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Meta-owned Instagram is reportedly toying with the idea of releasing a standalone application for its short-form video feature, Reels.

Kim Kardashian has been sued for posting a photo of the wrong man in an appeal to her 370 million Instagram followers last year.

A professional photographer is offering free headshots to laid off federal workers to help them find new jobs.

A new photo app called Yope -- which has recently become popular among Generation Z -- lets users share images to private groups.

Annapurna Interactive’s upcoming landscape photography video game Lushfoil Photography Sim has a new trailer, and, finally, a release date: April 15, 2025.

The first clip of Peter Hujar's Day has been released, the biopic starring Ben Whishaw as iconic photographer Peter Hujar, who died of AIDS in 1987.

A charming letter from Albert Einstein to photographer Sanford "Sandy" Roth goes on auction this month.

A photographer broke the record for the most headshots taken in one hour -- capturing almost 900 portraits in sixty minutes.

The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) along with more than 40 other journalist-supported organizations released a joint statement that condemns how the White House has chosen to "penalize independent reporting on the government and its activities."

B&H Photo announced that its Bild Expo, which feels to many like the spiritual successor to the now-defunct Photo Plus, is coming back to the Javits Center in New York City on June 17 and 18, 2025.

Three civil liberties organizations submitted a joint letter to the Fort Worth Police Department demanding the return of multiple Sally Mann photographs that were "unconstitutionally seized" from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth last month.

The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) issued a statement condemning the White House for the indefinite ban it issued to Associated Press (AP) journalists last week.

The Associated Press (AP), one of the most trusted organizations for written and photo journalism, has been indefinitely banned from the White House and Air Force One because it hasn't changed its stylebook entry for the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

35 years ago, the historic NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft captured a Valentine's Day photo, "Pale Blue Dot," that continues to amaze and enchant viewers decades later.

Fujifilm announced a "worldwide collaboration" of its Instax series of instant cameras and smartphone printers and Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIV Online, which adds an Instax camera emote into the game.

Queer Costa Rican photographer Matías Sauter Morera breaks through barriers as the first artist to sell an AI-generated photograph to the Getty Museum.

Nick Ut, the subject of a new documentary that claims he didn't take the iconic "Napalm Girl" photo which is arguably the most famous image of the Vietnam war and for which he won the Pulitzer Prize, has broken his silence on the controversy.

When the International Camera and Photo Imaging Show (CP+) kicks off in Yokohama at the end of February, Tamron will throw down the gauntlet for the most engaging booth design. Tamron announced a team-up with Godzilla, the famous Japanese monster, for its CP+ booth design.

A fashion ad has been banned because the camera angle and the model's pose in the photo made her look too thin.

In Mount Kaputar National Park in New South Wales, Australia, an extinct volcano is home to unique wildlife, including an incredible pink slug.

Fox Sports' Super Bowl LIX broadcast honored the "greatest handheld cameraman" as he filmed the final game of his career before retiring.

A new Hulu documentary examines the day that cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot on set of Alex Baldwin's movie Rust

Spanish painter Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) may be one of the most famous and influential artists of the 20th century but during his early years, he struggled through poverty. This led to him frequently reusing canvases and painting new work over old.

American legislators have floated yet another law to ban children from accessing social media. This week, the Senate Commerce Committee approved legislation prohibiting children under 13 from social media.

Fans have spotted a cameraman accidentally appearing in one of the most famous scenes in James Cameron's classic movie Titanic.

The Professional Photographers of America (PPA) is facing a leadership crisis. Based on a recap of the organization's annual meeting yesterday, February 3, at Imaging USA, the situation has worsened, at least for some members.

Fashion brand Balenciaga has used paparazzi images from the early 2000s and digitally altered the images for its latest campaign.

The photographer behind the official portrait of First Lady Melania Trump says that the image "didn't need to be retouched."

A picturesque port city in Japan has hired security guards to control selfie-taking tourists at a popular photo spot.

Photographer Nick Ut is reportedly planning to file a defamation lawsuit against the filmmakers of The Stringer -- a movie which casts aspersions on his authorship of the Napalm Girl photograph.

A revolutionary new documentary The Perfect Neighbor relies almost entirely on police body camera footage and dashcam video to tell the story of a 2023 murder.

Photographers are accusing the National Portrait Gallery of nepotism after it appeared to cater to a high-profile donor by hosting a photography exhibition for Zoë Law.

A wedding videographer was arrested after police received more than 100 complaints from couples about her.

Roger Pratt, the cinematographer behind Tim Burton's highly influential Batman as well as two Harry Potter movies, has died.

Tourists have been banned from taking selfies at a popular cliffside photo spot over fears that the rock will break due to the sheer number of people who have posed on it.

A photographer has been sued for $2 million for throwing a bucket of urine at a TikTok-famous vintage photo booth that was set up next door to her home.

TikTok, which is currently offline in the United States following a ban, says it will return online thanks to President Trump, who initiated the years-in-the-making ban in the first place via executive order in August 2020, years before he used the platform as part of his bid to return to the White House.

According to a report from NBC News, the Biden administration is considering ways to keep TikTok available in the United States even after it is scheduled to be banned on Sunday.

Instagram alternative Pixelfed launched a mobile app last week on Android and landed on iOS today. The decentralized, ad-free, and open-source platform, which aims to offer "a fresh take on photo sharing," has surged in popularity and even run afoul of Meta moderation.

The Public Domain Image Archive is a newly-launched curated collection of more than 10,000 out-of-copyright historical images -- more than 2,000 of which are photos -- that are free for everyone to look through and use.

As someone who spent over a decade in the stock photography and creative tools industry, I’ve seen firsthand how it has evolved. The news of a potential Getty and Shutterstock merger made me think about how the stock photography industry actors found themselves at a crossroads and what future lies ahead.

An amended lawsuit against Meta alleges that the company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, approved training Meta's Llama AI models using copyrighted content.

The Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) says it condemns the seizure of the Sally Mann photographers included in the Diaries of Home exhibition in Fort Worth, Texas and calling it a "brazen act of censorship" by Texas authorities.

The Supreme Court heard arguments today after which it will determine the fate of TikTok, which stands to be banned in the United States on January 19. The company has already said it would rather be banned than sell.

On Thursday, a civilian-operated drone collided with a firefighting "Super Scooper" airplane while it was operating above the Palisades Fire, the FAA reports. The plane was able to land safely but the incident is still under investigation.