For someone who has built a career photographing the famous, Douglas Kirkland gives off the amiable air of the kind neighbor who lives down the street. But when you walk into his home in the Hollywood Hills that also serves as his office and studio, you quickly realize that this man’s life and work...

Shiho Fukada speaks with an accent about which she’s shy; it conjures an image of a young, diminutive Japanese woman—which makes no sense when you see her photography. Her bold, stunning images depict stories in exceedingly dangerous environs. Fukada’s career is like that. She’s a photographer for whom the rules don’t apply.

Photographer Karen Ballard has accomplished the things about which the rest of us dream, but she’s surprisingly humble when asked what it’s like to be a consistent witness to modern history. “I’ve been lucky on occasion to be out there on the front lines of world events and even luckier to record them with...

Today’s technology makes it relatively easy to turn a series of photos into multimedia presentations with audio for even more impact. You can add audio to your still images to tell a story even better, and equally important, provide additional marketing opportunities—there are more places to sell multimedia presentations than there are to sell...

Since you’re reading this magazine, you already know that photography in the digital age is breaking all the old rules and pushing the limits of film. Across these pages, digital capture, versatile software and artistry combine to fulfill creative vision that might have been imaginable 10 years ago, but not achievable. Now another barrier—the physical...