photography

Hundreds of reporters and news organizations cover the president's trips and speeches. Few people are given as much access as the White House photographers who capture the presidency through photographs.

Photographer Eugene Richards explains why, 40 years after his first visit to the Arkansas Delta, he decided to go back.

Photographer Colin Legg makes time-lapse movies of celestial scenes, from auroras to eclipses. Photographing mostly in remote parts of Australia, where human-made light doesn't compete with starlight, Legg describes some of the challenges of this type of photography: from babysitting cameras for days and nights on end to running electronics in the backcountry.

The wildly popular photo-sharing site Instagram nearly caused a user revolt when it revamped its terms of service and privacy policy to suggest it could allow uploaded photos to be used in ads without users' permission. Instagram later clarified its position in an effort to quell concerns.