Sony announced last week that it was the number one mirrorless brand holding the highest market share for eight years straight. Canon then followed this up by claiming that it was the number one digital camera company, also leading on mirrorless market share. Who’s right? Maybe both, says PetaPixel, which analyzes the company’s claims. Read the full Story >>
U.S. photographer Amos Nachoum is the top prize winner in this year’s World Nature Photography Awards for his image of a leopard seal about to make a meal of a Gentoo penguin. Navhoum captured the scene near the remote island of Plano, off the Antarctic Peninsula. “To my surprise, it let go of the penguin twice,” he noted. “Each time, the seal chased after the penguin again, as if it was enjoying the game,” says Nachoum, adding that in the end, the penguin lost the game. See more at The Atlantic. Read the full Story >>
APA LA has announced the eleventh annual Off the Clock curated photo competition, an opportunity to present your inspired personal photography to the world. This year, Paul Martineau, the curator of photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum, will select his top one hundred images from all submissions to the competition. Martineau will also select three images as Best in Show. Deadline: March 31, 2022. Read the full Story >>
Queen Victoria understood the power of photography. She enthusiastically embraced the new medium in order to control her public image and ensure that the English monarchy remained popular as other kings and queens fell across Europe in the 19th century. The image of the royal family would be transformed in later decades, as the medium of photograph became more democratic. A new Kensington Palace … Read the full Story >>
