Your memory might fade away, but pictures stay intact forever. Photographs not only remind you of the past, but they also have the ability to embody a range of emotions and feelings. World Photography Day is observed every year on August 19. The day is dedicated to celebrating the art of clicking pictures. People also pay homage to the pioneers of photography who inspired the world to take up this skill as well as recognizing the contributions of great photographers. Photography has played a significant role in capturing events of the past for future generations to acknowledge.
History and Significance…
The Associated Press was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography on Monday in recognition of 15 searing images that rendered in real-time the devastating human toll of the war in Ukraine. It was one of two prizes won by AP — the other was for public service journalism about the siege of MariupolUkraine.
The winning package of breaking news photography included an image of emergency workers carrying a pregnant woman – who later died — through the shattered grounds of a maternity hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol in the chaotic aftermath of a Russian attack.
Another…
OCEAN PORTFOLIO AWARD: Sirachai Arunrugstichai
Sirachai (Shin) Arunrugstichai is a Thai photojournalist, based in Bangkok, Thailand. Formally trained as a marine biologist, he studied community-based coral reef restoration and shark fisheries. After witnessing detrimental changes in the marine environment he loved, he shifted his career toward conservation photojournalism to tell the stories of our intertwining relationships with the oceans. Sirachai now works with conservation organizations, including IUCN, Save Our Seas Foundation, WildAid, Ocean Conservancy and his images have been published by National Geographic, the Smithsonian, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Guardian, among others. Although Sirachai now…
June 09, 2023
Lead ImagePhotography by Kyle Weeks
The title of photographer Kyle Weeks‘ latest project Good news goes back to his childhood in Namibia, when he would watch his father react to the news. The “constant stream of negative stories” he observed about his home country and Africa at large prompted a simple question in his mind: “Why is there never good news?”
The question would come back to Weeks years later in Ghana. “Plastic bags with catchphrases like ‘Good News’ are something you see quite often in Ghana,” he explains. “Similarly, taxis are regularly decorated with stuck catchphrases…
A photographer says a chance encounter of a fiery clash between two wild horses in the NSW Snowy Mountains was the most “amazing thing to witness”.
Key points:
Photographer Michelle Brown says the fight was the stallion’s way of marking territory
She says it was “a gentleman’s chat” between the brumbies
The video shared on social media has amassed thousands of views
Michelle Brown is a Cooma-based photographer who has been taking images of brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park for the past decade.
Although she has seen the creatures fight before, the most recent exchange between two stallions near Kiandra…
Depending on how “online” you are, you may have seen a picture floating around socials with a strange quirk: a woman — comedian Tessa Coates — is standing in front of two mirrors in a bridal gown and, somehow, holding three poses at once . Coates insisted in his Instagram post that the picture wasn’t altered; it just came out that way.
So what happened? Was it a glitched iOS Live Photo (the iOS feature that takes short videos and picks out the best one)? A fake image manipulated with Photoshop? A brief glimpse into three different, parallel realities?
Nope,…
The animal kingdom is a dynamic place, filled with plenty of action and drama. Freeze and capture any moment in time and an animal’s behavior can become hilarious.
A smoking fox, a flying seal, and an avian family dispute are among the 41 images shortlisted for this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photo awards.
Narrowed down from thousands of entries submitted by professional and amateur photographers from around the world, the competition aims to celebrate the hilarity of our natural wildlife.
And this year’s selection does not disappoint.
The overall winner, category and highly commended winners will be announced on November 23.…
Several news organizations firmly denied on Thursday that they had advanced knowledge of the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, after a pro-Israel media watchdog group suggested that the freelance photographers they worked with had been tipped off.
HonestReporting, which says it is dedicated to “exposing and responding to inaccuracies or bias” in media coverage of Israel, published a report Wednesday naming four freelance photographers who it implied had advanced knowledge of the Hamas incursion because they had been well-positioned to photograph it.
While not directly accusing the news organizations, the group made insinuations of complexity. “What were [the…
