Art museums have a bad reputation. There are now generations of people who associate those imposing halls with angry chaperones, hot school busses, and painfully boring afternoons. After all, you can only force a 6th grader to stare at...
Action and lifestyle photographer Liam Doran has the textbook definition of a dream job. He gets paid to travel to breathtaking locations, photograph the world’s elite athletes, and decorate the covers of internationally renowned magazines.
It sounds made up, doesn’t...
Across different mediums, cultures, and through the expanse of time, artists have all struggled to answer the same question: can you capture the sum of a person?
You can certainly recreate their likeness. But—at the risk of sounding like a...
There are hundreds of family portrait photographers in New York City and many of them have hyper-specific bailiwicks. The list includes superhero cosplay specialists, fertility goddess maternity photographers, ironic glam shot experts—the list is extensive. However, one specialty is...
In this, the era of social media celebrity, professional photography equipment is more accessible than ever. Some smartphone cameras are even starting to outpace point-and-shoots.
The resulting deluge of content has had a myriad of unexpected consequences. Some are positive, others...
Photography has a rich, extensive history dating back to the musings of Han Chinese philosopher Mozi in 391 BC (it’s nice to finally have someone we can blame for selfies). Since then, we’ve seen daguerreotypes, calotypes, dry plates, film...
Great photographers don't need a lot of expensive equipment to be exceptional. That said, it doesn't hurt. Below find our roundup of 7 famous photographers and their cameras of choice.
1. Annie Leibovitz
Known Cameras: too many to list including the...
Post-mortem photography makes people very uncomfortable. I learned this the hard way when I started researching this piece and brought the concept up to my friends. They were (let’s say) less than receptive to the idea of a professional...
Happy National Proposal Day! To celebrate this romantic holiday, I spoke with Ash Fox—New York City’s master of proposal photography. Ash has captured (and created) over 1,500 dreamy proposals for everyone from the nervous bachelor next door to NFL...
The California Wildfires
The scale of the recent California wildfires is hard to comprehend. Over the past two years, they’ve displaced tens of thousands, destroyed nearly 24,000 homes, and scorched more than 3 million acres.
Now, take a moment and try...
