How a Photographer Tells the Stories of Remote Cultures With His Camera

Photographer Mario Heller's unique story is that of a baker turned photographer through his love of storytelling and photojournalism. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-4-30 00:34

Airport Security Film Pouch Tells Staff ‘Do Not X-ray’ in Seven Languages

Traveling through airport security while carrying film can be a stressful affair. Analog photographers often request staff hand-check film to avoid it getting fried in an X-ray machine and it is luck of the draw whether they cooperate or not. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-4-23 19:10

Documentary Tells Story of Army Photographers Who Captured Nazi Camp Liberation on 35mm Film

A new documentary uses the 35mm film footage that two army photographers captured of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during World War II. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-4-11 19:24

How an Award-Winning Aerial Cinematographer Tells Stories from the Skies

National Parks: USA premiered last weekend on Nat Geo and features breathtaking photography of some of America's most beautiful parks, including Zion, Yellowstone, Olympic, and more. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-9-12 21:16

YouTube Tells Creators: ‘Label AI-Generated Content’

YouTube announced today that it will require content creators to label AI-generated content that people could mistake for being real. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-3-19 21:12

AiSee is a Discreet Wearable That Tells Blind People What They’re Holding

Developed by researchers at the University of Singapore, AiSee is a discreet wearable that combines a 13-megapixel camera with a bone conductive speaker that is able to identify objects a wearer is holding and is meant to be especially useful for blind grocery shoppers. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-2-9 19:59

Photographer Tells Couple He’s Lost Wedding Photos, Then Disappears

A photographer who messaged a couple to say that his "storage system crashed" and the photos were lost later disappeared.

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2023-10-24 19:26

U.S. Copyright Office tells Judge that AI Artwork isn’t Protectable

The U.S. Copyright Office has told a federal judge that artificial intelligence (AI) artwork can't be protected.

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2023-2-9 15:11

‘This Lens’ by SmugMug Tells the Stories of Passionate Photographers

SmugMug has launched a new inspiring campaign titled "This Lens" that celebrates the power of photography to challenge perspectives and change the world. It tells the stories of real-life photographers and their passionate pursuits. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-6-21 17:58

Wedding Photographer Tells Couple to Act Drunk, Gets Amazing Portraits

Photographers are tasked with making their subjects feel relaxed for great-looking shots, and one Canadian photographer has a novel approach to her work: asking her clients to pretend to be drunk. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-5-21 21:49

Biden Tells Congress to Enhance Child Safety on Social Media

During his State of the Union address on March 1, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass new laws aimed at protecting children on social media such as Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-3-3 20:46

‘Nike’s World’ Photo Series Tells Pop Culture Stories Through Sneakers

Photographer Aldo Chacon has recently completed a personal project that showcases different Nike shoes in various environments with the goal of linking cultural iconography with footwear to tell a story. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-1-13 20:33

Lara Santaella Tells an Important Story on the Streets of Madrid

Hello. My name is Lara Santaella, and I’m a clinically depressed 39 years old trans woman. I don’t know if you’ve heard of something called shutter therapy. Still, one of the main reasons I got into photography, six years ago —five, if we don’t count the pandemic— was to make me remember there were beautiful things and beautiful people out there in the world to live for. thephoblographer.com »

2021-7-13 13:00

Documentary Tells the Story of the Last Remaining Chicago Film Print Lab

A brief 11-minute cinematic documentary titled “The Light Within a Hundred Square Feet” tells the story of Oson Chin — the last film printer left in Chicago — and his legacy of enthusiasm and knowledge of analog photography. petapixel.com »

2021-6-8 19:19

Richard Drew Tells the Poignant Story Behind “The Falling Man” Photo

There were many scenes of chaos, destruction, and panic captured during the 9/11 attacks, but one of the most haunting images is actually a quiet one. When Richard Drew pointed his camera up to one of the towers, among the horrors he captured were people falling from it. thephoblographer.com »

2020-3-18 01:00

‘Purple Dread’ Tells a Mysterious Visual Tale

The color purple means a number of things. It’s the color of royalty and luxury. In literature, purple prose means something that’s written too elaborately or ornately. Purple is associated with magic and mystery, too, and it’s this vibe that photo series “Purple Dread” gives off. thephoblographer.com »

2018-8-26 19:00

Cool Canon Print Ad from the ‘80s Tells the Important Role of Photography in Wildlife Conservation

Back in the day when people had longer attention spans and weren’t doing several hundred things a minute, long copy ads were the norm – case in point, this Canon print ad that Reddit user MoBeydoun discovered in the pages of a National Geographic magazine from 1984 and shared on the r/Cameras subreddit. thephoblographer.com »

2018-8-22 19:00

Barber Tells This ‘Shy’ Insurance Man To Grow A Beard, And It Ends Up Transforming His Life

If our list of men before-and-after growing a beard didn't convince you that males look way better with facial hair, this story definitely will. Gwilym Pugh was a 21-year-old businessman man who started a successful insurance company in his spare bedroom. boredpanda.com »

2018-2-17 14:12

Ken Hermann Tells the Story of Magic Amidst Modernity in Inner Mongolia

In a time when cities have grown ten-fold and life gets more and more fast-paced, some places still maintain a deep connection with their age-old practices and traditions. Copenhagen-based Ken Hermann gives us a colorful and fascinating view into this mix of mysticism and modernity with a portrait project set in Inner Mongolia called Shaman. thephoblographer.com »

2017-11-4 22:00

War Photographer Giles Duley Tells the Story of War’s Long-Term Impact

Giles Duley, one of the world’s leading documentary and humanitarian photographers, is working on a new project titled Legacy of War. Learn what he thinks it means to tell a story in this inspiring 7-minute interview as part of Ilford Photo‘s new “Ilford Inspires” video series. We previously featured Duley back in 2011 after he […] petapixel.com »

2017-10-21 22:34

Liselotte Habets Tells an Unusual Tale of the Bond Between Humans and Pets

How many of us are guilty of keeping photo diaries, videos, and portraits of our beloved pets? All of us, I guess, at some point in our stints as photographers, will have amassed a big photo collection of our adorable furry or feathered companions. thephoblographer.com »

2017-10-4 19:00

TIME Lightbox tells the story behind a viral May Day photo

Photographer Zakaria Abdelkafi, a Syrian refugee, explains how he reacted to a Molotov cocktail thrown at police, and how the experience impacted him.

2017-5-3 20:08

Franck Bohbot Tells Stories Of The New Orleans Night Scenes

While many photographers choose to shoot beautiful images bathed in abundance of light in the day or chasing the golden hour, Franck Bohbot chooses to be different in his latest photography project titled "Inside the Night" as he explores and shoots the night life of New Orleans. thephoblographer.com »

2017-1-7 02:01

Photographer Tells Off Tourists Ruining Everyone’s Photos in Hawaii

Thomas Heaton became everyone’s hero recently when he decided to tell off some inconsiderate tourists ruining everybody’s view of a lava flow in Hawaii’s Volcanoes National Park. Heaton, whose landscape photography YouTube channel has become very popular, recently took a trip to Hawaii where he (of course) decided to bike out to capture a sunset […] petapixel.com »

2016-12-15 01:14