Stephen Orlando, the photographer who captures music on a film

Stephen Orlando, the photographer who captures music on a film

Stephen Orlando, a photographer based in Ontario, has always devoted himself to capture movement on a film through time and space, as if he was obsessed by it. So, in his last project Motion Exposure, he found a way of catching the movements of sound by photographing music. In effect, Stephen, by using LED lights carefully

Who is Kazuyoshi Nomachi, the photographer honoured by Italy

Who is Kazuyoshi Nomachi, the photographer honoured by Italy

The life of Kazuyoshi Nomachi as a photographer started in 1971 at the age of 25, when he embarked on his first journey across the African desert of Sahara, documenting the arduous life conditions of people living in hostile areas since ages. From that day, Nomachi didn’t stop. He’s been focusing for 40 years on populations

Yann Arthus-Bertrand shows Italy’s Lake Como in beautiful detail

Yann Arthus-Bertrand shows Italy’s Lake Como in beautiful detail

World-reknowned photographer, documentary maker, and environmental activist Yann Arthus-Bertrand is back with a video realised with his typical aerial view: on board of a hot-air balloon. He decided to capture one of the world’s most beautiful lakes and one of Italy’s most extraordinary natural places, Lake Como. The 21-minute video is entitled Lake Como seen

The photos of the last surviving Chinese women with bound feet

The photos of the last surviving Chinese women with bound feet

Jo Farrell, award-winning photographer and cultural anthropologist, has been documenting the last surviving Chinese women with bound feet since 2007. Her project, Living History, was borne out of the desire to record the dying tradition and has culminated in the publication of a book featuring photographs of and interviews with women with “lotus feet”. Women

9 tips to take pictures like Steve McCurry

9 tips to take pictures like Steve McCurry

The Cooperative of photography (Cooph) made a footage that reveals nine tricks on how to take pictures like the famous photographer Steve McCurry, by taking nine of its masterpieces as examples. Translated by Francesca Clemente

The most beautiful social and environmental pictures of the year

The most beautiful social and environmental pictures of the year

Mohammad Fahim Ahamed Riyad is the photographer of the year, according to the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) jury, thanks to his picture In search of life. The image, chosen among 10,000 entries, shows a fireman in the attempt of finding survivors after the fire that hit a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2014’s top 10 nature photos from the Smithsonian

2014’s top 10 nature photos from the Smithsonian

The Smithsonian magazine published the top 60 pictures of the eleventh Annual Photo Contest selected by its photo editors from over 50,000 entries submitted by photographers in 132 different countries. There are ten photos for each category: Natural World, Travel, People, Americana, Altered Images and Mobile. The latter is a new category. Until 6th May readers can

Let’s change the way women are portrayed on the Internet

Let’s change the way women are portrayed on the Internet

The American stock photo agency Getty Images launched on Monday 10th February the Lean In Collection in collaboration with the non-governmental organisation Lean In created by Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg.   With more than 2,500 pictures and the promise to add more every month, the aim of this new initiative by Getty is to