Photography

November 11, 2020

Breathtaking Aerial Photos of Grounded Planes During COVID-19 Is Now a Coffee Table Book [Interview]

German photographer Tom Hegen is known for his brilliant aerial photography. Often taken from a helicopter, Hegen's photos have explored everything from tulip fields to salt ponds. For this latest project, he took advantage of the unique circumstances that COVID-19 created to photograph an often overlooked environment—the airport. Dangling from a helicopter, Hegen focused on six German airports and documented grounded planes parked on the runway.

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November 8, 2020

Photographer Uses Drone Lighting to Make Earth Look Like a Distant Planet

Photographer Reuben Wu continually finds new ways to make the natural landscape look like it’s out of this world. Thanks to his creative use of lighting and aerial views via drone, rock formations take on a beguiling quality as the land is tinted in hues like reds and pinks and the skies an orange ochre. In addition to the tints cast on the environment, Wu uses long-exposure photography (and later photo composites)

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November 5, 2020

Photo Restorer Colorizes Every Portrait of a U.S. President Who Was Photographed [Interview]

Photography changed the way people see the world, as well as the way history is remembered. In 1839, the first commercially available photographic process—the daguerreotype—was released. The sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams, was the first to be photographed using this process. Taken around 1843—after Adams had left office—the portrait is one of 26 black and white photographs depicting presidents who held office before color photography existed.

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October 30, 2020

Incredible Winners of the 2020 EPSON International Pano Awards

A record number of photos were submitted to the 2020 EPSON International Pano Awards. Nearly 6,000 photographs from 1,452 professional and amateur photographers in 96 countries entered the 11th edition of the contest. As the world's largest panoramic photo competition, the contest attracts incredibly talented photographers who can't wait to show their unique perspective of the world. The contest is divided between the Open Competition, reserved for professionals, and the Amateur Competition.

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