The landscapes of Spanish-born photographer Daniel Beltrá help convey the urgent need for environmental conservation in the world’s most ecologically sensitive regions. By Hermon Joyner From the air, Daniel Beltrá records a dramatic Greenpeace protest about deforestation in Para State, Brazil. The...

After establishing himself as a painter and sculptor, this Los Angeles artist has turned to the medium of photography to create his asymmetrical, multi-dimensional cityscapes. By Adam Crawford Jeremy Kidd spent parts of five separate days to record the tumult of New York City’s Times Square in various...

With a passion for travel, Erik Almas expands the boundaries of the typical studio photographer, often including sweeping landscape elements in his commercial images. By Herman Joyner It’s December, and Erik Almas is a long way from home. For most of his life, Almas called Norway home; now San Francisco...

Through the use of interactive media and print-on-demand technology, Rick Smolan has pushed the limits of the photography book and brought the world closer together. By P.J. Heller In the assignment photography world, the best in the business tend to thrive on pressure – the pressure of looming...

This year’s “carry-around” digital compact cameras perform nearly as well as big pro DSLRs, but at a fraction of the cost and size. By Ed Coleman It’s generally accepted that the Nikon D3 and Canon 5D cameras are both technological miracles, providing capabilities that we didn’t...