One of the unexpected pleasures of unimaginable advances in digital technology is how it’s allowed us to recreate the pleasures of… analog technology. And for today’s example, we turn to photographer and innovator Yann Phillippe, who found himself longing to shoot some photos on “Aerochrome III”, Kodak’s infrared-sensitive, “false-color” reversal film, initially designed for military […]
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Stressed? Landscape photography could help you relax
Graeme Green July 11, 2018 Share this article Landscape photography is more than just capturing beautiful images—it’s a way to re-connect with nature and get a little headspace in a fast-moving digital world, says Graeme Green. “Photography is, for me, about being outside and experiencing the planet,” photographer Antony Spencer says. “It’s about experiencing places […]
“Art Frame Design” Mixes Classic Paintings and Contemporary Photography
Some of the most iconic works of visual art are finding themselves in decidedly contemporary surroundings via “Art Frame Design,”a clever new Instagram account that came to our attention on Bored Panda. The gimmick, cooked up by “Michael T.” of the webzine Milkshake, is the use of modern fashion photographs as “frames” for classical paintings […]
National Geographic: Travel photography winners' snapshots from world's most remote places
Every year the National Geographic Traveller photography competition winners amaze readers with their outstanding quality of images, and this year is no exception. The competition receives submissions covering the globe, documenting everywhere from the Antarctic to the deep depths of Africa. To enter the competition, UK photographers had to submit their images into one of […]
Clever NYC Street Photography Snapshots Captured by Coincidence
At first glance, Jonathan Higbee‘s art looks like straightforward street photography snaps of New Yorkers doing their thing. Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that Higbee’s work is a series of visual puns captured purely by coincidence. In fact, that’s the name of his series, Coincidences. Website Ignant reveals that Higbee spends hours waiting for the right […]
The ‘Black Panther’ Director of Photography Is a Cinematic Superhero
Rachel Morrison is the first female cinematographer to be nominated for an Academy Award—and continues to blaze a trail. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a8342cb8ff527686101309c/master/pass/RachelMorrison.jpg
Space Photos of the Week: New Horizons Breaks a Record for Long-Distance Photography
The spacecraft was 3.79 billion miles from Earth when it snapped this photo of a Kuiper Belt object. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a7cdc70a8e48854db1758ab/master/pass/SPoW_Feb05_2018_02.jpg
Meet the Man Who All But Invented Serious Car Spy Photography
– From the December 2017 issue – Jim Dunne modestly dismisses the idea that he is the father of automotive spy photography, noting that various newspapers in the 1950s had printed snapshots of development prototypes from time to time before he elevated the game to a professional level. But in 1964, Dunne and modern spy […]
Google app experiments push the limits of phone photography
Google doesn’t want to limit its photographic prowess to its own phones — it just released an initial batch of “appsperiments” that use the company’s knack for computer vision and other technologies to test the boundaries of phone photography. Storyboard for Android is arguably the highlight. The app uses object recognition and style algorithms to […]
This Beloved Street Photography Bible Gets an Exciting New Edition
Street photography didn’t start with Henri Cartier-Bresson. Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, Charles Nègre, and other predecessors were capturing the comings and goings on the Boulevard du Temple in Paris and beyond in the 19th century. A detailed history of street photography was first collected in a 1994 landmark book called Bystander, by artist Joel Meyerowitz and curator […]