Banco de Historia Visual

You'll often hear that overcast days are great for photography because the light is soft and shadows are nicely filled. However, it's more appropriate to say

Era Fotogenio tan conocido que necesitaba darse a conocer un poco más. Con esta aparente paradoja se presentaba ayer esta cita fotográfica en rueda de prensa no en la localidad murciana de Mazarrón, s...

La pasada semana, casi como si de una conjura diabólica se tratase, coincidieron en mi entorno diversos acontecimientos con un mismo trasfondo. Una reconocida fotógrafa levantaba una buena bronca al h...

Pese a que desde el primer momento la dramática fotografía ganadora de la última edición de los premios World Press Photo despertó cierta polémica por el retoque aplicado a la iluminación de la escena...

Tras revisar el archivo RAW original y la imagen JPEG resultante, no se han detectado evidencias de una manipulación o un montaje significativo de la fotografía. Éste es, casi de forma literal, el ver...

Although Kameron Elisabeth Walsh is currently studying in Pennsylvania, she has a portfolio full of photos from Southern California, her home. Her ocean and beach photos are especially beautiful.

Chase Jarvis was recently asked to create a photograph of his most vivid dream on someone else's dime...and he had no problem saying yes.

Tanya Gramatikova is a fine art and commercial photographer from Plovdiv, Bulgaria, who focuses on female portraits. Many of her fine art photos have a classic beauty and seem like paintings, with strong, smooth colors.

La primera fotografía en color fue realizada el año 1861, por James Clerk Maxwell. Desde entonces ha llovido mucho y el color ha ido ganando cada vez más importancia en nuestras fo...

'Men are what their mothers make them.' -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Despite being tiny, forget-me-not flowers are striking enough to have legends about them. How did they get their memorable name?

Michael Ernest Sweet is a Canadian writer and photographer. His street photography is different, even unique, characterized by a high-contrast grittiness and haphazard framing.

Descubrió la fotografía a finales de 2006, cuando apenas contaba con 19 años, y sus trabajos se encaminaron rápidamente hacia el reportaje gráfico. Alejandro Kirchuk, natural de Buenos Aires, aprendió...

El anuncio de la nueva política de Adobe para usar muchas de sus herramientas recurriendo al alquiler temporal de licencias ha derivado en un profundo debate. Mientras desde algunos medios apuestan di...

Eduardo Momeñe es un fotógrafo singular. Amante declarado de su oficio, el suyo es un trabajo orientado hacia una imagen despojada de adjetivos y artificios. Este bilbaíno nacido en 1952 se ha labrado...

El 25 de septiembre de 2012, día en que tuvo lugar la acción reivindicativa Rodea el Congreso en Madrid, es recordado por muchos motivos. Uno de ellos es el ya famoso ¡que soy compañero, coño! que pro...

The architecture of Victorian houses usually looks grand and imposing, even when the house is actually small.

Known as the Exposition Universelle of 1889, this world's fair was the grand opening of the Eiffel Tower. Though not quite finished, visitors could walk up to the second floor balcony.

Some people think hairless cats are cute. Most think they're atrocious. Regardless of which group you identify with, it's true that the hairless Sphinx is an awesome cat to photograph.

Origami paper boats give a picture a fanciful atmosphere. You can imagine children playing with them and little people sailing in them across puddles or cups of tea. They're simple to make, but balancing them in water can be tricky.

It’s time for our weekly break from the gear for a few minutes so we can enjoy another round of reader photos from the Photography Bay Flickr Group. Check out the rest of the photos below. You can ...

There's something regal about Queen Anne's Lace. The name certainly plays a part; the flower becomes a bit less imperial when it's called by its other name: Wild Carrot.

Here is another showcase of some great photos recently submitted to our Flickr group.