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How Getty’s Bankruptcy Affects Photographers: Payments, Contracts, and Next Steps

Today, Getty Images announced a restructuring agreement and said it plans to begin a prepackaged Chapter 11 process in the coming weeks. [ Read More ]

12 Oct 2026
Inside Chicago’s First Black-Owned Building Is Like Scenes from ‘The Shining’

“It was a very unique project, to be sure.” With these words, Barbara Karant, a Chicago-based photographer specializing in architecture and interior design, as well as an author and educator, summarizes her immersion in the spaces of the Johnson Publishing Company (JPC), founded by Chicago media mogul John Harold Johnson during the Civil Rights Movement. [ Read More ]

12 Oct 2026
Even Photographers Who Preordered the OM System PEN Might Wait Until Next Spring To Get It

The OM System PEN is expected to begin shipping to customers this week, but per OM Digital Solutions (OMDS) in Japan, not everyone will be able to get their hands on it at launch. [ Read More ]

12 Oct 2026
Woman Claims Camera Repair Shop Stole Her Grandma’s Rolleiflex

A woman in Los Angeles has accused a camera repair store of stealing or tampering with her grandmother's Rolleiflex camera. [ Read More ]

12 Oct 2026
It’s a Real Shame the OnePlus 16 Is Launching Only in China

OnePlus may be dead in most of the world, including the United States and Europe, but that doesn't mean the company is done making interesting smartphones. In fact, quite the contrary: the OnePlus 16, just unveiled in China, looks pretty great. [ Read More ]

12 Oct 2026
Getty Going Private as the Beleaguered Stock Photo Brand Files for Bankruptcy

Getty has announced that it has secured the necessary financing to take the company private. This comes after the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) suspended trading in its shares and started the process of delisting the company on September 29. [ Read More ]

12 Oct 2026
Hidden Snow Leopard Cubs Among Winners of International Photography Awards

The Siena Awards Photo Festival is a sweeping image competition that touches on many different styles, disciplines, and genres of photography. [ Read More ]

12 Oct 2026
Cameras on Earth and in Space Form the Frontline of Wildfire Defense

In May 2023, PetaPixel reported on the growing ALERTCalifornia web of connected cameras established to detect wildfires and give firefighters a chance to contain them before they grew and became deadly. Over three years later, the network continues to grow, and California is even using space-based cameras to detect wildfires as quickly as possible. [ Read More ]

12 Oct 2026
Nicolas Cage Refused to Sign an AI Waiver From Amazon

Nicolas Cage says he is unwilling to allow artificial intelligence to be used in his performances, revealing that he declined to sign an AI waiver while working on the Prime Video series Spider-Noir. [ Read More ]

12 Oct 2026
Apple, Content Authenticity, and the War to Prove What’s Real

It is now easier than ever to type a few words into an AI generator and create a photorealistic image of something that never happened. So, when a photo goes viral, how do we prove that it is actually real? How do we prove a camera actually saw what is in the picture? [ Read More ]

12 Oct 2026
The Third Leica 0-Series Prototype Camera Ever Made Just Sold for Nearly $5 Million

A Leica 0-Series camera from 1923 sold at auction over the weekend for a staggering €4,250,000, or about $4.75 million at current exchange rates. [ Read More ]

12 Oct 2026
There Are Free, Open-Source Versions of Microsoft Office Apps Thanks to AI

Brandon Thomas, the experienced software engineer behind the AI-assisted reverse engineering effort to rebuild open-source versions of Adobe's Creative Suite applications, including Photoshop, Premiere, and Lightroom, is setting his sights on another oft-maligned set of software: Microsoft Office. [ Read More ]

12 Oct 2026
Photographer Pleads With Thieves to Return Irreplaceable Wedding Photos

A photographer is pleading with thieves to return the wedding photos he shot after all of his camera gear was stolen in Oakland, California. [ Read More ]

12 Oct 2026
Photo Book Reveals the Stories Behind China’s Giant Pandas

A stunning photo book explores the giant pandas of China and the country’s efforts to protect the endangered species. [ Read More ]

11 Oct 2026
The Fujifilm X half Makes Composition Harder to Avoid

For several months, the most interesting thing about the Fujifilm X half to me was not its image quality, its Type 1 sensor or its resemblance to an old half-frame camera. It was the number of times it made me stop before taking a photograph. [ Read More ]

11 Oct 2026
How X-Ray Photographer Jim Wehtje Sees Beneath the Surface of Seashells

Jim Wehtje is an American photographer and radiographic artist known for using X-rays to reveal the hidden internal structures of natural objects, particularly plants, flowers, and seashells. [ Read More ]

11 Oct 2026
Genre-Defining Robert Capa Photo Book Gets Reissue

Death in the Making by Robert Capa, first published in 1938, was a pivotal publication in photojournalism, taking a much closer and partisan look at the combatants of war. [ Read More ]

10 Oct 2026
Viltrox EVO 26mm f/2.8 Review: My Kind of Pancake

Who said full-frame lenses have to be big? Pancake lenses are always popular because of their compact nature, and you can have the image quality of a full-frame sensor in a package that's easy to travel with. [ Read More ]

10 Oct 2026
Have You Ever Wondered How MLB Home Runs Are Measured? It’s Cameras!

Major League Baseball (MLB) playoffs are well underway. The on-field action has been great so far. Sophisticated camera technology, often going unnoticed, enriches the spectator experience, including telling viewers at home just how far that monstrous walk-off home run went. [ Read More ]

10 Oct 2026
Martin Parr’s Iconic ‘Common Sense’ Photo Series is Being Exhibited Again 27 Years on

Common Sense, one of the late photographer Martin Parr’s most ambitious and influential projects, will be presented at the Bristol Photo Festival this month. [ Read More ]

10 Oct 2026