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Boston Globe Photography
A showcase of the best work by the Globe's award-winning photo staff.
The Big Picture
News stories told in photographs, compiled by Alan Taylor of the Boston.com staff.
Big Shots
The best sports photography of the week, compiled by Globe photo editor Lane Turner.
Teddy's Take
Globe photo editor Ted Gartland highlights a photo outtake each weekday that did not appear in the paper

Photo critiques

Globe Critique: Deirdre Wingell of Worcester

Globe Critique: Deirdre Wingell of Worcester

Globe photographer Joanne Rathe says Deirdre Wingell's photos are graphically compelling and have strong composition.

Exhibits

A look at animals, real and unreal

A look at animals,
real and unreal

Through March 28, the Griffin Museum of Photography becomes an outpost of the animal kingdom.

Reviews

Canon EOS Rebel T1i vs. Nikon D5000

Canon EOS Rebel T1i
vs. Nikon D5000

The Canon EOS T1i and the Nikon D5000 are formidable foes in the entry-level DSLR market.

Tipsheets

Photo gear

Photo gadgets

Photo gadgets

The camera compartment on this day-sized backpack holds an SLR camera with a zoom lens, and has four adjustable slots for storing smaller lenses, a flash, and other gear.

GigaBytes

Photographer of the Week: Ed Doucette

Ed Doucette of Hudson fell in love with lens-less pinhole photography because of the dreamy impressionistic images it creates and the way moving subjects shot with long exposures produce the effect of a mini-movie in a single frame.

January contest entries finished

We've downloaded all of the January contest entries from Flickr and put them in four full-screen galleries. Please look through the galleries to make sure your photo is there. We're starting the judging later this week, so please check quickly.

Monthly contest

February contest theme: Loving Portraits (Globe Photo / Aram Boghosian)

February contest theme: Loving Portraits

The challenge is to create an intimate image, a photo that evokes affection, a picture that tells the world that the person in front of the camera is lucky enough to be loved by the person behind it.

recent photographers of the week

Ed Doucette of Hudson

Ed Doucette
of Hudson

Ed fell in love with lens-less pinhole photography because of the dreamy impressionistic images it creates.
Lee Cullivan photo

Lee Cullivan
of Belmont

It wasn't until his first child was born six years ago that Lee really began to take his photography seriously.

photo challenge

Cell phone photos

Cell phone photos

Let's have a little fun with our cell phone cameras and demonstrate just how good images taken with these devices can be. > Gallery
At left, "People Flower" by bradkelly. Taken with an iPhone.
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On Assignment

PhotoWalks of Boston

PhotoWalks of Boston

Kati Seiffer of Burlington has lived in metro Boston for years, but took a fresh look on a PhotoWalks tour.