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John Gully, On the Great Godley Glacier , watercolour. Lakes and sediment now exist in these valleys where glaciers used to flow. Credit: Alexander Turnbull Library, CC BY-SA As the austral summer draws to a close, we are preparing to fly over the Southern Alps to survey glaciers. This annual flight supports the longest scientific study of Aotearoa New Zealand's icescapes—and it shows that all of our glaciers have retreated…

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Meet Christine Ward, a talented artist based in Brisbane, Australia. With roots in the tattoo industry since 2011, Ward's creative journey took a turn in 2019 when she decided to explore her role as a photographer. Specializing in bird and nature photography, Ward's work reflects her deep connection with the great outdoors. Nature is Ward's muse, and you can often find her wandering in forests, drawing inspiration from the colors, shapes, and textures around her. Her photographs aren't just pictures; they're a way to…

Photo: David JosephSometimes, a moment is so fleeting or a scene is so small that not even the fiercest squint can capture it.Thankfully, that’s where cameras—and the photographers that wield them—come in. Today, the winners and finalists of the fifth Close-up Photographer of the Year competition are revealed. Showcasing nature at its smaller scales, the awarded images—selected from nearly 12,000 entries—offer an intimate look at the animal kingdom, fungi, and the remarkable planet that we call home.Here are the winning…

I first saw a wall of photographs and text from The Public Life of Women: A Feminist Memory Project by the Nepal Picture Library at the India Art Fair, New Delhi, in 2020, and I thought immediately how important a book that contained this archive would prove to be. Three years later, an exhaustive yet comfortably-sized book has been published, holding an extraordinary visual archive of Nepal’s feminist history. The research for this began in 2018, aided by a Magnum Foundation grant. A visual archive of a…

In the realm of wedding photography, where emotions dance freely and love takes center stage, the Premios FdB has been a beacon of excellence for over a decade, honoring the crème de la crème of nuptial captures from around the globe. As we unveil the mesmerizing winning photographs of the 2023 edition, it’s evident that this year has set a new benchmark for the artistry and creativity encapsulated in wedding photography.A distinguished panel of judges, comprising Emre Nelsi from Turkey, Maxi Oviedo from Argentina, and…

I’ve just been looking at my photos from a recent trip to the Grand Canyon and I’m thoroughly unimpressed. Why do photographs of beautiful scenery never do it justice? Alex Robinson, SuffolkSend new questions to [email protected] replyYou can take a great landscape photograph if you know how to compose the image. Most people just point the camera at what they are gazing at and press the button. Painters don’t just paint what is in front if them; they compose a picture. The answer is composition. ToomuchroseIt’s…

Agnès Varda, at least in her later years, didn’t make a big deal about being taken seriously. For decades, the film-maker and artist was much respected as the pioneering feminist voice in French cinema and as the “godmother of the Nouvelle Vague” – New Wave – her work beating Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut et al to the big screen by several years. But she was also somewhat sidelined, eclipsed by her male peers, and it took until this century for her to be truly revered: last year, her 1962 classic Cléo from 5 to 7 was…

Galaxies come in all shapes and sizes. We have gorgeous, highly structured spirals. We have fuzzy elliptical galaxies and the lenticular blobs in between.Amid all these variations are the peculiarities – galaxies that are odd in some way, that have some quirk that give them a little something extra. And one of these peculiar galaxies is the subject of a new galactic portrait from the James Webb Space Telescope.It's called NGC 3256, and it might look like a fairly standard spiral galaxy. But NGC 3256 betrays evidence of a…

Most celestial objects—from stars and nebulas to quasars and galaxies—emit light at a range of wavelengths. Some include visible light, which is how astronomers are able to photograph them with space telescopes like Hubble. But the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory peer at heavenly objects in infrared and x-ray wavelengths that are invisible to the human eye. That data is often translated into visible colors to produce spectacular space images. Now, a group of astronomers is making those images…