Tag: Photos

Historic Photographer of the Year 2022: Photos of the World’s Most Historic Places

History Hit, the famous streaming video platform founded by the award-winning British historian Dan Snow, has announced the winners of its 2022 Historic Photographer of the Year competition—and the images are outstanding. Emblems of the past from around the globe were captured using landscape, urban, and aerial photography in novel ways or from novel perspectives….


PHOTOS: Bird Photographer Captures Bald Eagles Hunting Fish From Alaskan Seas

For a British-born bird photographer living in Alaska, the trifecta of ideal wind, sun, and tide conditions came together on one magical day. The result was a dynamic photo of a bald eagle with a six-foot wing span snatching its dinner from the surface of the sea, with composition so perfect it rivals a painting….


Photographer’s Timely Shots Capture the Goofy Shenanigans of Street Cats in Japan

A patient photographer is eliciting smiles from cat lovers everywhere with his perfectly-timed photos of street cats in Japan. It took 44-year-old Masayuki Oki of Kobe City in Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture some time behind the camera to fall in love with his medium. However, it wasn’t long before the social behavior and goofy antics of street…


Winged Prism: Award-Winning Photos of Hummingbirds and Their Rainbow-Like Wings

Acclaimed photographer Christian Spencer’s exclusive photos of hummingbirds with their wings illuminated like prisms are magical, otherworldly, and entirely natural. “My photos are a photoshop-free zone,” the 45-year-old photographer told The Epoch Times. Spencer, an Australian-born professional artist, filmmaker, and photographer, currently lives in Brazil. He uses a semi-professional camera and does not deploy any…


‘The Imaginary Museum’: Rare Photos of Mural Paintings Found in Derelict, Forgotten Buildings

Photographer Romain Veillon’s collection of mural paintings found in derelict buildings is both beautiful and poignant. The 38-year-old Frenchman loves to travel the globe exploring his niche: abandoned heritage. If you ask him where the properties housing these fantastically painted scenes are though, he’ll tell you it’s a secret. “I can’t give the exact name…


Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022: Winning Photos of Once-in-a-Lifetime Moments

The just-released winning images of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2022 are simply so extraordinary that it’s easy to overlook the effort required to get such shots. These genius photographers have truly made once-in-a-lifetime encounters appear so easy to capture. Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History…


PHOTOS: Artist Paints Realistic Animal Portraits With Uncanny Accuracy on Rocks

An Italian artist with a penchant for pets and paint has made a name for himself with his magical, hyper-realistic portraits of animals on rocks and stones collected from nature. Roberto Rizzo, 50, was born in Naples, Italy. He attended the European Institute of Design in Milan after high school and started working as an…


‘A Home Divided’: Exclusive Photos of a Mama Polar Bear With Her 3 Cubs at the North Pole

During a cruise to the North Pole on a nuclear-powered icebreaker, a Russian wildlife photographer snapped a stunning series of photos of a mother polar bear and her three cubs. The rare sighting was instantly a cause for celebration. An IT entrepreneur by day, Dmitry Kokh, 42, lives in Moscow and travels widely. He described…


PHOTOS: Man Travels UK Cataloging Fairytale Cottages at the Magical Hours of Dawn and Dusk

A British hobby photographer with a penchant for picturesque country cottages is touring the United Kingdom in his free time to compile an amazing catalog. His photos show some of England’s most idyllic homes in all their glory, bathed in the romantic light of dawn and dusk, when the streets are clear and the magic…


Weather Photographer of the Year 2022: Spectacular Photos Celebrate Nature’s Mystic Moods

In response to thousands of entries from 119 different countries, judges from the Royal Meteorological Society (RMS) have announced the 2022 winners of its annual Weather Photographer of the Year competition, and the images are nothing short of breathtaking. This was the RMS’s 7th edition of the competition and the winners were awarded the cash prizes…