic Society International, an organization championing the use of analog film, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Lomo LC-A camera.
Another art sale, another nude Carla Bruni pic
Only 10 numbered copies of Carla Bruni in Bed exist and the 16ft x 24ft print will have a reserve price of about £3,000 when it goes under the hammer on June 4.
Photo essay: the problem with printing money
After World War I, Germany started printing money to try and climb out of financial trouble. Here’s what the result looked like at ground level.
Just beachy: classic Vanity Fair sand shots
Because nothing gets page impressions like a photo gallery of saucyVanity Fair pics.
The fridges of others
Peeking behind closed (refrigerator) doors — a photo study by Mark Menjivar.
