With the recent passing of Eve Arnold, we thought you would enjoy this article we found that showcases many of Eve Arnold's amazing photographs along with the story behind this incredible photographer. Eve Arnold might not be as well known as some of her contemporaries, such as Helen Levitt and Inge Morath – but she was a photographer of enormous range, empathy and toughness, as demonstrated in the new volume EVE ARNOLD’S PEOPLE (Thames & Hudson). Starting in the 1950s and continuing to the turn of the century, Arnold photographed both the famous and the obscure – from Malcolm X to...

It’s October. What better topic to share than capturing the colors of autumn. Deciduous trees will soon reach their peak and the sound of shutters will harmonize with the melodic tunes of migrating robins and the whistling of gentle breezes over the soon to descend leaves.  It’s a time of year when landscape photographers feel their adrenalin pumping awaiting the arrival of reds, yellows, oranges and a morning chill in the air. If you’ve read this far, capturing nature’s arboreal fireworks is of interest to you. Use the following tips to assist you in getting some keepers about which you’ll...

San Diego, CA—Bruce Davidson will receive the Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award at this year’s Sony World Photography Awards, during an annual gala award ceremony at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on April 27, 2011. An exhibition of his work will be on display in the Terrace Rooms at Somerset House in London, UK, from April 26 - May 22, 2010, as part of the World Photography Organization festival. The exhibition, selected by Bruce Davidson with Simon Baker, curator of photography and international art, Tate, will include some of his most famous works from the East 100th Street and Circus...

New York City, NY—The International Center of Photography launched its redesigned website, icp.org. The new site’s compelling design and improved navigation will allow visitors to engage more fully with the work of ICP students, faculty and alumni, and will highlight the photographic material from the ICP Collection. Designed by Molly Flomer of Spindel Studio and programmed by Dan Shields of CHIPS, the website is the culmination of months of review and planning by a team of ICP staff drawn from every department across the institution. “The new www.icp.org is designed to bring the photographic community closer to the incredible resources...

Portland, OR—Lensbaby unveiled the winners of the recent challenge the company posed to its community—to come up with a new shape for their Creative Aperture kit. Lensbaby photographers from around the world took action and submitted their best images taken with a Lensbaby lens and a homemade aperture disk for a chance to win a place in the new kit. Five photographers were selected, and the grand prize winner, with the winning photo showcased on the product packaging, is Troy Eiffert from Kalona, Iowa. Ivan DeWolf, Jerrid Jones, Andrew Kua and Bjorn Rannestad were also chosen and will have their creative...

Melville, NY—To complement the summer concert season, Nikon is launching “NikonLive” (nikonlive.com) as part of its sponsorship of the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater with Live Nation. The site will provide music fans with photography content, including tips about shooting concerts and images by professional photographers—while integrating music, photography and social media to enable fans and artists to share personal concert experiences. Fans will be able to view images taken by performing artists in the site’s Sound Check area, and view professionally photographed images in the Rock and Roll Picture Show area. Nikon’s professional photographers will give fans an exclusive, behind...

Dover, DE—CriticalPast launched one of the world’s largest online resources for royalty-free, historic footage and photos. Available now at CriticalPast.com, the collection spans thousands of hours of video and millions of still images, all of which are available for free viewing online, or for immediate download. CriticalPast includes some of history’s most iconic moments from over 4,000 locations worldwide and dating as far back as the 1890s. Key themes in the collection include Early Motion Pictures, World War I, World War II—including scores of clips related specifically to D-Day and Pearl Harbor—the Korean War, Vietnam War, American Presidents, the Great...

Portland, OR—The breathtaking image of Paris that set the record as the world’s largest digital panorama at 26 gigapixels has now been superseded by a record-breaking image taken of Dubai, according to GigaPan. The gigapixel image, which can be viewed at photo-sharing site GigaPan.org, topped out at 45 gigapixels. If printed, the photo would be the size of nearly 1,200 billboards. Photographer Gerald Donovan took the image of a landscape in Dubai, with the tallest building in the world at the center of the image, using a Canon EOS 7D camera coupled with GigaPan’s Epic Pro robotic mount, which is based...

A very daring wildlife photographer, Greg du Toit, was so determined to shoot the perfect image of wild lions drinking, he submerged himself in their watering hole for three months. He endured a year of failed attempts at getting just the right picture. He tried building hides and dug trenches near the animals' drinking spot, but never got the pictures he was yearning for. Finally he decided to take the plunge and climb into the murky watering hole with his camera and got the shots of a lifetime. Along with the photos, he ended up contracting several tropical diseases including Malaria. See more...