Esther Bubley documented the hordes of people who crowded onto buses amid wartime rationing.

“I’m a surprisingly limited photographer,” Penn insisted to me, “and I’ve learned not to go beyond my capacity. I’ve tried a few times to depart from what I know I can do, and I’ve failed.” Yet it is difficult to deny that Penn was the supreme studio photographer of the twentieth century. His artistry both emerged from and depended on his very specific, highly aestheticized commercial work. By Martin Filler.

The photographer and visual storyteller on daily life during conflict in Yemen, the necessity of conversation, and why she’s not a war photographer. By Joanna Naples-Mitchell.

People walk on a hill covered with nemophila flowers in full bloom at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

In 2011, photographer Christopher Michel chanced upon an online course about ancient Egypt and signed up. What was intended to be a diversion led, some six years later, to a voyage of 8,509 miles, to the orange deserts of Sudan. Although it’s less famous than the grouping of pyramids at Giza in Egypt, the complex at Meroë in Sudan is remarkable. More than 200 pyramids, primarily dating from 300 B.C. to A.D. 350, mark the tombs of royalty of the Kingdom of Kush, which ruled Nubia for centuries...

Last year they were a little further in the beginning of May. The April weather must have set them a little back, but now they are here :-)

Beautiful macro photos of insects by Milan-based photographer, illustrator and designer Francesco Bagnato.

Landing in the Main river in Frankfurt, Germany.

'Tereska' is one of David 'Chim' Seymour's most famous photographs

These fascinating plants are worlds unto themselves. By Alexa Keefe. Photographs by Christian Ziegler.

If you need a break from whatever Earthly news is terrifying you today, might I suggest the stellar photo above? It’s even better in super high resolution — see for yourself. Click, breathe, and be awed. This is a picture of the Orbital Cygnus spacecraft as it approached the International Space Station this weekend. It’s not a fantastic image because of some particularly deft use of basic photographic technique. Rather, it stands apart because of the wonderful timing. Stress about the basics of photography all you want, but they’ll only get you so far without good timing and, sometimes, a little bit of luck.

Too often the humankind puts itself at the center of any reflection on the meaning of life, but the truth is our planet—not to speak about the entire universe—has existed since long before we came on to the scene, and will probably outlive us. The beauty of Beloved Curve, a recent conceptual photography series by 31 year-old Scottish photographer Sarah Amy Fishlock, is the simplicity with which it connects the existential theme of the incessant cycle of life to her grieving process for her father's death through the intelligent use of double exposures.

It's an unusual sight on Newfoundland's Southern Shore highway: bumper-to-bumper traffic, packed along the side of the road.

A photographer captures sprites, a meteor shower and the Southern Lights all in one night.

Startling pictures have revealed the extent of the extreme weather that occurred in America’s notorious Tornado Alley in just one month.The astonishing images show huge tornadoes beginning to form and large storms.

The pictures are from the 1890s of Middle Eastern towns,cities,and attractions.

I found one of my favorite flowers today. Small and humble but nevertheless beautiful.

I remember when I first saw one of Frank Herfort’s photographs and thought it looked like a movie still from some iconic film that I’d somehow never seen...

The following are images from Encyclopedia of Rainbows: Our World Organized by Color by Julie Seabrook Ream, a book that shows the world arranged by color. Here are a selection of rainbows curated from the natural world.

Photos of an owl swooping in with wings wide, eyes glowing and talons outstretched might not really be because of chance. Photographers using mice to lure the owls have caused a fierce debate.

Trees are willing subjects but don't be fooled—to create a compelling photograph, you need to take time to get to know them. Photographs by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel.

Are we at the end of time? World peace seems to be threatened. The Planet seems to be threatened by global warming. Or is it only end of time for the hour glass? Big and small questions. Serious and not so much.

Fuego Volcano erupts with a stunning back round of the Milkeyway. May 2,2017

An illustration depicting the debilitating effects of Crohn's disease takes out the top award in science images for 2017.

Darktable is an Open Source workflow app and raw developer for photography. Picture it as your virtual zoomable light table and darkroom at the same time.

Photography by Shaughn & John

Ever since technology has allowed people to capture pictures, photographers have been using photo-editing techniques to trick people. One of the most fascinating early examples is spirit photography. Customers believed that the spirits of lost loved ones were communicating with them through these photographs. The first spirit photographer was William Mumler, who discovered a double exposure technique in the 1860s that made ghostlike figures appear in photographs. He would take pictures of people and then alter the negatives using other pictures to make “spirits” appear with the living subjects.

This year may have been a rough one up here on Earth’s dry surface, but beneath the waves ocean life flourished and dazzled. The world’s most prestigious underwater photography competition has just announced its winning images for 2016—and they’re absolutely spellbinding.

Could flashing the "peace" sign in photos lead to fingerprint data being stolen?

Russia's restive Daghestan region is more often associated with insurgency than great photography, but one young local is working to change perceptions of his mountainous homeland.

The history of Bukhara stretches back millennia. It is now the capital of Bukhara Region (viloyat) of Uzbekistan. Located on the Silk Road, the city has long been a center of trade, scholarship, culture, and religion. During the golden age of the Samanids, Bukhara became a major intellectual center of the Islamic world, second only to Baghdad.

The international Underwater Photographer of the Year photo contest has announced its winners for the 2017 edition. The winning photo (shown above) was by French photographer Gabriel Barathieu, who captured a “Dancing Octopus” in a lagoon on the island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. Barathieu’s photo was selected from over 4,500 underwater photos entered by photographers based in 67 different countries around the world.

The abstract beauty of science, made mesmerizingly visible.

Will and Jim Pattiz just released their tenth national park video. What began as a passion project is now a self-sustaining creative business for the brothers.

A photo from 2015 with a motive I look forward to be able to shot again. Hopefully the weekend will bring some photo options even though it will not be this kind of motives :-)