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READERS' GALLERY
Better Cellphone Photography’s readers were challenged to photograph the theme Creative Silhouettes.
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September 2020
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Photography Museum, Museo Camera, to Open Again
India’s first not-for-profit centre for photographic arts, Museo Camera, will be reopen again after a four-month-long lockdown has affected the museum’s sources of revenue.
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September 2020
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Fujifilm X-T4 - Simply Put... Well Nigh Perfect!
Notwithstanding the unique nature of X series cameras, the Fujifilm X-T4 is veritably a cut above the rest. K Madhavan Pillai puts it to the test.
5 min |
September 2020
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Portraits of Resilience
Through her evocative portraits, Ashfika Rahman unravels the persisting crimes against Bangladesh’s indigenous community.
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September 2020
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Nowhere - Nitesh Mohanty
Conchita Fernandes delves into the visual passages of Nitesh Mohanty’s Nowhere, a book that probes into what it means to bloom and wither in the presence and absence of the thing that you love.
3 min |
September 2020
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Vivo X50 Pro - The Magic of Stability
The Vivo x50 Pro is one of the few camera-centric phones in the market today. Conchita Fernandes reports.
5 min |
September 2020
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Masrat Zahra Wins the 2020 Peter Mackler Award
Kasmiri photojournalist, Masrat Zahra, was conferred with the 2020 Peter Mackler Award for chronicling the conflict in Jammu and Kashmir, with a specific focus on the perspectives of women.
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September 2020
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Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS - High Quality But at a Price
A 70-200mm f/2.8 lens is a must have for any professional or serious amateur photographer and often among the most frequently used one. Shridhar Kunte reports on the latest Canon RF 70–200mm f/2.8L IS lens.
4 min |
September 2020
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John Margolies
Conchita Fernandes looks at the work of John Margolies who spent a lifetime documenting the flamboyant and garish trappings of obscure towns.
8 min |
August 2020
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Canon Launches Two New Mirrorless Cameras
Canon’s legacy, with SLRs and then DSLRs, has been nothing short of brilliance.
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August 2020
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Nikon Reveals its Latest Z Series Camera
Nikon has finally announced its much-awaited full-frame camera, the Z5. It features a 24.3MP sensor, in conjunction with the EXPEED 6 Image Processing Engine.
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August 2020
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Sony Announces its Latest G Master Lens
Sony has officially launched a new lens in it’s G Master series—the FE 12—24mm f/2.8 GM. It has a wide constant aperture of f/2.8.
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August 2020
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The GoPro Challenge 2020 Winner Awarded the GoPro Max
Intensely contested, with some brilliant photography coming into the final round, the award for The GoPro Challenge 2020 goes to 17-year old Priyanshu Singh from Varanasi. Congratulations Priyanshu for a brilliant, well-deserved win!
2 min |
August 2020
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The Artistry of the Sony Alpha 7R III
Auditya Venkatesh talks about what sparked off his association with Sony and why the Alpha 7R III has been his go-to camera to this day.
1 min |
August 2020
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Leica Unveils a New Edition in its M10 Series
Leica has launched a new camera, the highest resolution member of its M10 lineup—the M10-R.
1 min |
August 2020
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Dream A Little Dream
Our thoughts are a lot like the moments that we encounter and record using the camera.
3 min |
August 2020
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Competent & Surprising
Nikon Z50 is the company’s first Z mount APS-C mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. It is the first in this format, ending all doubt about Nikon’s seriousness about this segment. K Madhavan Pillai put it to the test.
3 min |
August 2020
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The Grandeur Of Smallness
Mahesh Bhat on sharing extraordinary stories of ordinary heroes through one of the most successful photography projects, Unsung.
7 min |
July 2020
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Winners of HIPA 2019-20 Finally Revealed
The Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) has announced its winners for this year’s edition.
1 min |
July 2020
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Kashmir's Masrat Zahra Wins International Award
Last month, the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) named Masrat Zahra as the winner of this year’s Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award.
1 min |
July 2020
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READERS' GALLERY
Better Cellphone Photography’s readers were challenged to photograph the theme Minimalism.
1 min |
July 2020
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Wading Through The Deep End of My Mind
We go through life oblivious of the natural processes that are at work to keep our bodies going.
3 min |
July 2020
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UNTOLD STORIES
Our lives are a collection of stories that are broken into multiple chapters. Each chapter is segmented into moments that are fed by choices and decisions that guide the trajectory of our narrative. In them reside tales of courage, hardship and resistance that sometimes go hidden and untold.
10+ min |
July 2020
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Gertrude Käsebier
Conchita Fernandes traces the career of Gertrude Käsebier, whose life extended far beyond the domain allotted to the women of her time.
9 min |
July 2020
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Cellphone Photography - In Search of Solace
George Kamelakis speaks to Nilofer Khan about embracing change, and the intention behind his sombre and sometimes mysterious images.
5 min |
July 2020
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Beautifully Crafted - Sigma 45mm f/2.8 DG DN Contemporary
The Sigma 45mm f/2.8 DG DN Contemporary, by design and purpose, is the first in a series of lenses by the company particularly for small, full frame mirrorless camera bodies. K Madhavan Pillai reports.
4 min |
July 2020
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A Life of Rebellion
What does the word freedom imply? What does it mean to be free? To be an African American in the 19th century was akin to being owned by a white master.
1 min |
July 2020
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Peary vs Cook: Who Reached The North Pole First?
Very few discoveries in the world have been as passionately debated upon for a century as the first expedition to the North Pole. In 1909, two American explorers—Robert Edwin Peary Sr., United States Navy officer, and Frederick Albert Cook, physician and ethnographer—emerged from the Arctic, a few days apart.
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June 2020
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Hong Kong's Cry for Freedom
This year, an eleven-member team of photojournalists from Reuters won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography. Two of them are from India—Adnan Abidi and Anushree Fadnavis. Nilofer Khan speaks to the duo, and writes about the uprising in Hong Kong.
5 min |
June 2020
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Unlikely Medleys
While in conversation with Aditya Nair, Conchita Fernandes discovers the qualities that instigate a sense of confoundment with his photographs.
5 min |