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Tuscan dreams in Tennessee: These Olive Garden engagement pictures are going viral

Here’s how the Instagram algorithm suggests posts

US Copyright Office sides with photographer in Warhol infringement case

Sunrise tragedy: Florida photographer dies in early morning sand dune collapse

Transform & roll out! This Canon EOS R5 morphs into Optimus Prime

Next-gen Giant Magellan Telescope to have 4x the resolution of Webb

David Ulrich: How to be a more mindful photographer

Your drone may soon need a ‘digital license plate’ to legally fly

Unhappily-ever-after: Bankrupt wedding photographer leaves hundreds of couples hanging

Restore those old family photos with this free AI image restoration generator

Hit the road with this fully-functioning Victorian-era mobile darkroom & studio

The ‘anti-Instagram’ app only lets you post once a day

Are these 16,000 photos of Picasso’s work ‘fair use?’

Thomas Hoepker’s ’63 road trip, plus four other fantastic photobooks to get you inspired

White House photographer told ‘no photos’ of Trump on January 6th

Egypt to lift ban on street photography, but there’s a big catch

Clueless cameraman creates comedy, calamity during championship track & field event

Calling all ‘dronations’: a new way to help Ukraine

Selfie-snapping photographer falls into Mount Vesuvius

How to disable ‘Suggested Posts’ on Instagram

Eadweard Muybridge documentary explores the birth of modern motion pictures

Tupac Shakur photo sparks lawsuit against Universal Music Group

Singer Dua Lipa sued for copyright infringement… again

Festival preview: 10 shows & workshops to check out at Les Rencontres d’Arles this summer

They escaped Alcatraz 60 years ago, here’s what they may look like today

Macro photographer Levon Biss’ big bug pictures magnify tiny species’ oversized impact

Peter van Agtmael grapples with chronicling the post-9/11 era

The new Black vanguard of portrait photography, plus four other photo shows worth seeing

We didn’t start the fire, but we want to see your best photos of heat

At $12.4 million, Man Ray’s ‘Le Violon d’Ingres’ is now the most expensive image ever sold at auction

Portraits of ‘rebel’ icons, plus five other photo shows worth seeing

Meta launches NFTs on Instagram… and they ‘shimmer’

2022 Pulitzer Prize winners capture turmoil at home and abroad

Rapper Jack Harlow messes with an NBA videographer’s gear during a live broadcast

Newlyweds discover ‘crazy eyes’ Photoshopped onto their wedding images

Feast your eyes on the highest-resolution photo of the sun ever captured

DJI pauses sales in both Russia and Ukraine

Ten glorious photos of world-famous monuments

Here’s your chance to own an original print of Dorothea Lange’s ‘Migrant Mother’

FAA determines Youtuber crashed his plane on purpose

NASA’s Perseverance rover captures a Martian solar eclipse

See nearly all of Hubble’s observations in one amazing composite photo

Celebrate 50 years of instant cameras with the Polaroid x Saint Laurent collab

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

10 Instagram accounts to follow if you love nature & wildlife photography

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

10 photojournalists to follow to stay informed on Ukraine

45 portraits of iconic rockstars ‘flipping the bird’ now up for auction

Is the end of the awkward, faceless Zoom call near?

Women Street Photographers’ annual exhibition highlights the power of the female gaze

See the winners of Smithsonian Magazine’s 19th annual photo contest

Grand Teton cancels controversial new wedding & portrait photography permit policy

Richard Gere’s $2 million photo collection is up for auction

Instagram brings back the chronological feed

Flickr paywalls adult content; pushes free users to pay, share or leave

Magnum’s latest Square Print Sale showcases ‘the start of something new’

8 Instagram accounts to follow if you love film photography

Snoop Dogg says photographers shouldn’t own their photos of celebrities

Russia will ban Instagram on March 14th

The ‘Art of Illusion,’ Michael Kenna’s lost and found landscapes, & four other photo shows worth viewing right now

How to post multiple photos on Instagram

The Associated Press’ NFT sale is now ‘under review’ after widespread criticism
