BBC Monday March 9, 2026
British war photographer Paul Conroy died from a heart attack on Saturday, Feb. 28, reports the BBC. Conroy, adds The Times of London, was severely injured while covering the Syrian civil war in 2012, in an artillery blast that also killed Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin and French photographer Rémi Ochlik in the city of Homs. Conroy subsequently acted as a consultant producer on the acclaimed 2018 film A Private War, based on his book and in which he was played by Jamie Dornan and Colvin by Rosamund Pike. Read the full Story >>
Underwater Photographer of the Year Monday March 9, 2026
Australian photographer Matty Smith is the top winner of the 2026 Underwater Photographer of the Year contest for his image of two southern elephant seal pups in the Falkland Islands. "Once several weeks old and weaned from their mothers milk, elephant seal pups are abandoned by their parents on shore, left to navigate life alone. On Sealion Island in the Falklands, I watched dozens of them clamber over one another in shallow rockpools, awkwardly learning to swim,” notes Smith, whose image bested some 7,900 entries from around the world. Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Monday March 9, 2026
VSCO has announced a new professional photo delivery app, VSCO Galleries, for photographers who want to deliver photos to clients “in a clean, straightforward, and professional way,” notes PetaPixel. The mobile app enables VSCO users to create unlimited galleries that they can quickly and easily share with clients. Photographers can also enable collaboration and sharing features, allowing clients to share the gallery with others. VSCO Galleries is free to download and use for all VSCO members, but VSCO Pro subscribers will have completely unlimited VSCO Galleries storage. Read the full Story >>
The New York Times Monday March 9, 2026
After Iran launched retaliatory strikes across the Middle East, A.I.-generated imagery claiming to show huge explosions or exaggerated destruction has been spreading on social media, notes The New York Times. One fake video, which seemed to show Iranian missiles raining down on Tel Aviv, had 20 million views. (While some strikes did cause damage, many of Iran’s missiles were intercepted, notes The Times.) X’s AI chatbot Grok has also been telling users the bogus videos are real. Read the full Story >>
