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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.

Photo critiques

'Work' the picture

'Work' the picture

Tom Henry of Brighton only recently converted from film to digital photography, and says he has rediscovered his art.

Exhibits

Valérie Belin exhibit

Valérie Belin exhibit

In ''Valérie Belin: Made Up,'' larger-than-life images challenge viewers to ponder the difference between the real and the artificial.

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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

Latest Photo Challenge: Cell phone photos

My colleague Eric Bauer, Boston.com's Information Architect who helps out with Globe Critiques here on RAW, bought his son a cell phone the other day that has a 5 megapixel camera. The quality of cell phone cameras has improved so much that I decided to run a Photo Challenge of cell phone photos.
> Here's a gallery of your submissions.

Post your meteor shower photos

How far will you go to take a great photo? If any of you got up really early this morning to capture the Leonid meteor shower, or are planning to shoot it late tonight or early tomorrow morning, please post your photos in this gallery.

Monthly contest

November contest theme: Silhouettes

November contest theme: Silhouettes

Silhouettes can convey so much emotion, drama, mood, mystery ... or even humor. But it's a challenging theme because a) your subject will have to be in front of a light source, and b) you'll have to set your camera's exposure for the light source, not your subject, so that your subject is underexposed. Your photo must be taken this month.
An ice-climbing class for beginners at the North End of Cathedral Ledge in North Conway, N.H. (Globe Staff Photo / Essdras M Suarez)

recent photographers of the week

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.
Randy Brogen of Burlington

Randy Brogen
of Burlington

Randy enjoys shooting just about anything, as long as it presents him with a chance to be creative.

PHOTO CHALLENGE

Fall foliage

Fall foliage

It has been a spectacular year for fall foliage.   > Gallery
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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.