Photography

May 6, 2025

Intimate Portraits of Tibetan Refugees Offer a Glimpse Into Resilience, Peace, and Compassion [Interview]

By the time he met the young Tibetan woman behind the organization Tibetan Rights Campaign, Phil Borges had grown restless. A few years before then, he’d fully transitioned from a career in orthodontics to one in photography; but, at that point, he was primarily shooting images for romance novels. What were his next steps, he wondered, until the woman told him about the various human rights violations underway in her country.

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April 29, 2025

Adventurous Bird Crashing Into a Waterfall Wins Nature Photography Contest

Photographer Konrad Wothe spent 20 years waiting for a photographic opportunity that paid off in a big way when he was named GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2025. Wothe's fascinating photo of a small bird flying through a waterfall earned him the title, beating out over 8,000 images entered into this contest for members of the German Society for Nature Photography.

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April 28, 2025

“Hyperlong Exposure” Photos Poetically Weave the Past and Present Together

Compared to other artistic media, photography is far more capable of time travel. Its ability to capture our past with such astonishing immediacy is unique, serving as more representational portraits of historic lifestyles. This is why Garry Pycroft is drawn to the medium, and also why he feels compelled to reinvent it. Since 2020, the British digital artist has amassed a remarkable collection of old postcards dating back to the early 1900s.

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April 23, 2025

The “Most Lifelike” Image of Abraham Lincoln May Fetch up to $1 Million at Auction

Decades after Abraham Lincoln’s death, George B. Ayres created a photograph of the renowned president. Ayres produced the interpositive between 1895 and 1900 from an original negative of a portrait taken by Alexander Hesler in 1860 for Lincoln’s first presidential campaign. Now, this singular image of Lincoln is finally up for sale, and is expected to fetch anywhere from $800,000 to $1 million at auction.

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