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Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (004.00.00) Bob Adelman

On March 20, the Library of Congress announced that it has acquired photographer Bob Adelman's archives, a massive collection containing 575,000 images. An anonymous donor gifted the collection, which now resides with the Library's Prints and Photographs Division. According to the Library's... more

It appears that as with previous Samsung flagship smartphones, the brand new Galaxy S8 and S8+ will, depending on region, come with different camera sensors. Since the launch users have spotted versions with Sony IMX333 and S5K2L2 ISOCELL image sensors. The latter is made by System LSI, which is a subsidiary of Samsung.

The situation is the same for the front... more

Adobe is getting creative on Instagram. Taking advantage of Instagram’s new ability to publish multiple images and video in a single post, they’ve created this simple, step-by-step tutorial that will show you how to create a ‘double exposure’ in Photoshop.

The tutorial was created with help from photographer and retoucher... more

Here’s a juicy research & development tidbit straight from the executives at Canon. In an interview with Focus Numerique at... more

Along with normal how-to articles and essays, Ive always liked reading and writing very technical, nitty-gritty articles about photographysometimes, articles on topics that rarely come up while actually taking pictures.

In fact, I usually dont even use my own sharpest aperture charts in the field, as useful as they are, since I dont like carrying around charts. So, then, does all that technical stuff matter? Is it even worth talking about in the first place?

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Given that most photos are captured digitally and shared online, its easy to forget the beauty of a print.

The history of photographic printing is a fascinating intersection between art and chemistry, and you might be surprised to find a cadre of incredible, contemporary practitioners of techniques well over 100 years old. Heres a round-up of some of our favorites.

Carbon Transfer

A labor-intensive process that uses carbon pigment rather than inks or silver salts to produce... more

The biggest photography announcement of the week came from Hasselblad. In a move that is being praised by most of the photo community, the storied camera company appointed photographer... more

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After visiting Idaho on a road trip, Resource Travel's Michael Bonocore fell in love with the state, and moved there just three months later. One spot he hadn't yet visited was beautiful... more

Trippy stuff - this is MTF data from nine copies of the Canon EF 16-35mm F2.8L II, at 16mm. Nice and sharp in the center, less so at the edges. That said, all nine of these lenses test as 'good' samples. 

Arch lens nerd Roger Cicala has probably handled more lenses this week than an average photographer might use in a lifetime. And recently, he's been busy testing... more

Amateur photographer Mason Maxwell recently paid a creative tribute to one of his favorite albums. Using construction paper, a prism, and good ol’ sunlight, he was able to shoot a surprisingly... more

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