3 d. ago Life around the sea: a celebration of Australian surf culture – in pictures

There are people all around Australia whose hearts beat in unison with the rhythmic swells of the sea; people who have found solace in the ocean. Life Around the Sea is an odyssey around Australia and an exploration of remarkable individuals who have been transformed by the sea. This book will transport you to coastal villages, hinterland hideaways, remote beaches and solitary bays that form the backdrop to these unique lives. Their personal stories, told by surf writer Alex Workman and captured by Russell Ord’s evocative and breathtaking photography, are a testament to the boundless beauty, mystery and inspiration of the oceanGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email Continue reading...

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4 d. ago An AP photographer captures a powerful moment in the chaos of the Los Angeles protests

Jae Hong is based in Los Angeles and has worked with The Associated Press for more than 18 years, covering many of the city’s biggest stories

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5 d. ago Shocking moment British photographer films himself getting shot in the head by LA riot cops

Shocking footage has captured the moment LA police shot a British photographer in the head with a rubber bullet as the city was rocked by violent riots on Sunday evening. 

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1 week ago A stranger asleep in beautiful morning light: Joanne Leonard’s best photograph

‘My marriage had abruptly collapsed. I was longing for intimacy – yet this was not someone I knew well’It is not an accident that the image here, Another Morning, suggests intimacy; I was in a state of longing for just such intimacy when I made the photograph. Yet the figure was not someone I knew well. She was a guest in a house where I had lived only briefly in West Oakland, California. I’d come to live there after the abrupt collapse of my marriage. I noticed the beautiful light that flowed from a window and touched the sleeper covered only by a white sheet. I captured the moment, and it came to join several photographs I had made over the years of sleeping figures, of my daughter, my sister, my husband sleeping in our hotel room in Merida, Mexico – even sleeping dogs, with limbs entwined. I work towards an idea across a number of images, often over several years.A goal of mine as a photographer has been to find ways to avoid the intrusive aspects of photography. Rather than goin...

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2 w. ago AP PHOTOS: An AP photographer captures the moment an Israeli airstrike slammed into Gaza City

An Associated Press photographer captured the moment an Israeli airstrike slammed into a building in Gaza City, showing a rare glimpse of the devastation Israeli air power has had on the Palestinian territory during the 19-month war with Hamas.

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2 w. ago Bayesian's watery grave:  Wreck where billionaire Mike Lynch, his daughter and five others died is pictured... and the hatch that was initially blamed for disaster

Captured in astonishing detail by a renowned photographer, it shows the gold letters of the doomed vessel's name still proudly displayed on the submerged stern.

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2 w. ago ‘The only place nudity was tolerated’: stripping off on Soviet beaches – in pictures

Nikolay Bakharev was born at a time when ‘almost any image of a naked body was considered pornography’. Yet his photographs of families, couples and friends at the beach capture a quiet tenderness Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Sebastião Salgado captured the world like no other photographer

The death of the esteemed black-and-white photographer leaves behind a rich library of over 500,000 images showing Earth in all its beauty and darkness‘I photographed the world’: the career of Sebastião Salgado – in picturesIt’s a testament to the epic career of Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, who died this week at age 81, that this year has already seen exhibitions of hundreds of his photos in Mexico City, France and southern California. Salgado, who in his lifetime produced more than 500,000 images while meticulously documenting every continent on Earth and many of the major geopolitical events since the second world war, will be remembered as one of the world’s most prodigious and relentlessly empathetic chroniclers of the human condition.An economist by training, Salgado only began photographing at age 29 after picking up the camera of his wife, Lélia. He began working as a photojournalist in the 1970s, quickly building an impressive reputation that led him to the pres...

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3 w. ago Brother of teenage photographer Liz Hatton who captured the hearts of Princess Kate and the nation gives royal TWO special gifts at Buckingham Palace Garden Party

Mateo Robayna, nine, wanted to give the couple two special gifts, and while both may seem odd choices, they do in fact have very special meaning for both Liz, as well as the royals.

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3 w. ago Brother of teenage photographer Liz Hatton who captured the hearts of Princess Kate and the nation gives Duchess TWO special gifts at Buckingham Palace Garden Party

Mateo Robayna, nine, wanted to give the couple two special gifts, and while both may seem odd choices, they do in fact have very special meaning for both Liz, as well as the royals.

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3 w. ago Kylie Minogue in pictures at triumphant AO Arena Manchester return

Pop princess Kylie Minogue made a triumphant return to Manchester's AO Arena for a record-breaking 32nd time - our photographer captured her entrance

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4 w. ago Moment Hawaii volcano spews lava 600ft in the air as 'golden glass' rains down

EXCLUSIVE: A daring photographer captured the moment Hawaii's Kilauea volcano spewed lava for the 21st time in recent weeks in stunning video footage as part of its ongoing eruption

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last month Difference 10 years makes: Filmmaker shoots people at 50 and a decade later... the results are astounding

Dutch photographer and filmmaker Jeroen Wolf went about capturing 50 of his school friends to mark their 50th birthdays. He then returned 10 years later...

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