Photography

The latest chapter of the International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, the most consistently spectacular photo contest, has delivered an awe-inspiring collection of images spanning fantasy-styled vistas to foreboding volcanic eruptions.

The winners of the 2022 Nature inFocus Photography Awards feature an assortment of extraordinary moments, including a rare glimpse of a jaguar prowling through a village, a pair of feral dogs encountering a porcupine, and a wolf taking on a termite mound.

Imaging titan Leica has given its first smartphone a processing and sensor update, and has again essentially repackaged a recent Aquos handset from Japanese consumer tech outfit Sharp for the launch of the Leitz Phone 2.

The World Architecture Festival has announced the 2022 Architectural Photography Awards shortlist, featuring 23 fantastic images that capture the best of the built environment, with everything from a mirrored skyscraper to a rock-like music venue.

Xiaomi snuggled up with Leica back in June for the launch of the 12S Ultra smartphone featuring a 1-inch-type image sensor and Summicron optics. Now the companies have partnered again on a concept version with a lens adapter for mounting Leica glass.

The Urban Photo Awards delivers a reliably eccentric assortment of images focusing on the strange sights of city life. This year's winners feature massive gun collections, silently howling dogs and surreal COVID restrictions.

This year's Landscape Photographer of the Year winners have been announced, with the collection celebrating mist-covered windmills, lightning-sparked nightscapes, and a rainbow arcing over a dragon's back.

From a shy raccoon waving hello, to a penguin that's had enough of its friend's squawking, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Award finalists have again delivered a most entertaining array of hilarious animal antics.

The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped some incredible images in its short career, but this new one is a doozy. The spacecraft has now taken images of the iconic Pillars of Creation, revealing new details and giving a peek behind the cloudy curtain.

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year is one of the world's longest running photo competitions and this year's extraordinary winners cover everything from a surreal visit to a village populated by polar bears to close-up look at strange bee mating behavior.

From slime mold resembling a cute mushroom to an unprecedented look at the embryonic hand of a gecko, this year’s winners of the Nikon Small World photo contest reveal the stunning sights of a hidden microscopic universe.

Earlier this year, Samsung treated us to the kind of image madness we could expect from its new 200-megapixel camera sensor. The honors for the first phone to feature such a monster went to Motorola, and now Xiaomi has joined the 200-MP party.