Charles McQuillan right before he went under the knife. Charles McQuillan's camera is as close to him as his own heart. So when the photographer discovered he would have to undergo dangerous heart surgery, McQuillan only did what came natural ... he brought his camera along. In a series of award-winning pictures,
A photograph of Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid has sold for a king's ransom at auction. Energy tycoon William Koch purchased the above portrait of William Bonney -- the only one known in existence -- for $2.3 million, almost 5 times the expected amount. Koch, billionaire founder and president of the energy development
The photo album of German photographer Franz Krieger. Photo courtesy of the New York Times Less than 24 hours. That's how long it took readers to help identify the mysterious photographer of a recently discovered photo book containing never-before-seen images of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Lens, the New York Times' photography blog,
Photo by Rich Lam When the Vancouver Canucks lost the NHL Stanley Cup, the team's city burst into chaos. Cars were flipped over and burned, shops were looted and riot police shuffled through the streets with clubs. And Scott Jones and Alex Thomas were at the center of it all. The couple has
Vladimir Putin in one of his more professional poses. Being the head of an international superpower has to be a stressful job, but at least you get to surround yourself with pretty faces if you want. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is being forced to explain why he's hired a former lingerie
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords with her mother, Gloria. Photo by P.K. Weiss Representative Gabrielle Giffords has only just begun her long journey back from a terrible brain injury. Yet if the recently released photos of her smiling and talking are any indication, Giffords' recovery is well on its way. Photographs of the Arizona
Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater is generally considered one of the most beautiful homes in the world, and for its 75th birthday this year it's celebrating with a brand new book of photography. 25 years ago, Fallingwater director Lynda Waggoner teamed up with photographer Christopher Little to publish a 50th anniversary commemorative book complete with essays
March 30, 1988: Thousands of photos taken by Livingston If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the amount contained in photographer Jamie Livingston's visual autobiography is incalculable. For nearly two decades -- beginning with a candid photo of his girlfriend and culminating with a haunting image of the photographer on
Alejandro Chaskielberg's 'The Hunter.' Courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2011. The 2012 Sony World Photography Awards are now open for competition, and photographers from all over the world are already uploading their submissions. This year's contest looks to be the most competitive in history, as photographers are encouraged to enter in
Marilyn Monroe, circa 1950. Photo: Anton Fury Marilyn Monroe was one of the brightest stars of the 20th century, and there are very few photos of her that people have not seen. Yet photographer Anton Fury stumbled upon a treasure trove of unseen photographs of Marilyn Monroe, and he's spent the last
