The controversial photograph shows Shields nude in a bathtub. Photo: Gary Gross In 1975, a ten year-old Brooke Shields stood for a portrait from photographer Gary Gross. Urged by a mother eager to make her daughter a star, Shields posed naked in a bathtub, oiled and done up in make-up. Shortly thereafter the family signed
[photopress:overall_winner.jpg,full,centered] Last year's overall winner, "Fun Bathing" by Tan Choon Wee of Singapore Photography competitions have stepped up in the last few years. No longer are they relegated to the select few, to the professionals with expensive equipment and years of framing, lighting and editing experience. Now they're open to anyone with a digital camera
Actress Jessica Alba in an ad, before and after Photoshopping In an effort to reduce the perceived effects models with unrealistic bodies have on young women who see them in ads, lawmakers in France and Great Britain are mulling a series of proposals that would require doctored advertisements to carry disclaimers. According to Jo Swinson,
[photopress:Brian_May.jpg,full,centered] Brian May can do a whole lot more than just play the guitar. The 62 year-old British musician is most famously known for playing lead axe in the rock band Queen for almost 30 years, yet lately he's been gaining a name for himself in other pursuits. Last year he earned a Ph.D in
[photopress:080513_Robert_Frank_02.jpg,full,centered] Chattanooga, Tennessee. Copyright © Robert Frank In post-war American photography, you'd be hard-pressed to find a more influential book than Robert Frank's 1958 masterpiece, The Americans. In it, Frank, an emigrant from Switzerland, details his cross-country trip through the United States with 83 stirring portraits of every corner of American society. His style and
We've all seen the photo-booths at malls, where couples and teenagers give their best mugshots and walk away with a strip of pictures right on the spot. Well, what if you could take one of those booths home with you? That's the idea behind Australia-based Photobooth, an innovative company that's currently marketing an inflatable, portable
[photopress:hp_dreamscreen.jpg,full,centered] Since the first time a photographer decided to compliment one of his pictures by adding a border, the art of photo-framing has come a long way. Now, with the release of Hewlett-Packard's revolutionary DreamScreen, the next generation of photo frames has finally arrived. Gone are the days when your family snapshots were relegated to
[photopress:mit_photo.jpg,full,centered] Whoever said the sky's the limit obviously didn't go to MIT. For about the cost of an iPod, two MIT students have sent a camera into near-space and snapped beautiful million-dollar shots of our planet. Justin Lee and Oliver Yeh spent a measly $148 on their contraption, which consisted of a Canon PowerShot A470
"Viaje a Giraradot, Colombia," from Nereo: Images From Half a Century The art of photography is about more than just capturing an image. It's about telling a story. That's the idea behind the new collection from world-renowned Colombian photographer Nereo Lopez Meza, who, in his 89 years, has told many stories. "As photographers
[photopress:gore_41.jpg,full,aligncenter] Here's an example of the right shot, one of Marc's school portaits. School has started anew, and pretty soon kids everywhere are going to be sitting in front of a camera and immortalizing their faces for their school portraits in the yearbook. This is understandably a tense moment. After all, this photograph will be
