As of this Friday January 4th the world’s biggest international photo contest is now open for submissions. The AGORA Awards 2019 will reward the best image of the year with $25,000 – the largest amount given out yet. Unlike…
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AFAR Launches New Travel Photography Awards
AFAR Media has launched the AFAR Travel Photography Awards in partnership with United Airlines and LensCulture. The competition is open to entries from around the world and in a variety of image types, including landscape,…
#Gadgets: Aerial Photography and Selfies get transformed with AirSelfie2
Aerial photography has been transformed once again with the announcement of the AirSelfie2, the next generation of the revolutionary, pocket-sized flying camera. The device will feature an enhanced camera, longer battery life and greater memory as…
Shades of Benga photo exhibition opens at Alliance Française de Nairobi
The Shades of Benga photo exhibition retraces the story of popular music in Kenya with rare historical photos sourced from private collections of pioneering musicians and their families. The exhibition, is presented to coincide with the…
Fashion photography pioneer Bill Cunningham dies at 87
Legendary New York Times fashion photographer Bill Cunningham died Saturday, according to the paper where he worked for nearly 40 years. He was 87. Cunningham, whose watchful eye brought images of New Yorkers — from the…
‘Father of African photography’ wows a new generation
They came in their best clothes and queued in their hundreds every day outside the little mud-walled house in Bamako to be immortalised by “the master”. “One shot, that’s all I take,” Seydou Keita, the…
World Press Photo winner’s 1,000-mile walk for prize
A photographer who snapped up the 2016 World Press Photo Award with a haunting picture of refugees crossing a border at night was Tuesday nearing the end of a near 1,000-mile walk to collect his…
Capital Lifestyle Instagrammer of the Week: Trevor Maingi
“My purpose is to show the world a different side of the world with every click of my camera.” So says photographer and Capital Lifestyle Instagrammer of the Week: Trevor Maingi. Photography is Maingi’s muse. On his…
Capital Lifestyle Instagrammer of the Week: Jacquie Mwai
“Photography is more than an art to me. It transcends passion in an almost magical way.” So says Jacquie Mwai, one of Kenya’s top food photographers and Capital Lifestyle’s Instagrammer of the Week. For Mwai, who has…