Earlier this week, VSCO announced “The Fifty,” a coast-to-coast project that would put a different photographer’s photo on 50 billboards in every U.S. state. Today, it clarified some questions regarding pay and legality.

“The Fifty is a nationwide recognition of photographers in the United States, showing that you can make it right where you are. At VSCO, we’re here to celebrate you, your craft, and your career,” VSCO said in its press release

The National Portrait Gallery in the United Kingdom has unveiled the four finalists for its Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026 . One of the four photographers will win the grand prize, taking home £15,000, or just over $20,200.

The Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize, formerly the Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize, celebrates the work of talented young, amateur, and professional photographers each year. The four finalists plus the work of over 50 other selected photographers

The highly-anticipated Sony FX5, which was originally slated to start shipping in “mid August,” has been delayed at least a month.

According to multiple North American-based dealers that PetaPixel has spoken to, Sony has not yet shipped FX5 units into their inventory and, therefore, customers have not yet received the camera. Beyond that, retailers have received notes from Sony that units have been delayed, although no reason for the delay was provided. While it is probably a moving target at this point

Amaran, stylized “amaran,” has announced its first foray into audio with the new Amaran Mic. It’s a $99 wireless desktop microphone designed for live streaming, podcasting, and video content creation.

As Amaran explains, the Mic is a significant shift for the company, which is best known for its lights.

“The amaran Mic marks a major expansion of the amaran ecosystem, advancing the brand beyond lighting to support more of the content creation workflow,” Amaran explains. “Following amaran’s

This week on the PetaPixel Podcast, Nikon’s future plans may have been leaked by the most unlikely of sources: Apple. Plus, Fujifilm shares that the camera industry is finally feeling the pinch from the memory crisis, and it will likely result in both significant price increases as well as manufacturing delays.

Then, the team sits down with Isaac Reynolds from the Google Pixel team and asks the hard questions about what exactly photographers can expect from the Pixel 11 series phones. Make sure to Read David Imel’s

A year ago, Eastman Kodak’s future was cast into doubt but the company remained optimistic . Since then, Kodak has posted four straight quarters of year-over-year improvement and its stock price has nearly doubled.

Kodak’s latest financial results paint a much rosier picture than the one the legendary Rochester-based photography and film company was presenting a year ago. The company’s FY2026 Q2 revenue of $311 million is up $48 million from FY20

An Apple ad in Italy showing a toddler using an iPhone has drawn ire from onlookers and even been referred to regulators for review.

As reported by 9to5Mac , Italy’s Autorità garante per l’infanzia e l’adolescenza (AGIA), the country’s authority for children and child safety, is very much aware of the advertisement and has referred the case to additional Italian authorities to see if the advertisement violates any specific laws

Researchers have captured the first-ever footage of dolphins using seashells to catch fish, with evidence suggesting that calves may learn the technique from their mothers.

The extraordinary footage was captured by scientists from the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia. In a new study published in the journal Marine Mammal Science , researchers reported two separate sightings of bottlenose dolphins using shells to catch fish. The behavior, known

Chinese microdramas, known as duanju, are short vertical video episodes made for smartphones that last no more than two minutes. The cheesy dramas end on extreme cliffhangers, and a full story can span 20 to 100 fast-paced episodes.

Until very recently, these popular microdramas were made by human actors, with a human crew, for a human audience. The Economist reckons the industry has created 700,000 jobs in China’s stumbling economy