Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award winner

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A polar bear sleeps on an iceberg off Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. Photo: Supplied / Wildlife Photographer of the Year, via BBC A stunning image of a young polar bear drifting to sleep on an iceberg, by British amateur photographer Nima Sarikhani, has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award. “Sarikhani’s breathtaking and poignant image allows us to see the beauty and fragility of our planet,” Natural History Museum director Dr Douglas Gurr said. “His thought-provoking image is a stark reminder of the integral bond between an animal and its habitat and serves as a visual representation of…Continue Reading

German photo festival canceled after curator accused of antisemitism

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The Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie, a Germany-based exhibition of contemporary photography has been canceled after one of the curators posted content to social media that the German cities of Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg, where the event was set to take place, described it as “antisemitic”. The event was set to open March 2024. As first reported in the Art Newspaperthe Bangladeshi photojournalist and event co-curator Shahidul Alam posted “content that can be read as antisemitic and antisemitic content,” according to officials, including posts compared Israel’s attack on Northern Gaza to the Holocaust and accused Israel of genocide against the Palestinian…Continue Reading

Kate Middleton photo proves Meghan Markle right

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In a blow to the opinions of writers everywhere, Sigmund Freud never actually said “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.” (It’s number 67 in our official union handbook of lazy story openers). But sometimes a grainy pap shot of two women on a gray British day is much, much, much more than a grainy pap shot. The major, breaking news being bellowed by every newspaper, website, magazine and two-bit Twitter account purporting to ‘know’ things about the royal family is that Kate the Princess of Wales is alive! Alive you hear! There, in the new image, was Kate being…Continue Reading

Australian news network apologizes for ‘graphic error’ after photo of MP made more revealing | WorldNews

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An Australian news network has apologized after a picture of a female MP was allegedly modified to appear more revealing ahead of her appearance on a programme. In what Nine News Melbourne called a “graphic error”, Georgie Purcell claimed that a picture of her used as a promo for the network’s Monday night news bulletin had been changed to give her “enlarged boobs” and reveal her midriff. Sharing the modified image next to the original on X, the MP for Northern Victoria, said: “Having my body and outfit photoshopped by a media outlet was not on my bingo card. “Note…Continue Reading

Your Saskatchewan photo of the day: January 2024

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Decrease article font size Increase article font size A new year has begun, and new pictures taken around Saskatchewan are being shared by photographers! We want to see the beautiful photos you captured from all over the province. Each day, Global Saskatoon and Global Regina feature a viewer-submitted photo for the Your Saskatchewan photo of the day. It is also highlighted on Global News Morning, Global News at 5, Global News at 6 and Global News at 10. The email you need for the day’s top news stories from Canada and around the world. The email you need for the…Continue Reading

Wildlife Photographer Of The Year: Sleepy polar bear image captured by amateur UK photographer wins top wildlife prize | Ents & Arts News

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An amateur photographer from the UK has won a prestigious Wildlife Photographer Of The Year award with this emotive shot of a polar bear sleeping in a makeshift bed carved into a small iceberg. Nima Sarikhani captured the image off Norway‘s Svalbard archipelago after spending three days “desperately searching” for the animals through thick fog. After his expedition vessel changed course, he eventually encountered two polar bears – and witnessed the smaller male bear making his bed before falling asleep. The picture, titled Ice Bed, has been crowned the winner of the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer Of The Year…Continue Reading

‘Accidentally Wes Anderson’ Photographs Go on View in London | SmartNews

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Julia Binswanger Daily Correspondent Ever wished that the stunning visuals seen in the world of a Wes Anderson film were real? You can’t actually check in at the Grand Budapest Hotel or hang with the Royal Tenenbaums, but for over six years, a popular Instagram account, Accidentally Wes Anderson (AWA), has been posting images of actual locations that look like stills from the famous director’s films. A married couple, Wally and Amanda Koval, started the account in 2017 as an informal travel bucket list. They’ve since amassed nearly two million followers, produced a jigsaw puzzle and published a coffee table…Continue Reading

Polar bear sleeping on iceberg wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award

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A photo of a polar bear sleeping on an iceberg has won the People’s Choice category in a wildlife photography competition run by the National History Museum in the UK. Called the Wildlife Photographer of the Year, the competition attracted more than 50,000 entries from around the world. Judges announced the overall winner in October, with the grand title taken out by Laurent Ballesta for his photo of a horseshow crab with three little golden trevally fish swimming above it. Of the 50,000 images, there were only 100 finalists. Then the judges and the museum shortlisted 25 images to be…Continue Reading