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SaveLost Photos: An Archived 2014 Mac App
Archive: April 2014. Lost Photos was a Mac app that searched connected email accounts for pictures. Its 2014 launch release described limited free downloads…
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SaveAlaska Northern Lights
Alaska Northern Lights Technicolour Alaska from Alexis Coram on Vimeo. There are some things in this world that everyone deserves to experience with their…
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SaveClark Little on Staring Down Shorebreak for The Perfect Shot
CREATORS: Clark Little on Staring Down Shorebreak for The Perfect Shot from The Inertia on Vimeo. Getting tossed around by shorebreak and slammed into…
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SaveParis in Motion
For a deeper foundation on portrait photography, see our complete guide. Paris in Motion (Part 4) from Mayeul Akpovi on Vimeo. In 2012 I…
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SaveUS Airways infamous tweet WARNING EXTREMELY GRAPHIC
US Airways infamous tweet WARNING EXTREMELY GRAPHIC Have you heard what US Airways tweeted? Are you wondering what it was? Here is a screen…
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SaveHow Iain Macmillan Shot the Abbey Road Cover
On August 8, 1969, photographer Iain Macmillan took six frames of the Beatles crossing Abbey Road in London. The fifth frame became the cover…
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SaveBonnie and Clyde Creative Images: Landscapes
From the site’s photographer archive: Iza and Darek, the duo behind Bonnie and Clyde Creative Images, photographed still water, mist and long-exposure landscapes in…
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SaveJim Marshall’s Johnny Cash Photo at San Quentin
Photographer Jim Marshall made this photograph of Johnny Cash at San Quentin State Prison in 1969, during a rehearsal before the show. It is…
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SaveEye of the Storm: Iceland Aurora Time-Lapse
Updated November 2026. Original film note and credits retained below. Historical context, credited illustrations and photography study exercises follow. Eye of the Storm is…
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SaveJoe Rosenthal’s Iwo Jima Flag-Raising Photograph
On February 23, 1945, Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal photographed a flag raising on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. The U.S.…
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SaveCaras Ionut: Dreamlike Photo Composites
From the site’s photographer archive: Caras Ionut’s images place people, animals and objects into dreamlike landscapes. These pictures should be read as imaginative photo…
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SaveAdobe Lightroom goes mobile
Adobe Lightroom goes mobile. Adobe announces Lightroom for the iPad and iPhone. Not sure how I feel about editing on an iPad, but for…
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SaveGolden Gate Bridge Construction: 1935 Catwalk Photo
This 1935 photograph shows workers and the catwalks being built above the Golden Gate Strait, before the bridge’s main cables were spun. The Golden…
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SaveFoap: A 2014 Photo-Selling App Snapshot
Archive: April 2014. This post showed screenshots of Foap, a marketplace where people could license phone photos. Foap still offers a photographer page, but…
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SaveScott Kelby: Photographer, Author and Educator
By Edin Chavez | Updated November 2026 This is not a review of his teaching, and it is not a first-hand account. It is…