This Month
The extraordinary life of photographer Lee Miller in 100 pictures
When things were going well, the model and muse turned wartime and fashion photographer was wonderful company, says her son. She could be monstrous too.
- Tony Davis
A combat photographer driven by guilt, not ego
The fall of Kabul was the most terrifying experience of Australian Andrew Quilty’s life. He’s disappointed more people don’t ask him about it.
- Aaron Patrick
‘A robot from the future is getting married to a tram’
You never know what you’re going to get with artificial intelligence, says a prize-winning artist.
- Theo Chapman
September
What we learnt when making AI images for the 2023 Power issue
Our team taught artificial intelligence to make portraits, like this one of Margot Robbie. The results show how it’s learning about 21st-century culture.
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- Matthew Drummond
The unlikely businessman who championed women artists
A Melbourne auction shines a light on a furniture salesman who used his own home as an art gallery.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
World-first prize for AI-generated photos
A prize for the best photo-like image created by artificial intelligence is an Australian innovation.
- Theo Chapman
How can you spot a deepfake image? Google has a solution
The ultimate goal is to help create a system where most AI-generated images can be easily identified using embedded watermarks.
- Gerrit De Vynck
April
- Opinion
- Life & Leisure
Two words that could change your view on photography
Canon’s new EOS R8 combines significant virtues you don’t often see together: low cost, and a full-frame sensor.
- John Davidson
February
Andy Warhol was the original social media influencer. Here’s why
The pop art star obsessively photographed his everyday life decades before it became de rigueur. A new exhibition in Adelaide focuses on those photos.
- Michael Bailey
It’s a glass of water, but not as you’ve ever seen it
Everyday objects take on a brooding beauty through the lens of Melbourne photographer Annika Kafcaloudis, whose monograph is launching this week.
- Stephen Todd
October 2022
Remembering the man behind iconic Marilyn Monroe images
Photographer Douglas Kirkland created era-defining images of celebrities during his long career.
- Richard Sandomir
September 2022
Through the lens: Remote locations that remind us of Earth’s splendour
This Sydney-based photographer has made an art form of wandering the globe searching for those special “surreal moments” in sparsely populated places.
- Rae Begley
August 2022
- Exclusive
- Style
From school drop-out to fashion’s top glamour gig. How did she do it?
Photographer Emma Summerton thought fashion was something you saw in the Myer catalogue. Now she’s the first Aussie to shoot the prestigious Pirelli calendar.
- Hans van Leeuwen
May 2022
At home with a maestro of colour (just don’t call him a photographer)
Renowned in interior design circles in Paris, London and New York, Martyn Thompson has settled back in Sydney – by accident.
- Eugenie Kelly
In pictures: To the Ross Ice Shelf on Le Commandant Charcot
These images were taken on the furthest voyage south ever sailed – on the world’s first purpose-built passenger icebreaker.
- Charis Perkins
April 2022
- Opinion
- Review
Is it time to rethink the Apple/Samsung phone duopoly?
Oppo has paired with Hasselblad to produce the Find X5 Pro, a phone with a camera that might just turn out to be great one day.
- John Davidson
Six top picks from Melbourne’s new citywide photo exhibition
Victoria’s capital is draped in, and interspersed with, images that unpack what makes us who we are. Curator Elias Redstone shares his favourites.
- Stephen Todd
November 2021
The AFR’s pick of desirable books for Christmas
These recently published tomes do double duty as reference books and coffee-table statement pieces. They also make excellent gifts.
- Stephen Clark and Dan F Stapleton
November 2021
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- Life & Leisure
Annie Leibovitz: Confessions of an accidental fashion photographer
I found my way with it, she says ahead of the release of her new book ‘Wonderland’. Even so, after more than 50 years, she admits to being nervous every time she takes aim.
- Lauren Sams
After the fires: The glorious colours of the Blue Mountains gardens
After photographing the devastating summer bushfires in the Blue Mountains in 2019/2020 for The Sydney Morning Herald, Wolter Peeters joined a springtime tour.
- Wolter Peeters
