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Incredible Winning Photos From The 2024 reFocus Black And White Photography Awards

1st Place: The Right To Know by Roberta Vagliani
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The 2024 reFocus Black and White Photography Awards showcased an awe-inspiring collection of photos that highlight the emotional depth and storytelling power of monochrome imagery, from striking portraits to dramatic landscapes. Continue reading »

Amazing Street-Winning Photos From The Fine Art Photography Awards 2024

1st Place Winner: Metropolis by Charles Chojnacki
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The Fine Art Photography Awards 2024 honored exceptional talent in the street photography amateur category, presenting a diverse collection of images that captured the vibrant essence of urban life. The winning photos transformed everyday moments into powerful visual stories, showcasing the photographers’ keen eye for detail and mastery of storytelling through imagery. Continue reading »

Spectacular Long Exposure-Winning Photos From The 2024 Minimalist Photography Awards

1st Place Winner: Torii by Ulana Switucha
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The 2024 Minimalist Photography Awards featured stunning long exposure photographs that masterfully combine light, time, and minimalist aesthetics, turning everyday scenes into ethereal compositions. The winning photographers displayed exceptional skill in balancing technical precision with artistic vision, celebrating the elegance of minimalism in photography. Continue reading »

Vintage Photos of People Having Way Too Much Fun with Statues

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This charming and quirky collection of vintage snapshots highlights a fascinating trend—people posing with statues. Continue reading »

Purrfect Moments: A Glimpse into Tehran’s Street Cats in Charming Cat-otographs by Akbar Mehrinezhad

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It’s cat o’clock, and we’re excited to showcase Akbar Mehrinezhad’s captivating, creative, and often humorous portraits of stray cats from Tehran, documenting their everyday lives and charming interactions with people. Continue reading »

Stunning Abstract Photo Generations by Rus Khasanov

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Ruslan (Rus) Khasanov (previously featured) is an artist and graphic designer known for his abstract photography, videos, illustrations, and experimental typography. Continue reading »

Finally, The 2025 Nature’s Butts Calendar Is Here!

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Do you find yourself seeing butts everywhere you look? You’re not alone. Continue reading »

Amazing Winning Photos From The 2024 iPhone Photography Awards

Grand Prize Winner: Boy Meets Shark by Erin Brooks, United States
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The 2024 iPhone Photography Awards showcased the artistic potential of mobile photography, with winning photos that pushed creative boundaries by capturing diverse subjects and demonstrating a perfect blend of technical skill, creativity, and unique global perspectives. Continue reading »

Winning Photos From The Australian Geographic Nature Photographer Of The Year 2024

Overall Winner: Bubble-net by Scott Portelli, New South Wales
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The Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 2024 has revealed stunning winning photos that celebrate the beauty and diversity of nature, capturing raw moments, rare wildlife, and the power of the natural world with technical excellence and emotional depth, while emphasizing the need to preserve our environment for future generations. Continue reading »

Spectacular Award-Winning Images From The 2024 Minimalist Photography Awards

Minimalist Photographer Of The Year: Anna by Eva Chupikova, Czech Republic
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The 2024 Minimalist Photography Awards celebrate the art of simplicity, featuring powerful images that use minimal elements like composition, light, and space to create evocative and captivating works of visual storytelling. Continue reading »

Employee Portraits of the 1960s: How Fast-Food Chains Used Training Guides to Standardize Conduct and Appearance

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In the 1960s, fast-food chains began standardizing their operations, including employee appearance and behavior, with instructional photos and manuals often detailing how to “dress for success” in the industry. Continue reading »

Nature Winning Photos From The 2024 Prix De La Photographie Awards

1st Place Winner: “Wild Flowers” by Anne Mason-Hoerter, Germany
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The 2024 Prix De La Photographie Awards honored extraordinary nature photography from around the world, highlighting the breathtaking beauty and intricate connections within our environment through stunning landscapes and intimate wildlife moments, inspiring us to appreciate and protect the natural world. Continue reading »

Spectacular Black-And-White Winning Photos From The AAP Magazine Awards

1st Place Winner: “Macadam” by Manuel Besse (France)
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The AAP Magazine Awards honor exceptional black-and-white photography, featuring diverse, masterfully composed images that captivate with their powerful storytelling and emotional depth, proving color unnecessary for conveying meaning. Continue reading »

