James Nactwey’s TED Prize will be announced on October 3rd during a worldwide event on seven continents.

Collective Lens is now on Twitter. Check us out at twitter.com/collectivelens!

The Prix Pictet is a new photography award that will help bring environmental issues to the attention of the world. Photographers were nominated based on the impact and quality of their photography, and the 2008 Shortlist of finalists has been announced.

A new line of Lowepro camera bags is helping the environment in addition to photographers.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, the IFRC and others begin to rebuild.

Some of your most popular photos from our archives. Don’t forget to nominate your favorites for In Focus.

During the recent post-election riots in Kenya, bloggers and other “citizen journalists” began an online project to map the locations of attacks and violent outbreaks, and Ushahidi.com was born

PhotoCastNet has an interview with Zoriah, a war photographer recently stripped of his privileges to document the war in Iraq. Similarly, The Big Picture (boston.com) has a photo essay of the war in Iraq, now 5 years running.