Best of Photojournalism

Recently the New York Times revealed a staggering truth about modern photojournalism that has the field's ethics under scrutiny.

“Photojournalism allows me to get close to events on the ground, so that I may better understand them as they unfold,” says award-winning photojournalist Daniele Volpe, who left his birthplace of Priverno, a small town in Latina, south of Rome, and...

Alabaster-skinned people born on a sun-scorched group of islands off Panama’s Caribbean coast are venerated as “Children of the Moon”.

Animals offer photographers a wealth of visual material. Interesting forms, texture, patterns, movement, and color enrich the image.

Photos from France, Syria, Haiti and the Philippines.

As the year comes to a close, it's time to take a look back at some of the most memorable events and images of 2014, a particularly brutal year.

As the year comes to a close, it's time to take a look back at some of the most memorable events and images of 2014.

Some of the most gruesome images of war, Christoph Bangert argues, should not be hidden, but seen so viewers can get a full documenting of the costs of war.

Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, has been the scene of violent protests today, as demonstrators vent their anger over a proposal to extend President Blaise Compaore's 27-year rule. The storming of the parliament building today marked the culmination of several days of demonstrations. A reported 1,500 protesters ransacked offices and set buildings, documents, equipment, and vehicles ablaze. Security forces attempted to control the crowds using tear gas and live rounds. Emergency services said at least three protesters have been shot dead and several others wounded so far. Ouagadougou airport is now closed, and state TV is off the air. The violent reaction has led the government to scrap the planned presidential term extension, but opposition protesters are now calling for Compaore's resignation.

Altaf Qadri is a Kashmiri-Indian photojournalist with Associated Press.He has received several awards for is photographic work. The New York Times described his work as having a "sophisticated eye and highly effective technique."

For nearly every day the last eight months, Michael Grant has dressed as Jesus Christ, and walked the streets of Philadelphia to share the Christian gospel by example.

I had a wonderful opportunity today in that I got to enjoy the company of Pulitzer Prize-winner photojournalist David Turnley in the setting of my very own

American war photographer Heidi Levine is the recipient of the first Anja Niedringhaus Award. She tells DW why she chose to cover the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the last 30 years while raising three children.

Ralph Mirebs captures the abandoned space vehicles at rest in blast-proof shelters at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakstan.

A crowd estimated to be between one to three million people marched in Paris to remember the victims of a series of terror attacks which claimed the lives of 17 people.

Since 1993, Robert Heller’s advanced photography students have documented life in LaFollette, Tenn., an old coal town that has seen better days.

This week we have nationwide protests about the failure to indict police officers in the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, Typhoon Hagupit approaching the Philippines, the most complete Stegosaurus fossil ever discovered, demonic Perchten on...

Photographer Brooks Kraft offers his tips on using an iPhone to document your holidays celebrations

When he’s not shooting for publications around the world, photographer Brian Finke makes the time to work on long personal documentary projects. His most recent one, called U.S.