The dramatic altercation of images in Photoshop has gotten people in trouble in the past. But Microsoft has crossed a line. The company was caught today, running  an ad in which the race of one model had been changed in photoshop.

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Editor and Publisher is now accepting entries for their 10th annual News Photo of the Year contest!

What happens to starving artists in times of recession? The same thing that happens to the homeless when a city "cleans up main street," they disappear. One start-up is battling the extinction of art with a platform that connects donors with artists.

The Pho Hien Photo Club is bringing together photographers from across Vietnam. Their resources are limited, but what they lack in money, they make up for in passion.

In a world where the iPhone tops the charts on Flickr, I guess it is not surprising that the folks in the cell phone business are getting a bit more serious about their photos.

After some keen investigating, the folks at the Leica Rumors blog have discovered plans to build a Leica store in the United States. After opening stores in Moscow and London, what a treat that this German company should grace our humble recession stricken nation.

Well, it looks like Flickr is once again brewing up some controversy by deleting user images. The company is citing copyright infringement, but many online are crying censorship.

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This week, Canon unveiled six new PowerShot cameras. This point-and-shoot infantry is loaded with an array of special talents. It looks like Canon is trying to ambush the market from all sides.

Just the other day I was thinking how I wished my friends and marketing specialists had an easier way to stalk me online! Twitter to the rescue! The site announced yesterday that it will soon give users the option of publishing their location along with their post.

This economy is brutal for the photography business. No arguments there. The New York Times recently told the story of a Massachusetts man who left engineering to pursue professional photography, and was forced to return to science when his studio was hit by the recession.

There's nothing quite like censorship. You'd think we'd be beyond an institution, let alone a university, freaking out over photography that challenges our comfort zones. 

It's summertime, and tis the season for some underwater photography! What better way to celebrate than with a little bit of healthy competition?

Two friends, who live across the country from each other, are taking the staycation to a whole other level. Thanks to the expansive collection of geotagged photos online, Marc Horowitz and Pete Baldes are taking a road trip... from the comfort of their desk chairs.

When Polaroid stopped production of their instant film in February 2008, there were out cries from snapshot enthusiasts everywhere. One group has taken it into their own hands to get a new and better Polaroid like film back on the market by 2010.