Death Anniversary of Horst Faas: The Greatest of an Extinct Breed?

Execution of a Viet-Cong, Napalm Girl, and Reaching Out are the three iconic images of the Vietnam War.  These photographs were taken by, respectively, Eddie Adams, Nick Ut, and Larry Burrows.  

In all truth one other photographer's name ranks right up there; though somehow none of his Vietnam War images became an instantly-recognizable global sensation, his body of work is perhaps superior to those of any of the other three...

Survivor! The Bangladesh Factory Collapse

The photo album of the day for the story of the day comes from the Baltimore Sun's Darkroom.  It illustrates the rescue of a woman after a seventeen-day ordeal of entombment – a miracle of survival – alongwith relevant images of the overall tragedy.

The overall tragedy is, as you might guess, the Bangladesh garment factory building collapse in which over a thousand people perished.

The album comprises of the work...

Jewellery Photography: ‘Let the Light do the Talking’

We've highlighted tutorials on various kinds of photography, such as Landscape Photography and Flower Photography, on this blog.  One we haven't covered is Jewellery Photography.  Jose Antunes brings just such a how-to for beginners on Photo Tuts+.

One good thing about photographing jewellery is that you don't need space – a tabletop will do. 

What you will need – and all you really need to get started – is a light...

Charming Children, Fascinating Fotos, and Awesome Waves

On this blog we do a weekly roundup of Photography News that is unusual, even peculiar or weird.  Today, however, this weekly post is about charming, fascinating, and awesome Photography News.

Charming Children

Grant Podelco brings the story of a photographer who focusses on children with their toys.

Gabriele Galimberti's series of photos does not aspire to be high art; rather, it is a charming document of childhood, highlighting that which is...

Light Painting with Darlene Hildebrandt

If HDR is yesterday's craze then Tilt-Shift and Light Painting are probably duking it out to be crowned today's craze.  For those who're inclined to give their vote to the latter, Darlene Hildebrandt presents the first of a multi-part lesson on Light Painting in DPSchool.

This article is unusually systematic and logical in its organization; it's more like a chapter of a Photography Book than your usual tutorial.

First, Hildebrandt provides...

Sony World Photography Award Winners

One of the biggest events in the World of Photography is the aptly named World Photo.  World Photo London 2013 is underway now at Somerset House.

This two-week event includes numerous talks, exhibitions, lectures, prizes, and such but its centrepiece is, of course, Sony World Photography Awards and the related exhibitions.

Sony broadly divides entries between a Professional and an Open section, each of which is subdivided into...