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A photographer captured the moment lightning struck a mountain — unaware that the powerful storm had just claimed the life of a 19-year-old hiker nearby. […]

A photo exhibition imagines the life Emmett Till might have lived if he had not been murdered more than 70 years ago. [Read More]

Insta360 officially opened its first flagship retail store outside Asia today, September 19, 2026, and PetaPixel was on the ground in New York City’s famed […]

These fascinating satellite photos show enormous data centers being built over the last couple of years. [Read More]

The Apple iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max have arrived, and their familiar outward appearance belies a major change to the main camera. For […]

Lens makers these days rely heavily on computers, advanced digital simulations, and extremely sophisticated glass-making and molding techniques. The resulting lenses are impeccably sharp and […]

Much has been made of Fujifilm cracking the top three digital camera makers in terms of overall shipments, even if the situation is a bit […]

A photographer’s fascinating images of crowds in the 1980s and 1990s offer a vivid look at a society in transition — revealing the relationships, tensions, […]

Welcome back to Film Friday. We’re featuring one of our heavy hitters this week with Kodak’s Ektar 100. Alongside the Portra films, Ektar is one […]

NASA scientists have published before-and-after photos of a newly formed crater on the Moon that provides an unusually detailed view of what happens when a […]