Let’s face it. Half the articles sharing “the top tips” for you to capture better landscape images are rather generic. Sure, straightening the horizon and photographing during Golden Hour may have a positive impact on your photos, but will they…
Photography
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: stories behind classic portraits
With an almost human eye and pose, a head decked in finery, and a wing cloak of feathers masking its face, this remains an enigmatic portrait, even when given a name. Without a glimpse of the beak – among the…
The Photographer Taking Regal Portraits of Nigerian Brides
Behind a chartreuse veil, stitched with pearls of the same color, a woman gazes at the camera. Her gele, a signifier of her Nigerian heritage, is artfully wrapped around her head and stacks of beaded necklaces encircle her neck. Cast in…
PHOTOS: Beautiful doors of London
When it comes to this photographer’s line of work, it’s a case of “don’t knock it till you’ve tried it,” as she spends her time snapping some of London’s most beautiful doors. Bella Foxwell estimates that she has photographed around…
Photos: Inside Ghana’s First-Ever National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
The “Ghana Freedom” pavilion, designed by David Adjaye is the first of its kind at the international art exhibition and features the works of six prominent Ghanaian artists. The 58th Venice Biennale, a top destination for international design, art, architecture and…
Photographer Iain McKell captures the creative spirit of a tribe of female artists living in north London
Renowned photographer Iain McKell spent two years immersed in a community of young female artists, documenting their unique performances, parties and personalities. The resulting visual diary is a celebration of freedom and self-expression, and a reminder to embrace the most creative parts…
Kirsty Mitchell’s best photograph: a storyteller in a bluebell wonderland
It took five seamstresses two weeks to make the dress. Then, two minutes into the shoot, the model said she was cold and wanted to go home. The Storyteller by Kirsty Mitchell. Photograph: Kirsty Mitchell Growing up, our house was…
Stop saying your children are drawing jagajaga — Biodun Omolayo
The founder of the Omolayo Art Gallery, Mr. Biodun Omolayo, has advised parents not to say or do things that can kill their children’s talents, especially when the talents are just unfolding. According to him, many potential superstars had been…
I’ve Got to Give it to Sigma, the 85mm Art is Still my Favorite Portrait Lens
I am definitely one of those photographer’s whose favorite and go-to lens for portraits is the 85mm focal length. After loads of time spent with it, I can say that even now years later, the Sigma 85mm 1.4 Art is…
Lagos, City of Hustle, Builds an Art ‘Ecosystem’
West Africa’s new art destination is a sprawling megacity with a generation of artists, gallerists and collectors powering the scene. Right, a painting by Samson Akinnire at the Signature Beyond Art Gallery booth at the Art X Lagos fair. Left,…