Inspiration

Descendants of Black Civil War heroes recreate their 19th-century ancestors in a moving photo project

Feb 13, 2024
Dunja Djudjic

February is Black History Month, and to honor it, Smithsonian magazine has created a stunning photo project named Tracing a Lost Ancestry: The Descendants. Created…

Photographing a volcano with an IR camera

Feb 13, 2024
Sagiv Gilburd

Jonas Daley is what I call an “atypical nature photographer”. His photos capture mountains and deserts, but they don’t look remotely similar to what pops…

Hubble’s astonishing “string of pearls” image reveals star birth along tidal tails

Feb 12, 2024
Dunja Djudjic

Even though a galaxy collision sounds destructive, it is not. In fact, it triggers new generations of stars, and a recent Hubble image shows this…

How Alex Gordon captures the incredible abstract beauty of ice cubes

Feb 9, 2024
Dunja Djudjic

Even the seemingly mundane objects can be beautiful – if you know how to look and how to capture them. Photographer Alex Gordon certainly does,…

This is how they sent photos by phone 100 years ago

Feb 9, 2024
Dunja Djudjic

Have you ever thought about how cool it is that you can snap a photo and immediately send it to someone across the world with…

Photo of polar bear sleeping on iceberg bed is People’s Choice of 2023 Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Feb 7, 2024
Dunja Djudjic

Wildlife Photographer of the Year asked for your vote in late 2023. And now, the winners have been announced. Nima Sarikhani’s dreamy image Ice Bed…

Stunning ISS photo reveals Earth’s golden glow

Feb 6, 2024
Dunja Djudjic

There’s something special about seeing photos of the Earth from space. They always help me put some things in perspective and reevaluate the seriousness of…

How to use your freezer to make props for toy photography

Feb 6, 2024
John Aldred

Sometimes, as photographers, we see some inspiration or get an idea, and we think to ourselves, “How the heck are we going to do this?”….

54 countries, countless stories: Sony World Photography Awards announces 2024 National & Regional winners

Feb 6, 2024
Dunja Djudjic

Like every year, the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards contestants came from all over the world. To honor remarkable photographers from every corner of the…

Watch: Photographer films extremely rare “aurora curls”

Feb 1, 2024
Dunja Djudjic

Photographer Jeff Dai captured a site you don’t see every day, not even if you live in the far North or South. He managed to…