Glow worms cast the perfect light

Ella Rubeli   Announcing the winner of the Clique "Long Exposures" Challenge.

Vote in the Nikon People's Choice Award for the June Clique Challenge

Clique June Challenge: Long Exposures. Finalist. Congratulations Gary Walters. "Experimenting with a Yongnuo RGB strip ...

Vote for your favourite image from a selection of entries from the June Clique Challenge in the Nikon People's Choice Award. Voting closes Tuesday, July 5, at 10am AEST. The winner receives a $500 Nikon Store voucher.

Black & White - your brief and video tutorial for the July Clique Challenge

The Clique Challenge theme for July is "Black & White". The deadline for this Challenge is Monday 25th July at 12 noon ...

Fairfax photographer Edwina Pickles joins us for our latest video tutorial with practical advice on making an entry for the July Challenge "Black & White".

Politicians as you've never seen them before

Instagram series.

Jacqueline Maley   The concept was simple, but the execution was delicate.

The postcode project is calling photographers from all corners of Australia

The Postcode Project, 2780, Katoomba, NSW.
"Katoomba was developed as a tourist destination in the 19th century and ...

Ella Rubeli   In every corner of every postcode is a chapter of the story waiting to be told.

Win a cruise along the Mekong: enter the Traveller Big Picture competition for travel photography

Enter Traveller's fifth Big Picture competition for travel photography and win a trip for two to Vietnam and Cambodia ...

Here's how to enter Traveller's fifth Big Picture competition for travel photography.

Exhibition reveals 'haunting intensity' of Arbus' portraits

<i>Identical twins, Roselle, New Jersey</I> (1967), one of many striking images by Diane Arbus.

Sasha Grishin   The "haunting intensity" of Diane Arbus' portraits is on show in this new exhibition of works from the National Gallery of Australia's collection, writes Sasha Grishin.

Australian Life competition open for entries

smh Clover Moore, Mayor of Sydney,  on the roof of Sydney Town Hall with solar panels. She has a new environment policy, ...

Ella Rubeli   "I encourage photographers across the country to let their imaginations run wild as they capture what Australian life means to them."

How to photograph fireworks

Families watch the fireworks during the Family New Year's celebration in Melbourne.

Clique chats with The Age photographer Penny Stephens to find out how to best approach a fireworks photo shoot.

Fairfax photography exhibition: Images of Australia

Workers sort cattle to go on trucks to be sold in Darwin on remote Queensland property, Toolebuc, 256 km South of Cloncurry. Click for more photos

From the orange sands of the outback to the classic suburban Hills Hoist, Australian life is as vibrant as it is diverse. Our vast lands and rich cultures have captured the imaginations of Fairfax photographers for the better part of two centuries.

The photographer who swims with sharks, dolphins, whales and sardines

A Bryde whale during a sardine run  in South Africa captured by photographer Michael Aw.

Ella Rubeli   "There were a lot of sharks around, there were gannets coming down from the sky with their six-inch beaks, I was just hoping I would get away alive."

Brilliant Australian photographer Olive Cotton emerges from Max Dupain's shadow

<i>The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain)</i>, 1935 (printed 1999), by Olive Cotton.

Kerrie O'Brien   They could have been one of the world’s most celebrated creative couples, but while Max Dupain’s name lives on, Olive Cotton is almost forgotten.

Hung out to dry: a playful exploration of life and laundry

High and dry during the wet season, Camballin Homestead, Kimberley.
From new photo book, 'Consider the Clothesline'.

Ella Rubeli   Perth photographer Frances Andrijich captures the stories behind Australian clothes-drying.

Photographer reinterprets ancient narratives of Maori arrival in New Zealand

The Arrival, diptych 2014-15, type C photograph, collection of the artist, Sydney, Greg Semu, courtesy Alcaston Gallery, ...

Ella Rubeli   "Semu's work grapples with Western art history and leads us towards a Maori understanding of the events surrounding their ancestors' migratory voyage to New Zealand."

Project on cost of climate change wins UN media award

A gondola runs to Taro, the capital of the Choiseul province of the Solomon Islands. Taro's population will have to move ...

The Age photographer Penny Stephens is part of the winning team whose project on the human cost of climate change in the South Pacific has been awarded the 2016 UN Association of Australia World Environment Day Media Award.

How I got that shot: bushfires by moonlight

Fire authorities made the most of dry conditions to have a busy controlled-burning season in many regions, including the ...

Ella Rubeli   Photographer Dean Sewell went to the Echo Point lookout three times in hope of capturing this image. On the third night, his persistence paid off.

Death and the artist

John Douglas with his work, part of The Patient exhibition.

Lenny Ann Low   UNSW photography exhibition turns illness and disease, death and life into art.

Cindy Sherman's satirical selfies

Cindy Sherman's satirical shots portray clichéd figures from high society, social media and Hollywood.

Ella Rubeli   Ill fitting wigs, pasty make-up and garish clothing, Sherman's latest characters are as ironic and defiant as ever.

Max Dupain's lost negatives

The Milk Bar section of the Aroney's bright airy restaurant, Penrith, 1948. Click for more photos

A collection of lost negatives by iconic photographer Max Dupain have been discovered.

Open for entries: Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize

'The Ominous Drive', taken by a Fairfax photographer, is a finalist in the 2015 Moran Contemporary Photography Prize.

Be in it to win it. Australia's $50,000 photography prize is open.

Announcing the Clique May Challenge Winner: Buildings and Monuments

The winning photograph of the Clique May Photography Challenge, Buildings and Monuments, was taken in the remote ...

Ella Rubeli   "Without these local sporting venues, small towns would not have the community spirit needed to grow and prosper. This is my homage to the bowls club."