The devil’s in the details: Show us your best macro shots

Show us your best macro shots. Abigail Ferguson Congratulations to the photographers who made it into last week’s Photo of the Day gallery. The breathtaking images paid a fitting tribute to Earth Day with majestic mountains, bellicose flames, tranquil waters, and more. For this week, the PopPhoto editors are challenging you to get small. As… Continue reading The devil’s in the details: Show us your best macro shots

Walker Evans’ American Photographs, and five other photobooks worth checking out

Parked car, small town Main Street 1932. © Walker Evans This month, we look at a wide range of photobooks. Mika Horie’s cyanotypes present the world in blue; Stephen Shore’s memoir looks back on his long career; Zora J Murff explores Blackness in America; Stephen Gill’s photos of birds on a pillar present a new… Continue reading Walker Evans’ American Photographs, and five other photobooks worth checking out

In a tribute to the Earth, here are your awe-inspiring images of the elements

Fiordlands National Park, New Zealand. Myke Odoño Happy Earth Day, PopPhotographers! This week, we asked you to submit your best images of the elements (earth, wind, fire, and water) to celebrate and appreciate the beauty of our planet. The winners of this week’s challenge brought us to lakeside idylls, awe-inspiring cliffs and mountains, and the… Continue reading In a tribute to the Earth, here are your awe-inspiring images of the elements

Sandra Cattaneo Adorno’s street silhouettes capture the spirit of Rio

Águas de Ouro III, 2018. Sandra Cattaneo Adorno Before the age of 60, Sandra Cattaneo Adorno had never been a photographer. But when her daughter gifted her a photography course to mark her birthday, Cattaneo Adorno found herself fascinated with the medium. And now, this Saturday a collection of her photographs will go on display… Continue reading Sandra Cattaneo Adorno’s street silhouettes capture the spirit of Rio

Nick Brandt’s panoramas put the clash between wildlife and urbanity in stark relief

“Wasteland with Lion”. © Nick Brandt Courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York To celebrate Earth Day 2022, we’re revisiting some of our favorite environmental stories and interviews from the PopPhoto archives. Nick Brandt’s 2016 photo book, Inherit the Dust, was his visual cry of anguish about the looming apocalypse for animals habitats in Africa.… Continue reading Nick Brandt’s panoramas put the clash between wildlife and urbanity in stark relief

A century of abstract photography, plus four other photo shows worth checking out

Henry Holmes Smith, “Mother and Son.” 1970. Dye transfer print; 10 x 8 inches. Funds from the Photography Acquisitions Alliance, 2020.216. © Smith Family Trust, courtesy Glitterman Gallery Spring has finally arrived and with it comes an array of excellent photographic exhibitions opening across the country, including the first museum survey of Deanna Lawson’s work,… Continue reading A century of abstract photography, plus four other photo shows worth checking out

Migrant self-portrait series wins the 2022 Sony World Photo Awards

Photographer of the Year. From the series “Migrantes,” by Adam Ferguson. 2022 Sony World Photography Awards. © Adam Ferguson A couple of months ago, we introduced you to the finalists in all ten categories of the Sony World Photography Awards, not to be confused with the smaller but still very prestigious World Press Photo awards… Continue reading Migrant self-portrait series wins the 2022 Sony World Photo Awards

In honor of Earth Day, we want to see your best photos of the elements

The famous red rocks of Sedona, Arizona. Marissa Wu Last week, we introduced our first weekly theme for Photos of the Day, architecture and cityscapes. You blew us away with your amazing submissions and showed you’re ready to rise to the challenge. So, here’s this week’s theme with a nod to Earth Day. This week’s… Continue reading In honor of Earth Day, we want to see your best photos of the elements

Preprocess Raws files with machine learning for cleaner-looking photos

A high ISO photo of a Bristlecone Pine processed through DxO PureRAW 2. Jeff Carlson Machine learning technology is used in many aspects of modern photography, from shooting images that would otherwise be difficult to capture to speeding up sorting and editing. This week I want to focus on a targeted implementation that ripples through… Continue reading Preprocess Raws files with machine learning for cleaner-looking photos