Newfoundland’s 2020 Blizzard: The Story Behind the Snow Photos
Some winter photographs need a second look. A doorway becomes a tunnel. A parked car disappears into a white mound. Familiar streets suddenl...
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Photography: Remarkable Images in Context
Look beyond the first impression of a striking photograph. These stories explore the subject, setting and creative choices behind the image, with historical context where an older picture needs it.
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Icelandic Horses Through Drew Doggett’s Lens
A pale horse against black sand. A flowing mane beside falling water. Drew Doggett’s Iceland photographs bring together two subjects that se...
Arosa’s Ice Halos: The Science Behind a Remarkable Sky
Sometimes the most memorable sight on a mountain is above the mountains. In late November 2019, Michael Schneider photographed an elaborate ...
Houtouwan: The Green Village on China’s Shengshan Island
From a distance, Houtouwan looks like a hillside that has quietly learned the shapes of houses. Green growth follows walls, frames windows a...
Travel Expectations vs Reality: Make the Real Trip Better
The beach looks empty. The museum gallery looks silent. The person in the photograph seems to have an entire famous landmark to themselves. ...
Inside Von Wong’s Underwater Shipwreck Photoshoot in Bali
Fabric drifts through a flooded wreck. A human figure seems suspended between the rusted structure and the blue beyond it. Benjamin Von Wong...
Where Rivers Meet: Understanding the Colours at a Confluence
Two rivers meet, and for a while the water seems to have a seam. One side may be pale and cloudy, the other dark or green. Seen from a bridg...
Châtillon Car Graveyard: The Belgian Forest in the Old Photos
Rows of old cars beneath trees make a wonderfully unsettling picture. Branches replace the open road, leaves settle inside the vehicles and ...
Abandoned Places in Photos: What the Beautiful Images Miss
A room filling with sand, a ship carrying its own little forest, a house disappearing under vines: photographs of places changed by time can...
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Flowers That Look Like Faces, Birds and Tiny Dancers
Once you see a little face in a flower, it can be surprisingly difficult to unsee it. Orchids become dancers, white petals become wings and ...
Earth From the Space Station: A View Worth Watching Slowly
Clouds curl over a coastline, a desert changes colour across the frame and the edge of Earth curves into darkness. Views from the Internatio...
Japan’s Sea Fireflies: The Science Behind the Glowing Rocks
Blue light seems to pour down dark rocks on an Okayama beach. The photographs are beautiful—and easy to misunderstand if they arrive without...