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Photographers Collin Howell, Sujata Khanna, and Lottie Hedley lead vastly different lives. While New York-based Howell will spend this month in South Africa shadowing a wild dog conservation initiative, Khanna will be pursuing her personal mission to tell the stories of India’s abused and ostracized widows. A world away in New Zealand, Hedley has devoted time to studying ethical and sustainable agriculture.

In the digital age, a photographer’s website must act not only as a business card but also as a full-length portfolio. Perhaps more than any other visual field, photography demands not only that your images make a bold and powerful statement but also that they tell a story.

“Since earth is earth, perhaps, not heaven (as yet) / It only gives our wish for blue a whet,” writes Robert Frost in his 1920 poem Fragmentary Blue, in which he laments the fact that the divine color appears on the ground merely from time to time, becoming an ever-elusive link tying us to the firmament above. In winter, more than any other time of year, the azure hue reigns supreme, and the earth, if just for a moment, mirrors the sky.

Years ago, photographer Arne Svenson looked out his Tribeca window to see a vision "so breathtaking that it would be impossible not to record." It was a quiet, intimate but anonymous moment in an apartment across from his own, where the features of his subjects were concealed. The picture that resulted from that pure impulse to immortalize the ephemeral went viral as part of the series The Neighbors.

In the lush surroundings of his Cape Town home, photographer Gavin Pickford ventures into the mountains, wildflowers, and coastlines of South Africa. With a passion for dreamy, ethereal landscapes bathed in the dwindling light of dawn and dusk, Pickford has built a name for himself by inspiring more than 80,000 Instagram followers to get up from our laptops and explore the world around us. We asked Pickford to tell us some of the secrets behind his much-coveted post-processing technique, and her...

By Ellyn Kail on July 25, 2021 As part of the latest round of The Global Billboard Project, Feature Shoot’s Founder and Editor-in-Chief Alison Zavos has selected three photographs to display on a billboard on Manhattan’s 9th Avenue, just across from the Lincoln Tunnel and blocks from the Port Authority Bus Terminal. The winners of this edition are Emily Neville Fisher, Mahnoor Malik, and Gail So. Each will have her picture exhibited for five days. Fisher will show Alex and Zoe, her portra...

15 Photographers of Asian Descent Exploring Identity By Ellyn Kail on May 9, 2021 © Hong Kong Yesterday by Fan Ho and The Ravens by Masahisa Fukase, the last decade has served as a reminder of the enduring power of Asian voices in photography–and the continent’s diverse and unparalleled influence on the history of the medium. Over the years, Feature Shoot has interviewed and featured many extraordinary photographers exploring the nuances of identity, heritage, family, and memory in Asia...

Photo of the Roma Community Wins The Global Billboard Project, NYC By Ellyn Kail on May 6, 2021 July 2020, Stolipinovo, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. After an engagement party on the day before, a young bride to be is being prepared for her wedding. Weddings and most social celebrations take place on the streets of the ghetto, and are shared within the whole community. © Selene Magnolia We are thrilled to announce that the winner of the latest edition of Feature Shoot’s Global Billboard Project is the ...

5 Quick and Easy Ways Photographers Can Give Back By Ellyn Kail on April 27, 2021 In the past year, we’ve seen the photography community come together in powerful ways, from raising money for COVID-19 relief to calling for more inclusive hiring practices. Time and again, we’ve seen photographers travel the world to document the stories of not-for-profit organizations, raise funds, and advocate for the voiceless. Photographers have the potential to make a difference, on a local scale and an ...

The campaign will raise funds for a photo book about being in love on the city’s beaches BROOKLYN, N.Y. /Massachusetts Newswire – National News/ — Photographer Erica Reade announced today the kickoff of her fundraiser campaign “Beach Lover: a NYC Summer Love Story.” The photographic series about love and intimacy will be turned into a book that will offer nostalgic and candid images of the love shared between couples at the beaches of New York City. “I have spent years photographing...