1914 Color Images of Antarctica by Photographer Frank Hurley Frank Hurley would do anything to get the perfect shot. As a teenager, the Australian photographer gained a reputation for standing in front of oncoming trains in order to get a stunning image. Yet it was in 1914, when he was 29 years old, that Hurley
Farm Photography Could Be a Thing of the Past Could this picture get me arrested? Photo taken by author. A tractor abandoned in a corn field. Rusty, swinging barn doors. A horse out to pasture -- these are just some of the idyllic scenes that make farms such fertile environments for photography. But not
Brian Lanker with his portrait of Civil Rights leader Rosa Park in 1989. Brian Lanker, an acclaimed photojournalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography in 1973, died on Sunday, just 10 days after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was 63 years-old. Lanker was the Newspaper Photographer of the Year twice, in 1972
We ran into one of our friends at WPPI who had kind things to say about Advancing Your Photography
First Color Photographs of 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Discovered A researcher at the Smithsonian has uncovered the first, and possibly only, color photographs of the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake that nearly destroyed the city by the bay. A volunteer at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History discovered the extremely rare series of
Note: this is the second part to a story we began covering in January. To read the first part, CLICK HERE. Todd Bieber's found-film mystery has finally come to an end. After months of searching, the NYC filmmaker has returned the small canister of film he discovered in a snow-covered park to its rightful owner,
College Offers Class on Cell Phone Photography If everyone has a camera in their cell phone, does that make us all potential photographers? In that case, shouldn't we be learning how to use them? That's the idea behind a new course being offered by Immaculata University in suburban Philadelphia that teaches people how to use
I caught up with Don MacAskill, SmugMug's CEO and "Chief Geek" at WPPI in Las Vegas who talked about a new feature just added that allows users to easily link from their blog or emails to their photos on SmugMug As Don said, they're adding new features all the time. I've been a friend of
An unforgettable image of a maimed Afghan girl, whose nose and ears were cut off by the Taliban, has won the Photo of the Year Award from the World Press, one of the most coveted prizes in photojournalism. South African photographer Jodi Bieber is this year's recipient of the prestigious award for her heartbreaking photograph
A young boy climbs through a hole in search of goods just days after Haiti's earthquake. Photo by Damon Winter. New York Times photographer Damon Winter has won the award for Newspaper Photographer of the Year at the 68th annual Pictures of the Year International competition. Winter’s moving images, primarily of Haiti after last year's
