The Top Deals on Travel Gear for Your Next Photography Adventure

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Looking to upgrade your travel photography kit before your next adventure? Whether you’re heading overseas, planning a cross-country road trip, or packing for your next photography adventure, having the right travel gear can make all the difference. From staying organized in transit to keeping your equipment powered and easy to carry, a few smart additions to your kit can help make every trip a little smoother.

This roundup highlights some of the best travel photography deals available right now, including rolling camera bags for navigating airports, compact


While At First Unimpressive, Rollei Superpan 200 Is a Bag of Tricks

A Nikon camera sits in the center of a circular graphic surrounded by several boxes of Rollei Superpan 200 film.

Rollei Superpan 200 is a curious sort of film, making it all the better reason to feature it today. The first impression we would give you of Superpan 200 is that on the surface it can be easily unimpressive, but dig a bit deeper and Superpan quickly reveals that it has quite a bag of tricks at its disposal.

Rollei Superpan 200 is a super panchromatic black and white film that not only has sensitivity out to about 775nm but also cuts off dramatically at the other

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First-of-its-Kind Footage Shows the Ocean From a Whale Shark’s Perspective

Researchers attached cameras to whale sharks, the world’s largest known fish, to witness krill chases for the first time and gain exciting new insights into how these beloved fish forage and snack.

As researchers from Murdoch University in Western Australia describe , whale sharks are “one of the most charismatic marine species.”

“They connect with the hearts of anyone lucky enough to encounter them, making people deeply curious about their lives and invested in their conservation,” researchers Christine Barry and Luciana C. Ferreira explain.

Because whale


Photojournalist Jailed for Six Weeks After Reporting on ICE

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A photojournalist was arrested while covering a story about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and incarcerated for six weeks.

According to a report from the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker , Trish Brownlee traveled from her home in York, Pennsylvania, to Hardwick Township, New Jersey, to speak with two people who monitor ICE agents. Brownlee, an on-off photojournalist since 2004, was putting the story together and planning to pitch it to


Lowepro’s Stealthy New Backpacks Promise Quick Camera Access

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Lowepro has announced the Fastpack IV Collection, its newest generation of one of its most popular backpack ranges.

The Lowepro Fastpack IV series is designed for photographers, videographers, and other content creators on the go who require a backpack that works equally well for shooting, travel, and everyday carry. The upgraded collection offers quick camera access, improved organization, and better durability.

“For more than 50 years, Lowepro has developed carrying solutions that help creators protect gear and stay ready in changing environments. Fastpack IV builds on

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Laowa Aksen 45mm f/2.8 and 17.5mm f/1.7 Are Parfocal Ultra Macro Lenses

Two Laowa macro lenses stand side-by-side against a dark grey background, with the left lens labeled 5-10x and the right lens labeled 1-5x.

Venus Optics has announced the Aksen Ultra Macro Series, a new pair of full-frame, parfocal zoom lenses that feature 1-5x and 5-10x ultra macro capabilities.

Laowa 45mm f/2.8 1-5x Ultra Macro APO Laowa 45mm f/2.8 1-5x Ultra Macro APO

The new series is made up of the Aksen 45mm f/2.8 1–5x Ultra Macro APO and the Aksen 17.5

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Historic Portraits Celebrate the Earliest African American Photographers

A daguerreotype portrait of a Black woman holding a young white girl on her lap, both looking toward the camera.
Joseph D. Marsters Portrait of Martha Ann “Patty” Atavis and Anna Whitridge, 1848 | National Gallery of Art, Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation

The National Gallery of Art has announced an exhibition that will trace African American photographers and portrait subjects from the earliest days of photography.

The upcoming exhibition titled Remember Me: Picturing African Americans in Early Photography charts the evolving understanding of portrait photography as a tool of representation among African Americans in the 19th and early 2

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The Nano Banana AI Image Generator Has Arrived in Google Earth

A split-screen view comparing the current ruins of the Pompeii theater district on the left with a digital reconstruction on the right.
The original satellite image, left, was transformed into an imagining of what Pompeii looked like before Mount Vesuvius exploded.

Google has added the Nano Banana AI image generator to Google Earth, allowing users to visualize the area they’re viewing in various styles or eras.

In a blog pos t, Google suggests a few different use cases for Nano Banana in Google Earth, including using it as a teaching aid that allows students to visualize the past instead of just reading about it.

Google cites Pompeii, a Roman city that

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‘Seems Like AI Slop’ Button Added to LinkedIn

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One of the most frustrating aspects of online discourse in 2026 is not knowing whether the email, social media post, or video you just read or watched was AI-generated.

Despite growing infrastructure being put in place that can detect synthetic content, many online users are suspicious about virtually all digital artifacts nowadays.

But now users on LinkedIn can act on those suspicions after the business-focused social media platform added a “seems like AI slop” button to posts.

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Photographers Reveal the Most Painful and Hopeful Images They’ve Ever Taken

Split image: Left, a person in uniform bends over near a bloodstained stretcher and sandbags. Right, a woman and child lie in bed together, wrapped in a red blanket, looking towards the camera.
Photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind’s most painful image (left) and most hopeful image (right) | From the exhibition Inferno & Paradiso © Anastasia Taylor-Lind

20 photographers looked back through their archives to choose the most painful image they had ever taken and the one that gave them the most hope for a new exhibition.

Created by Alfredo Jaar, who is considered one of the most socially active artists of his generation, Inferno & Paradiso is an immersive slide-projection exhibition running at the Photo Elysée

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