The Smithsonian announced today the launch of Smithsonian Open Access, an initiative that removes Smithsonian copyright restrictions from about 2.8 million of its digital collection images and nearly two centuries of data. This means that people everywhere can now download, transform and share this open access content for any purpose, for free, without further permission from the Smithsonian. Among museums and cultural institutions, this is the largest and most interdisciplinary open access program to date.

The winners of the Underwater Photographer of the Year competition 2020.

Phil Holland, Gotham Film Works

A growing band of hobbyists are buying rolls of undeveloped film, getting them developed and looking at strangers’ lives from many years ago. Amelia Tait tries her luck

South Australian Museum. Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year. All photographs must be of natural fauna, flora or natural land formations and must have been taken in the ANZANG bioregion.

Photographer Edward Burtynsky explains his 40-year quest for striking images of our impact on the planet.

OmniVision OV6948 makes it into Guinness Book of Records and will save lives in the hands of surgeons

For the past 100 years, a box of never-before-seen negatives has been preserved in a block of ice in Antarctica. Recently, Conservators of the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust came across the 22 exposed, but unprocessed, cellulose nitrate negatives during an attempt to restore an old exploration hut.

A photographer in Vienna, Austria, captured the heartwarming moment when a small ground squirrel stopped to smell and hug a yellow daisy flower.

The British Ecological Society has announced the winners of its annual photography competition. Here are runner-ups and category winners from the competition, including descriptions by photographer

If you think a new camera's going to change your photography, think again- here are seven things you should consider before you even look at a new camera.

I love photos of plants, flowers and nature. After seeing (and taking) my fair share of these, I started to believe it’s not easy to make them interesting and eye catching. And it’s been a while since I last saw a set of flower images that kept me staring at them with amazement. But then …

As part of our Year in Review, we’re happy to share the Top-25 photos uploaded to Flickr in 2019.

In his new book, “Attention Servicemember,” Ben Brody recounts being sent to a Rotary Club luncheon near Fort Stewart, Georgia, to present a slide show of pictures he had taken as an Army combat photographer in Iraq. Brody’s mandate overseas had been “to photograph the war in a way that justified its existence and exaggerated its accomplishments.”

Real estate MLS listings usually have photographs of the home for sale, but the quality and number vary. Here's what sellers need to know about real estate photos.

Buscas Abogados de Inmigración en Suiza? Nuestros servicios son, las gestiones y trámites Jurídicos, derecho Migratorio, Familiar y más

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have captured the unprecedented dimming of Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion. The stunning new images of the star’s surface show not only the fading red supergiant but also how its apparent shape is changing.

iPhone photographers around the world answered the call to participate in the Night mode photo challenge, sharing their captivating Night mode images shot on iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max. A curated panel of judges selected six winning photos from thousands of submissions worldwide. The winning images will be featured in a gallery on apple.com and Apple Instagram (@apple) and will appear globally on billboards.

Miles Warde explores the life of American photographer Ansel Adams

From the camaraderie of the Tour de France to snipers in Syria, Sarah Gilbert selects her favourite pictures of the year.