Amazing Landscape-Winning Photos From The Fine Art Photography Awards 2024

1st Place Winner: Curves of Fjords by Eva Chupikova
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The Fine Art Photography Awards 2024 honored the exceptional talent of amateur photographers in its Outstanding Amateur Category, highlighting stunning landscape images that beautifully captured the natural world’s essence. Continue reading »

Breathtaking Finalist Photos Of The 2024 Ocean Photographer Of The Year

Finalist, Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Jake Wilton, Conflict Islands, Papua New Guinea
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The 2024 Ocean Photographer of the Year competition has revealed its remarkable finalists, showcasing breathtaking underwater images that capture the ocean’s beauty and mystery. With over $12,898 (£10,000) in prizes, the competition, hosted by Oceanographic Magazine, will announce the overall winner and top category awards next month. Continue reading »

Spectacular Winning Photos From The Black And White Photo Awards 2024

Absolute Winner: Destroy together by Haikun Liang
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The Black and White Photo Awards 2024 highlight the best in monochrome photography, featuring an impressive array of images that masterfully tell stories through the interplay of light and shadow. This year’s winners and finalists, encompassing diverse themes from landscapes to portraits, exemplify the emotional depth and artistic power of black and white imagery. Continue reading »

Amazing Winning Images From The Siena Drone Photography Awards Showcasing Nature’s Beauty

1st classified: New generation by Fabio Savini
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This year’s Siena Drone Photography Awards showcase breathtaking aerial images that capture the awe-inspiring beauty of nature, revealing landscapes, wildlife, and natural wonders in ways that highlight both the photographers’ artistic vision and the remarkable power of drone technology. Continue reading »

Stunning Photos of a Scrapyard in Emeryville, California in the Early 1970s

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A scrapyard, or junkyard, is a place where decommissioned or wrecked vehicles are dismantled, with usable parts sold for repairs and scrap metal sent to recycling companies. Continue reading »

Spirit of a Polluted Spring: Artistic Protest Highlights Local Environmental Crisis

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In early June 2024, activists in Ulyanovsk, a historically significant Russian city on the Volga River known for being the birthplace of Lenin and its role in Russian history, raised alarms about the Marishkin spring, a cherished natural site that had deteriorated into a swamp due to illegal dumping. Continue reading »

Spectacular Nature-Winning Photos From The Fine Art Photography Awards 2024

1st Place Winner: Flower Portraits by Tim Platt
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The 2024 Fine Art Photography Awards celebrate breathtaking nature photography from around the world, showcasing awe-inspiring landscapes, intimate wildlife moments, and striking natural phenomena, with entries for the 11th Edition contest open until October 13th, 2024. Continue reading »

Breathtaking Landscape-Winning Photos From The Fine Art Photography Awards 2024

1st Place Winner: “Textures” by Andreja Ravnak
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The Fine Art Photography Awards 2024 showcased an extraordinary collection of landscape photography, revealing the breathtaking beauty and diversity of our planet through meticulously composed and masterfully edited images, which demonstrated technical excellence and evoked deep emotions, with the 11th edition of the international contest now open for entries until October 13th, 2024. Continue reading »

Spectacular Night Landscape-Winning Photos From The 35 Photography Awards

1st Place Winner: Photo by Alexander Dudarev, Russian Federation
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The 35 Photography Awards recently highlighted the exceptional talent of photographers worldwide by showcasing breathtaking night landscape photographs that capture the mesmerizing beauty of star-studded skies, glowing cityscapes, moonlit landscapes, and nocturnal seascapes, demonstrating technical prowess and evoking a sense of wonder and tranquility. Continue reading »

This Iranian Photographer Takes Astonishing Macro Shots of Insects

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If you’re eager to explore the unseen world of some of the smallest beings on our planet, you’re in the right place. Our recent post features stunning macro shots by photographers worldwide, including mesmerizing insect photos by Iranian photographer Zohre Janati, showcasing vibrant colors, intricate textures, and surprising behaviors. Continue reading »

Beautiful Surreal, Dreamy And Collage Photoworks by Elianne van Turennout

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Dreams are often fleeting and mysterious experiences. For some, they are merely nighttime adventures that fade in the morning, but for Elianne van Turennout, they are an endless source of inspiration. Continue reading »

Stunning Photographs British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker

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British photographer Shirley Baker captured striking portraits of punks in Manchester, Stockport, and Camden Town in the early 1980s. Continue reading »