World Press Photo 2015 winners announced
The jury of the 58th annual World Press Photo Contest has announced this year’s winners. In what is considered one of the most prestigious photojournalism honors, prizes were given to 42 photographers in eight categories. “World Press Photo is more interesting than being just a competition. The winning image fosters debate not only within the…
Overlooked Black Dogs Get Adopted With Beautiful Portraits
Darker-colored pups, it’s said, have a hard time finding homes — in part because their adoption photos don’t always turn out so great. Humane Society of Utah photographer Guinnevere Shuster is changing all that with a stunning new series of adoption pictures, centered around one very simple, laudable idea. “People often comment on how black…
So you think your look is unique? – see Hans Eijkelboom’s street fashion photography
You could never accuse Hans Eijkelboom of a lack of dedication. For his new book, People of the Twenty-First Century, the photographer and conceptual artist spent 20 years lurking around shopping centres – initially in his native Netherlands, later in America and China. Working almost daily, he would note similarities in the appearance of passers-by…
Photographer Recreates Famous Portraits With John Malkovich As His Model
Renowned photographer Sandro Miller has worked together with legendary Hollywood A-Lister John Malkovich many times, but when Miller wanted to celebrate the photography greats that had inspired and guided him, he had to do something special. So he, with Malkovich as his dashing unisex model, recreated some of those influential photographers’ most important portraits in…
The man behind Shockvertising – Oliviero Toscani
Did it integrate opposites, has it united differences under a common flag, did it break down barriers or has it sparked controversies? Be it the white girl with blonde curly hair and an African American girl embracing each other or an attempt to fight world hunger or pulsing hearts of three different races, United Colors…
Fox India Hilton Hua Hin LookBook shoot
The latest Fox India Look Book was shoot by our team at Hilton in Hua Hin. See backstage video: and sample pictures:
Henri Cartier-Bresson – Photographer who helped to establish photojournalism as an art form
Henri Cartier-Bresson, (born August 22, 1908, Chanteloup, France—died August 3, 2004, Céreste), French photographer whose humane, spontaneous photographs helped establish photojournalism as an art form. His theory that photography can capture the meaning beneath outward appearance in instants of extraordinary clarity is perhaps best expressed in his book Images à la sauvette (1952; The Decisive…
Songkran in Chiang Mai 2014 – Reportage
Photographing Songkran in Thailand is a bit like underater photography 😉 So here is the collection of 200 random images taken during Songkran in Chiang Mai. This is how far you can go with the cheapest DSLR wrapped in a plastic bag from 7-11 Enjoy!
Pirelli’s 2014 – 50th Anniversary Calendar by Helmut Newton
THE latest Pirelli calendar will not star fashion’s current crop of supermodels as expected, rather the Italian tyre company – which launched its first risqué edition in 1964 as an marketing tool – will release an unpublished 1986 calendar shot by Helmut Newton. The original version was never launched due to a mix of factors….
Sony World Photography Awards 2014
From muddy smiles to mini ponies and a rodeo in France, here are the winners of the youth and open categories in the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards source: Guardian UK
John Stanmeyer wins World Press Photo 2014
John Stanmeyer, a VII Photo member and National Geographic contributor, has won World Press Photo of the Year for an image of African migrants on the shore of Djibouti, “raising their phones in an attempt to capture an inexpensive signal from neighbouring Somalia” World Press Photo of the Year 2013: 26 February 2013, Djibouti City,…
Rig Anthony New Look Book Shoot in Bangkok
The latest Rig Anthony Look Book was shoot by our team at Rig Anthony Look Book Shoot at Ocean Urban Lounge in Bangkok. See backstage video: and sample pictures:
The STORY OF GOSAIKUNDa FROM THE EYES OF THE KIDS FROM SYABRU BENSI
by Martushka Fromeast, Nyima Tamang “The main aim of my project is setting a clear goal and enabling a group of young people to accomplish something spectacular. I did not want 27 children in Syafrubesi, Nepal to become photographers, but I wanted them to get courage. I wanted to empower them and help tem to…
Reuters releases its best photographs of the year 2013
The most astonishing pictures of 2013 – Reuters releases its best photographs of the year. See all at the Daily Mail website
The Protestors – Bangkok Protests on the 9th of Dec 2013
Around 200,000 demonstrators rallied in Bangkok, with protest leaders saying their goal this Monday is to storm Shinawatra’s office, known as Government House. During the weeks of demonstrations, protesters have occupied various government offices. The rallies have been mostly peaceful, but clashes between protesters and government supporters on November 30 left five people dead. Protesters…
Tipayaphong Poosanaphong at Elle Fashion Week Bangkok 2013
“This collection’s inspiration comes from the curved and geometric prints which appear on the pottery of Ban Chiang in the north eastern Thailand. The form of these potteries connects with silhouette in this collection. The colors scheme is not limited to to the colors that we used in the past but we also use black,gold,…
