Henri Mallard, a Balmain local, was a photographic supply store worker when construction on what would become an iconic Australian landmark began – the Sydney Harbour Bridge, or the "coat hanger", as it would become affectionately known to locals.
As part of our exclusive Clique behind the lens series, Fairfax photographers speak about how they captured powerful photos.
It takes a rare kind of genius to look at Google Earth, and other similar programs, and see an opportunity to capture stunning images.
Australia's prestigious National Photographic Portrait Prize is now open for 2017 entries.
A Geelong campus has built a darkroom to help it keep up with student demand for black-and-white film photography skills.
Here's how to enter Traveller's sixth Big Picture competition for travel photography.
Fairfax photographer Penny Stephens joins us for our latest video tutorial with practical advice on making an entry for the October Challenge "Emotion".
A photographer took a pair of scissors to his work when preparing a winning recipe for the Shoot the Chef competition.
Each month we ask Clique members to vote for their favourite image from a selection of entries from the Clique Challenge in the Nikon People's Choice Award. Voting closes Monday, October 17.
Black Star Pastry's strawberry and watermelon cake broke Instagram. Today its creator Christopher Thé reveals his next big hit.
Robyn Stacey's camera obscura images blend science and magic
Upon seeing Herve's work, Le Corbusier declared, 'You have the eye of an architect,' and hired him as his personal photographer.
Objects dipped in liquid gold, from a banana to a revolver, symbolise the trickery of the advertising world in photographer Stuart Miller's latest series.
Since 2013, Sydney-based photographer Robyn Stacey has been transforming rooms into walk-in camera obscuras, early forms of cameras which project the outside world inside. Her latest series of installations, Dark Wonder , creates the 'magic mirror of life' in the studios and residences of notable Australians, from the Rose Seidler House to Wendy Whitely's Lavendar Bay residence. Dark Wonder is on exhibition at Stills Gallery, Sydney until November 5.
Sydney Morning Herald photo editor Mags King travelled to Perpignan to attend Visa Pour L'Image, where she met up with former Fairfax photographer, Andrew Quilty, to talk about his last three years working in Afghanistan.
A photograph capturing the history of the Aussie barber shop wins the prestigious Australian Life photography prize.
Fourteen contemporary photographers push the envelope of photography in a new show at Art Gallery of New South Wales.
An exhibition is showcasing the still photographs taken by news and current affairs television camera operators from Australia's television networks.
Professional and amateur photographers alike are drawn to photograph the brilliant light and unusual rock pagodas of the Gardens of Stone, just near Lithgow.
Fairfax photographers and Clique members are in the running for the prestigious $50,000 Moran Contemporary Photography prize.
'Whatever pictures are made of our great Sydney today will in future years have some historical interest and value. As time marches on there will always be a Sydney of yesterday.'