Photographing a perfect stranger

Not easy to bowl up to a perfect stranger in the street and take a photo. Photographer Jimmy Hickey explains how he goes about it.

Storm chasers

Lightning is fascinating. Photographer Carsten Peter and researcher/lightning specialist Tim Samaras go chasing after storms to try and capture new and original images.

Reza on Al Jazeera

Famous French photographer and journalist Reza Deghati, originally from Iran, presents his work at the microphone of the Quatari channel.

Controversial cover
for Time magazine

The latest cover of Time produced by photographer Martin Schoeller is raising intense controversy on the subject of late breast-feeding.

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Death of war photographer
Horst Faas

The famous war photographer died on Thursday at the age of 79. He had twice been awarded a Pulitzer prize, in particular for his coverage of the Vietnam war.

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Crusade against photoshopping models

‘Seventeen’ magazine aimed at very young women is launching a crusade against airbushing models. When it’s widely known that some models take magazines to court for publishing non-airbrushed photos of them, it’s hard to take this seriously. Next they’ll be starting a campaign against make-up!

Having said that, it all helps to put the magazine in a good promotional light.