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Founded in 1937, Popular Photography is a magazine dedicated to all things photographic.

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The New York Times is digitizing millions of archival photographs into Google’s cloud
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
The basement of The New York Times, lovingly known as “the morgue,” has an impressive archive of some six to eight million photographs dating back to …
Wildfires
NASA provides a powerful view of California’s deadly wildfires
Popular Photography - By Rachel Feltman
A terrible combination of low humidity, dry vegetation, and high winds had Californians racing to escape multiple massive fires on Friday: the Camp …
Canon EOS
Canon EOS R first impressions review and sample images
Popular Photography
The Canon EOS R is the company’s long-awaited first full-frame mirrorless camera. It’s built around the same 30.3 MP CMOS sensor found in the 5D Mark …
Lomography
Lomography’s Berlin Kino 35mm monochrome film is cut from old cine film stock
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
Lomography has a new flavor of film on the way, reconfirming what we already know, that it’s an awesome time to start shooting film. Berlin Kino is a …
Space Station
Check out the first 8k video footage from the International Space Station
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
NASA published the first 8k video shot in space last week on its YouTube channel. The short video, filmed on the International Space Station, gives …
Archives
‘131 Different Things’ is a new book featuring photographs made by Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
You’ve probably heard of Nick Zinner’s three-time Grammy nominated band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but maybe you didn’t know that the guitarist happens to be a …
Tahoe
These pinhole cameras are capturing 1000 year exposures of Lake Tahoe
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
Conceptual artist Jonathon Keats has a new large-scale millennium camera project that aims to capture the long-term effects of climate change at Lake …
Cameras
Leica releases a new full-frame compact, the Leica Q-P
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
The last few camera releases from Leica have gone for an understated look, ditching the iconic red dot and opting for a simplified all black …
Gift Guides
Pop Photo’s 2018 Gift Guide
Popular Photography - By Pop Photo Staff
Photographers are notoriously picky about their gear, which can make buying a gift for a photo enthusiast particularly tricky. Camera equipment is …
Film Photography
We love this rainbow hued pre-exposed film from Dubblefilm
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
Film photography, once thought to be a dying artform, has seen a resurgence in the last few years. Much-loved film stocks like Kodak Ektachrome is …
Florida
Hurricanes destroy beachside homes, but not this one
Popular Photography - By Eleanor Cummins
On October 10, Hurricane Michael spun Category 4 winds around the upper reaches of the Sunshine State. With sustained winds of 155 miles per hour, …
X-rays
Spooky animal x-rays are exactly as cool as you'd imagine
Popular Photography - Jillian Mock
As part of an animal’s routine check up, the veterinarians at the Oregon Zoo send each “patient” through an x-ray machine. The zoo also recently …
Cats
Celebrate National Cat Day with these historic photos
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
If you have checked Instagram or other social media channels today, you have probably noticed even more cat pictures than usual. That’s because today …
New York City
Best cameras and photography gear from Photo Plus 2018
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
The Photo Plus Expo kicked off yesterday morning in New York City with three days of talks, workshops, portfolio reviews, and, of course, new cameras …
When cameras captured ghosts
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
What happens after we die? It’s a question that seems to have a million answers, and one that has perplexed humans for thousands of years. In the …
Jack White launches a film developing lab inside Nashville’s Third Man storefront
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
It’s no secret that musician Jack White is a lover of all things analog and his multi-faceted creative compound in Nashville, Third Man Records, …
Leica Cameras
Pixii is a digital rangefinder camera with a Leica lens mount and no screen
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
The French startup Pixii has announced its first product and it’s ambitious. The Pixii camera is a digital rangefinder that accepts Leica’s M-mount …
Mangroves
Magnum Photos is looking for new members
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
Magnum Photos is one of the most prestigious photo cooperatives in the world thanks to high-profile members like Bruce Gilden, Susan Meiselas, Alec …
Kodak
Digitize your old media with the Kodak Digitizing Box
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
Chances are somewhere in your home there is an overstuffed box or two filled with aging photo albums, film slides, and home movies. How long have you …
Abu Dhabi
Larger than life photos of tiny things
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
For 44 years Nikon has recognized the world’s finest photographs of microscopic things with its Small World Photography contest. The face of a beetle …
One-Step
What’s new with Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic CC
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
On Monday during Adobe’s Max 2018 the company announced a new all-in-one video editing program called Premiere Rush CC and officially confirmed that …
Adobe Premiere
Adobe Premiere Rush CC offers video editing on iPad and iPhone
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
Yesterday during Max 2018 Adobe had some big announcements for Creative Cloud: a new video editing platform called Premiere Rush CC and Photoshop CC …
Apps
How to shoot the best video on your smartphone
Popular Photography - David Nield
We all wield the miniature computers in our pockets to shoot endless photos...but what about video? While many of us do capture clips—spurred by …
Don’t try and fly your drone in areas affected by hurricanes
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a statement warning drone operators to fly over areas that have been affected by Hurricane …
Ryan J. Lane’s offbeat throwback nerd portraits
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
“What’s something ridiculous that I can do that will make me laugh?” That’s the first question Ryan J. Lane asks himself when he goes to make a silly …
Our favorite finalists from the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
Award-winning wildlife photographs usually feature a majestic elk set against a backdrop of lush trees or a regal lion captured during golden hour, …
Hundreds of people have died taking selfies, and the number is on the rise
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
Don’t kill yourself to get that epic shot for the ‘gram. Seriously, it’s not worth it. A new study published in the Journal of Family Medicine and …
The Intrepid 4x5 enlarger turns any 4x5 camera into an enlarger and doubles as a negative scanner
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
Intrepid Camera Company has a new product on Kickstarter that turns any 4x5 camera into an enlarger for the darkroom and doubles as a film scanner. …
Use the autumn leaves as inspiration for your next portrait shoot
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
The days are getting shorter, the air a bit brisker, and in many parts of the United States the leaves are about to start changing. For portrait …
Hands on with the Polaroid OneStep+
Popular Photography - Jeanette D. Moses
In August Polaroid Originals announced the arrival of the Polaroid OneStep+, an instant camera with built-in Bluetooth and a dedicated app to enable …