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Photographers Mary Chind and Craig F. Walker Win Pulitzer Prizes

Two photojournalists, Craig F. Walker of The Denver Post and Mary Chind of The Des Moines Register, have been awarded this year's Pulitzer Prizes for Photography. Chind's photo of a daring water rescue (above) won the award for Best Breaking News Photograph. The image, published in July of last year, captures what the Pulitzer board

New Henri Cartier-Bresson Exhibit Marks First Show Since Iconic Photographer's Death

The new Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibit will visit Chicago, San Francisco and Atlanta Henri Cartier-Bresson, master French photographer and pioneer of photojournalism in the 20th century, will have his first exhibit in the United States in nearly 30 years when a retrospective of his work opens at the New York Museum of Modern Art on Sunday.

Amy Deputy's Lighting and Composition Techniques – Taking Unique Photos

Photograph © Amy Deputy 2010. All Rights Reserved In the latest episode of "Advancing Your Photography," Marc Silber sits down with acclaimed wedding and portrait photographer Amy Deputy to talk about what it takes to capture moving images of wedding ceremonies. A widely-celebrated photographer in the world of weddings, Amy Deputy has been described by

MLS Soccer Player Tricked into Cat Photo Shoot for April Fool's Day

Kansas City Wizards defender Michael Harrington, as a cat. Kansas City Wizards player Michael Harrington was excited when he heard Maxim Magazine wanted to feature him in their magazine. Little did he know, his team had set up an elaborate April Fool's Day joke on him. Enticing the soccer player with the idea of a

Glamour and Pinup Photographer Peter Gowland Dies at 93

  Jayne Mansfield. Photo by Peter Gowland. Peter Gowland, the famed glamour photographer who captured six decades worth of fashion magazine covers, beauties in bikinis and Hollywood movie stars, died on March 17 after complications from hip surgery. He was 93. During his long career, Gowland shot over 1,000 magazine covers -- from Rolling Stone

Actor Aaron Eckhart is "Obsessed" with Photography

Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight Who would've thought Two-Face actually leads a double life? Aaron Eckhart, the actor who played pretty-boy-lawyer-turned-scarred-villain Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight, has another passion that has nothing to do with acting: photography. "I'm obsessed with it–it's all I do," the 42 year-old actor recently told

British Photographer Builds Space Camera for only $750

Way up in the stratosphere, from a digital camera attached to a balloon. NASA could learn a lot from Robert Harrison about going to space on a budget. The British photographer and space enthusiast managed to build his own camera contraption, then sail it into Earth's upper stratosphere and capture stunning images of our planet,

Famed Rock Photographer Jim Marshall Dies at 74

Jim Marshall in 2002. Jim Marshall, who captured many of the 20th century's greatest musicians in some of their most iconic images, and who is often described as the Godfather of rock photography, died in his hotel room in New York City on Tuesday. He was 74. Raised in San Francisco, Marshall bought his first

Civil Rights Photographer Charles Moore Dies at 79

Martin Luther King Jr. being arrested in 1958. Photo © Charles Moore Charles Moore, a photographer whose work during the civil rights movement of the 1960s helped force the public to see the inequality and brutality of segregation, has died of natural causes. He was 79. Born in Alabama in 1931, Moore served three years