William Eggleston is widely credited as being the original proponent of colour in art photography. The myth goes: before then, art photography was monochrome. His seminal exhibition showed the world...
National Geographic has long been renowned for its spectacular and awe-inspiring photography. To coincide with their 125th anniversary back in 2013, they launched Found, a blog showcasing a wide array...
Rueben Wu is a talented chap. When I stumbled across his excellent photographs I found he was also a founding member of electronic pop band Ladytron – hailed by Brian...
Black and white photographs perpetuate a myth about the past, that is understandable from a psychological point of view. They are drained of colour, and colour is such a signifier...
German photographer Sebastian Erras has travelled to some of the most beautiful cities in the world; Paris, Vienna, and Rome to name a few. And while the vast majority of...
There’s an interesting retrospective of Saul Leiter’s photographic work on at The Photographers’ Gallery in London. As someone who shied from the limelight, you may not have heard of Saul...
A trend for slightly desaturated and overexposed photographic images has been apparent for some time now – an aesthetic that perfectly complements these peaceful images of the landscape surrounding Athens....
Self-taught photographers sometimes have a way of capturing the world that is less contrived than those who have studied the art. This is the case with Andrés Gallardo Albajar, a...
Context is a powerful thing. Sometimes when something is taken out of context it can shift into something else. This is what has happened here. Stormtroopers feature in all of...
Ania Ciotlaus is a Romanian photographer who has come up with a novel way of sharing her work with the world. She is leaving photographic wood prints around her hometown...
Bego Antón and Mónica Sánchez seem a little big-headed. Literally, because they have made giant paper versions of their own heads and worn them in their day to day life...
Tendrils of illuminated tree branches fall to the ground in fragile bands glowing in the eerie twilight. Vitor Schietti’s ‘Impermanent Sculptures’ is a dazzling series of images using long exposure...
The digital camera has revolutionised photography, and more of us are embracing a passion for it than ever before. But there are those who frown upon digital photography, arguing that...
The imaginary landscapes of Matthias Jung use skilful photomontage to present absurd buildings in familiar landscapes, creating an imagined topography that mystifies and pleases. The architectural source material he uses...
Richard Silver has produced a series of photographs that showcase the scale and grandeur of New York churches. His images are spliced from six to ten smaller photographs giving the...
With Syrians migrating through Europe, much has been said in the news about the crisis in Syria. Majd Taby was raised in Syria and emigrated to the US in 2003....
Instagram is aspirational. We want to show the world that we are living lives worthy of your attention and jealousy. We want to impress you with this lifestyle. Sadly life...
Is there an unlikelier source of beauty than the humble garage door? Perhaps, but it hasn’t escaped the eye of Lithuanian photographer Agne Gintalaite that her homeland is host to...
Art director and photographer Vanessa McKeown has been on a sharing spree, dropping square-format parcels of vibrancy and humour on Instagram. The colour palette is striking and bold, and fits...
This is Los Angeles as you’ve never seen it before – and it’s beautiful. Captured from an altitude of 1,000 – 2,000 feet, 71 year old photographer and architect Jeffrey...