Photographer Adrees Latif tells how he took the pictures which won him a Pulitzer Prize.

Photographer Adrees Latif tells how he took the pictures which won him a Pulitzer Prize. “Tipped off by protests against soaring fuel prices, I landed in Yangon on 23 September, 2007, with some old clothes, a Canon 5D camera, two fixed lenses and a laptop. For the next four days, I went to Shwedagon Pagoda, two-three kilometres from the centre of town and waited for the monks who had been gathering there daily at noon. Since I was at theRead more

Disappointed with Photo Friday's results: Need a new challenge

The theme for this past weeks’ Photo Friday competition was “Far From Home“. Generally I think the “noteworthy” (winners) results are quite outstanding, but to be honest I think this week’s noteworthy images were quite uninspired. There wasn’t one single image of the chosen that I felt really blew me away. Having said that, do you participate in any weekly/monthly photo contests online? Is there a more active site with transparent voting, interesting themes, and exceptional images?Read more