Aerial Photography of Poland’s Lakes Shot Across Four Seasons
Photographer Kacper Kowalski’s aerial photos of Poland make for a flattering introduction to the country. Protruding into the southern Baltic sea, Pomerania in Poland is well-known for its great areas of forests that are scattered with lakes and winding rivers. The Kashubian Lake District is a land of enormous forests, rolling hills, untamed ravines speckled…
Kitchen Portraits
In commission of the City Archives and the The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts Erik Klein Wolterink has focused on the innards of the kitchens, as if the exterior didn’t matter. The photographer opened cupboards, drawers, fridges and ovens. Each piece he photographed separately and reconstructed the images again to one unit. Like him, we…
Italian photographers win top prizes in Royal Photographic Society competition
Antonio Busiello (first picture below) won for his photograph which ‘raises valid and contemporary questions about body image. Judge Anthony Holland Parkin said: “The Cullatore struck a chord with a number of the judges. In a world obsessed with retouched perfection, Antonio’s honest image of a man proudly displaying his huge calluses challenges the viewer,…
Maggie Choo’s – Bangkok’s Piece of Shanghai & its Musicians
Maggie Choo’s is the latest creation of the popular designer Ashley Sutton, the man behind the incredible ‘Bookshop’ and ‘Iron Fairies’ bars. Located at the end on Silom road, under the Novotel Fenix Silom and near to the famous ‘Sky Bar’ at Lebua, Maggie Choo’s is both a restaurant and a bar, a place like…
Why Do You Love Bangkok?
BK Magazine has asked Bangkokians “What is it that you love so very dearly about your beautiful city?” This is what they said: Source: BK
Dogs dressed as their owners
Do dogs really look like their owners? They do in this project by Swiss photographer Sebastian Magnani – he has spliced together portraits of the owners with their four-legged friends in a series called Underdogs “I first started the project in August 2009. As soon as I had the idea, it had pretty much already…
Winners of the annual FCCT/OnAsia Photojournalism Contest
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) and OnAsia have unveiled the winners of the annual FCCT/OnAsia Photojournalism Contest. The competition was the largest in its six-year history, attracting submissions from more than 375 photographers, a record, and over 6,000 images. Judges selected winners in four categories: Spot News, Feature Photography, Migration (a special category…
Swedish Photographer Paul Hansen wins World Press Photo of the Year 2012
The international jury of the 56th annual World Press Photo Contest has selected a picture by Paul Hansen of the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter as the World Press Photo of the Year 2012. The picture shows a group of men carrying the bodies of two dead children through a street in Gaza City. They are…
Sony world photography awards – professional shortlist
The World Photography Organisation has announced the shortlists for the professional, open and youth categories of the 2013 Sony world photography awards. Topics include the Syrian conflict, the Obama presidential campaign, cinemagoers in Kabul and witty shots of the animal kingdom See all pictures here Source: The Guardian UK
Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank
Director Gerald Fox’s documentary Leaving Home Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank features intimate interviews with the film-maker and photographer. The artist discusses his feelings about how his adopted home town of New York City has changed over the course of his 50 years living there. The director showcases Frank’s work, including clips of…
Making of Pirelli Calendar 2013
See documentary about making the newest Pirelli Calendar (2013)
How to make money from Stock Photography
Source: dpreview.com I make 90% of my living from Stock Photography, and have been doing it for over 20 years, so here are a few tips that might make it easier if you’re trying to get started. 1) You have to spread yourself as wide as possible. Don’t go with just one library, go with…
Military photojournalist talks about life under fire in gripping new documentary
source: imaging-resource.com Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a photojournalist for the military? As a photographer for the United States Air Force, Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane does just that, documenting life in the combat zone during recent deployments to Afghanistan. A revealing new documentary by Hannah Hill, titled “Snap Snap…
Sebastião Salgado in Siberia
Source: guardian.co.uk The Nenets of northern Siberia live at temperatures of -35C, wash just once a year and eat raw reindeer liver to survive. Photographer Sebastião Salgado travelled with them. Eight years ago, at the age of 60, Sebastião Salgado set out on his most ambitious project. The photographer, best known for his painterly portraits…
40 Amazing Online Photography Magazines
Whatever country we live in, we’re probably all familiar with the well-known photography magazines available in our newsagents and bookstores. The UK has Practical Photography, France has Photo, the Italians have Zoom and the Americans have American Photo. What you may not know is that there are many more photography magazines that are only available…
