Photography

August 5, 2026

Powerful Photos of Athletic Pregnant Women Redefines What Pregnancy Looks Like [Interview]

For Colorado-based photographer Ethan Herrold, “pregnancy is a powerful expression of the human form.” He celebrates the strength, resilience, and beauty of women through his portraits, encouraging them to embrace their changing bodies rather than hide them. His ongoing series, Pregnant Athletes, takes it one step further, showcasing female divers, skiers, runners, boxers, and climbers who kept doing what they love through pregnancy.

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August 4, 2026

New Book Celebrates the ‘American Amazon,’ and Its Rich Biodiversity in the Southeastern U.S.

In the United States, there is an area of the country that is so biologically rich that it’s referred to as the American Amazon. It’s located in the southeastern part of the country, spanning the Mobile Bay Basin in Alabama to the Everglades in Florida. Here, there’s an incredible number of flora and fauna species that grace the forests and wetlands, and for decades, photographer Mac Stone has been documenting the varied and changing landscape.

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July 20, 2026

29 Spectacular Finalists of the 2026 Astronomy Photographer of the Year Contest

The ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition has just announced its finalists, and the shortlisted images are truly breathtaking. For the 2026 edition of the contest, almost 4,000 photographs were submitted by both professional and amateur creatives from 66 countries around the world. Now, an expert panel of judges from the art and astronomy worlds have narrowed the search for a winner to 29 works across different categories.

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July 13, 2026

Largest “Photograph” Ever Made Fills Nearly 5 Acres of a Wheat Field

In southern France, artist Almudena Romero created what many describe as the largest photographic artwork ever made by transforming a two-hectare (nearly 5-acre) wheat field into a living image of a human eye. The work belongs to her ongoing project Farming Photographs, developed with the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRAE), and it reframes photography as a biological system rather than a mechanical one. Romero avoids cameras, lenses, and ink.

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