Photography
The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the winners of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15, during an award ceremony held Sept. 14. This was the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s 15th year holding the contest, which garnered more than 4,000 submissions from 64 different countries for 2023. A shortlist of winning submissions was released in July, […]
René Groebli, from ‘The Eye of Love’ (1952) © Collection MEP, Paris Organising a photography exhibition around the topic of love leaves a lot of room to roam; the list of artists, locations and periods to choose from is practically infinite. And yet, somehow, the International Center of Photography’s Love Songs: Photography and Intimacy manages […]
CNN — At first glance, you may think you recognize some of these iconic photographs. The poses, clothing, and framing seem familiar, but look again. These faces aren’t from history books – they are self-portraits of renowned photographer Samuel Fosso, and they have earned him this year’s Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. Founded by The […]
In an expansive and high-ceilinged auditorium in the Silver Spring Civic Center, a small collection of images hung unobtrusively on the wall in a front corner of the room. Kevin Lukusa at Sligo Creek Trail in Takoma Park (Benjamin Israel/Taking Nature Black & U.S. Forest Service) The images came from a project called “Belonging: The […]
In collaboration with Black-owned business, CreativeSoul Photography, this special edition artist series debuts at shopDisney, Walt Disney World Resort, and Disneyland Resort on Feb. 3 BURBANK, Calif. – (Jan. 20, 2023) – Disney announced today a brand-new collaboration with Black-owned business, CreativeSoul Photography, featuring a special-edition artist series collection of dolls across the African diaspora, […]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The two wall-sized black-and-white photographs instantly command your attention: Four fashion models striding directly at you. In one shot the women are clad in elegant jackets, trousers and skirts. In the other they’re wearing only heels. The effect is confrontational and arresting. “Spectacular,” said Stacey Singer, a jewelry designer from […]
A fascination for capturing “people of different cultures living their everyday lives” is what inspires the work of University of Hawaiʻi videographer Jeff DePonte. A call for submissions from International Lens Magazine for its “Culture” issue led him to submit his street photography taken during a 2014 trip to Phnom Penh, the capital city of […]
The French photographer born Pierre Verger made two tours of the US in the 1930s, crossing the country by train for the magazine Paris-soir, documenting predominantly black communities in Harlem and the south in a time of segregation. The pictures the magazine chose illustrated a series of articles on the hardships of life in the […]
Vanessa Williams recreates a scene from the 1963 historical drama Cleopatra, one of many such re-castings in the new photography book Black Hollywood: Reimagining Iconic Movie Moments. Carell Augustus/Sourcebooks hide caption toggle caption Carell Augustus/Sourcebooks Vanessa Williams recreates a scene from the 1963 historical drama Cleopatra, one of many such re-castings in the new photography […]
Irina Werning had to buy new batteries for her camera flash the other day. The Buenos Aires-based photographer first tried her local supermarket, but the price was too high. She went to an office supplies store, a corner shop, a kiosk, a tool shop, another supermarket. This small errand had become an expedition in circumventing […]