A new book of photography casts a new light on this relatively unexplored chapter of architecture history by showcasing the Soviet architecture of Siberia's major cities while providing an insight into a little-known landscape.
Seventy plus years later, these scars from World War II have largely healed, leaving only still ponds for us to reflect on.
There are different theories and explanations for why subjects rarely smiled in photos prior to the 20th century.
The default wallpaper of Windows XP is permanently etched into our collective consciousness. It's estimated to be one of the most widely seen photographs in history. Here's the story of how it became so ubiquitous.
One week after the start of demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, protests in cities and towns across the United States have been growing, despite curfews and aggressive policing methods in some places.
SpaceX's launch of its first manned spaceflight has already been marked as an historical moment for those in the US and worldwide. Here are some of the best shots which will surely make it into future textbooks.
From a Porsche in an ice race to an up-close and personal look of a beluga, here are the winners of the International Photography Awards winners this year.
One of the groups that recently gained an influx of attention is "Terrible Art in Charity Shops," where people share various questionable art pieces they find at charity shops or similar establishments.
Walking along the trail, you'll pass houses with their roofs caved in, Buddha statues staring at you from empty windows and other spooky scenes.But not everything on the island has been abandoned to the elements.
Curtiss-Wright had developed the Air Car as a four-passenger commercial vehicle and hoped that it would be accepted by the public as a sort of air-cushioned equivalent of the family car.
Teenagers on prom night, the beautiful desolation of the Iceland Ring Road and other best photos of the week.
Neil Hamamoto's latest project subverts the classic approach to documentary photography.
As some places around the world ease their coronavirus restrictions, restaurants and bars are finding innovative and at times humorous ways to bring their customers back safely.
Glaciologists dream of a cold-storage vault in Antarctica to preserve key samples of the paleoclimate.
A swath of Virginia suburbia was until recently one of the most violent and overcrowded prisons in the United States: Lorton Reformatory.
Through satellite images, we explore China's premier large-scale training site that has some ominous and bizarre features.
George Eksts has digitized 200,000 works on paper. Several hundred had writings or drawings on the back.
Once derided by critics put off by his then-new taste for color photography, "American Surfaces" is now considered one of the most famous photo series of all time.
Americans turned out in droves to enjoy Memorial Day weekend despite fears of a second wave of COVID-19 infections.
Nostalgia is a powerful force—especially when parked in long, shiny rows.
A look at one of the world's most remote islands, the flimsy veneer of gigantic advertisements and other best photos of the week.
From Pete Souza to Mark Peterson, photographers across the US took us inside their communities to capture a moment frozen in time.
Steve Hart has spent 40 years preparing for every potential disaster the human race might face. So how does he fare in a pandemic?
The inhabitants of Tristan da Cunha, which sits in the remote waters of the South Atlantic, are insulated from the coronavirus by an immense moat.
A few hundred years in the borough, from the brownstones to the shipyards. Our critic chats with a fourth-generation Brooklynite and historian.
"I wanted to show it can happen to anyone. It doesn't matter if you're young or old, have preexisting conditions or not. It can affect you."
"Each species that we photograph is precious, irreplaceable, and in my mind, has a basic right to exist."
Like many around the world, Japanese photographer Takuya Nishimura is currently following stay-and-work-at-home protocol as a countermeasure against the novel coronavirus.
When photographer Eric Guth drops into Godzilla Cave, he slips into a world of ice built by fire.
In a 1977 interview by the Literary Guild, King recounts, "While we were living [in Boulder] we heard about this terrific old mountain resort hotel and decided to give it a try. But when we arrived, they were just getting ready to close for the season, and we found ourselves the only guests in the place — with all those long, empty corridors."
The coronavirus pandemic has changed how we live. What was ordinary just a couple of months ago seems almost unrecognizable.
Hope in hydrangeas, eerie photos of London in lockdown and more best photos of the week.
Take a look back at the entertainment legend and master of animation magic during the 1940s.
The Rijksmuseum is publishing the largest and most detailed ever photograph of "The Night Watch" on its website, making it possible to zoom in on individual brushstrokes and even particles of pigment in the painting.
Dieter Klein has travelled to remote corners of Europe and the US to find and photograph abandoned cars.
At 70 trillion frames per second, it's fast enough to document nuclear fusion and radioactive molecule decay.
Over 11 million Getty images are on ice near Pittsburgh.
Readers share photos and stories from their disrupted lives amid the coronavirus crisis — including, in this case, a busy spider in Karachi, bike riding lessons and a surprise birthday party starring Bubbles.
Entrants in this year's contest were invited to submit images showcasing the Earth's biodiversity and showing some of the mounting threats to the natural world.
A few glimpses of Kentucky's landscape and some of the animals and people calling it home.
"Interestingly, in art, even though it is so fundamental, real-life depictions of motherhood have been underrepresented over the course of history."
The Antarctic expedition that didn't go quite as planned, girlhood in Gaza and other best photos of the week.
U.S. Route 20 is America's longest road, stretching from Boston, Massachusetts to Newport, Oregon. That's 12 states and 3,365 miles. Long enough to wend your way along, veer off on new directions and see the expansive country that gives it to you straight.
The COVID-19 pandemic has functionally destroyed commercial aviation. Almost overnight, air passenger demand plummeted 95%.
A virtual photo trip through the dancing spheres of Jupiter and its four major moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.
In the LA suburb of San Fernando Valley, a long stretch of Van Nuys Boulevard would be packed with kids and cars from all over Southern California — the place to show off your ride.
Photos aren't very good at conveying depth perception, meaning social distance shaming via social media can be misleading.
Themed scenes from the '70s, '80s, '90s and movies, the eerie, dystopian opulence of cruise ships and more best photos of the week.
This computer illustrator uses the Blender software to create a simulated environment with just one photograph of a metro station.
How the digital world is liberating perceptions of what is possible in the physical realm.
Photography and Camera News, Reviews, and Inspiration
In their latest project, "A Glittering Eye," photographers Courtney Asztalos and Michael W. Hicks capture a lavish world on the brink of collapse.
While reviewing 999 photos he'd captured through the night, Prasenjeet Yadav spotted a bright green fireball streaking down the sky and illuminating the sky in one of his frames.
Even in the pouring rain, in the middle of the night, they are out scavenging, wearing headlamps to scan a mountain of rotting garbage more than 15 stories high.
This article is in Danish, but you don't need to read it to get the idea — just look at the examples. If you see news images taken with telephoto lenses that appear to show people clustered too close together, it's fair to be skeptical.
Donald Trump retweeted a gif of Joe Biden with his tongue out. No, it's not a deepfake — or the end of democracy.
Photographer Adrian Guerin rode Mauritania's Train du Desert, one of the world's longest trains, at the hottest time of the year. It nearly broke him.
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing Muslims to adapt, observing the holy month more at home than in the mosque, more online than in person and with greater uncertainty about the future.
Arizona Republic photographer Michael Chow, wearing a tight-fitting N95 mask, sprinted ahead of the crowd. And that's when he saw the nurses.
How rising sea levels are affecting Miami, a megachurch adopts to social distancing and more best photos of the week.
