Inspiration Archives

The problem isn’t the photo contest, it’s us

Mar 23, 2019 Allen Murabayashi

Eye-rolls, shrugs, and barbs greeted the $120,000 Grand Prize winner of Dubai’s HIPA Photography Prize. Malaysian photographer Edwin Ong’s photo of a partially blind Vietnamese…

These haunting photos of abandoned places across Europe show the beauty of decay

Mar 22, 2019 John Aldred

Abandoned buildings are an ever-popular subject for photographers, they hold such promise, especially when they’ve truly been left untouched for years. Finding beautiful abandoned places…

Even if you’re not a cat person, you’ll love these cute kitties photographed from underneath

Mar 22, 2019 John Aldred

I have to admit, I’m not really a cat person. I prefer a different kind of four-legged animal. Cats and I just don’t get along. But…

YouTubers troll photographers at London Fashion Week with fake model in hilarious outfits

Mar 22, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

The world of fashion can be quirky sometimes, to say the least. We’ve seen models wearing bizarre creations many times, and Zac and Jamie of…

This song is a hilarious ode to Gear Acquisition Syndrome

Mar 21, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

Gear Acquisition Syndrome (or G.A.S.) is real, and we know it, right? No matter if you’re trying to fight yours or you have embraced it,…

I got $5,000 worth of gear stolen from me through Fat Llama

Mar 21, 2019 Keith Donegan

As mentioned previously on this site, I use the Fat Llama website to loan out some of my photography gear when not in use, and I’ve been…

This photographer shot his own wet plate passport photos

Mar 21, 2019 John Aldred

I love seeing the wet plate experiments of Austrian photographer Markus Hofstätter. He’s so prolific with them that when he decides to do something interesting it…