The artist combines matte painting, collages and photography to create composites with reality of their own

Dunja Djudjic

What do you get when you combine matte painting, cutout fragments of old photos and magazine pictures, photography and digital manipulation? British artist Suzanne Moxhay brings these techniques together to create complex, surrealistic, and captivating artwork. Suzanne derives her artwork from the early filmmaking technique matte painting. This technique used backdrops painted on sheets of […]

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Photofocus Podcast January 14, 2017 — Inspiration with Scott Bourne & Marco Larousse

Marco Larousse

Scott and Marco discuss these topics on this #Inspiration episode of the Photofocus podcast: Get to know an inspirational photographer: This month Marco introduces you to the American street, portrait and landscape photographer Joel Meyerowitz (born 1938 in NY). After quitting his job as an art director, Joel started in the 1960’s to shoot the streets of NY with 35mm…

Japan researchers warn: Flashing “Peace” Sign in Photos May Lead to Identity Theft

Dunja Djudjic

Japan’s National Institute of Informatics (NII) recently warned the public about taking and publishing photos with popular two-fingered pose. They claim that flashing “V” sign in photos may lead to your identity being stolen. The reason is that fingerprint recognition technology became so advanced and widely available, that a simple snapshot of a person holding […]

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Top three photography business housekeeping tasks to get done the first month of 2017

JP Danko

There’s nothing like the new year to start things off on the right foot. Unlike making a New Year’s resolution to go to the gym or give up gluten, this year I’ve prioritized the top three photography business tasks that I want to get done the first month of 2017. 1. Sort and delete photos […]

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Photographer of the Day: Brady

Vanelli

Category: Children Photograph: “Excitement” by Brady Brady captured a great candid shot of her girls at one of the most magical places on earth–Disneyland. The photo shows the excitement the girls felt that day. It’s a moment in time the girls will treasure forever. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how…

Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon and Photographer, Dies at 86

Dunja Djudjic

Antony Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowdon and Princess Margaret’s former husband, passed away today at his home in London at the age of 86. Apart from being the Queen’s (former) brother-in-law, he was also an inventor, photographer and Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. Despite his divorce from Princess Margaret, he continued to take photos of the […]

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Photographer captures incredible light pillars that look like something out of a Sci-Fi show

John Aldred

Beam me up, Scotty! At least, that’s what photographer Timothy Joseph Elzinga (AKA Timmy Joe) thought when he was woken up by his 2 year old son at 1:30am and saw this through the window. Being based in Canada, Timmy initially thought these were actually the Northern Lights. What was odd, though, was that they seemed […]

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Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert blocks journalist from taking photos of protesters

Dunja Djudjic

Earlier this week, confirmation hearings of Jeff Sessions as US Attorney General were followed by protests. Of course, many photographers and reporters covered this even. And one of them had an unpleasant experience which looks a bit like censorship. While Jim Lo Scalzo was taking photos of protesters being escorted out of the hearing room, he […]

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