Photography

October 18, 2026

How This Artist Uses Light and Time To Transform Photographic Paper Into Luminous Art [Interview]

For artist Rachelle Bussières, photography begins where the camera ends. Working primarily with black-and-white silver gelatin paper, the French-Canadian artist creates camera-less works that allow light, time, and physical gesture to shape the image. Her luminous surfaces emerge in blues, violets, and warm beiges, not through applied pigment but through the chemistry of photographic paper responding to exposure. Bussières works between photography, sculpture, and works on paper.

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October 14, 2026

Winners of the Siena International Photo Awards 2026 Highlight the Field’s Incredible Range

The Siena International Photo Awards Festival has announced the winners of its trio of 2026 competitions. The three overall winners—in the Siena International Photo Awards, the Creative Photo Awards, and the Drone Photo Awards—alongside Best Author and category winners, showcase the finest in photography. From photojournalism that sheds light on important humanitarian issues to scenes from the animal kingdom, the winners capture compelling, thought-provoking imagery.

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October 7, 2026

Finalists in the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 Show the Sillier Side of Animals

If you’re looking for a reason to giggle today, you don’t need to look far. The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 has shared its finalists for this year’s competition, and the entries show a sillier side of the creature kingdom that’s sure to make you smile. From animal expressions that make you go, “Same,” to hilarious happenstance, it’s the lighter side of wildlife photography. The 2026 contest drew 10,000 entries from 112 countries—its highest ever.

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September 27, 2026

Large-Scale Photographs Weave Beauty, Decay, and Mortality Together in an “Ecological Tapestry”

At the Center for Photography Woodstock (CPW) in Kingston, New York, Tanya Marcuse brings together eight large-scale photographs from Woven: An Ecological Tapestry. The exhibition traces more than a decade of Marcuse’s fascination with growth, decay, and mortality. Alongside Woven, CPW will debut an 11-minute film, titled Deer, made with collaborator Ben Stechshulte, offering a new, time-based dimension to Marcuse’s work. Marcuse’s photographs initially overwhelm through their scale.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.