Culture
What does it mean to be a girl in the digital age?
Growing pains - unfiltered — That’s What She Said gives girls and non-binary teens the space to explore the issues and anxieties of growing up in the social media age.
Written by: Alex King
The jailed photographer who captured the rise and fall of the Egyptian revolution
Free Shawkan — Egyptian photographer Shawkan remains behind bars, three years after covering an anti-government demonstration in Cairo. Amnesty’s exhibition of his exceptional work is applying pressure for his immediate release.
Written by: Alex King
Meet the photographer fighting unrealistic image standards
Quest for Beauty — Fashion photographer Sara Melotti grew tired of seeing flawless pictures of women everywhere. Now she travels the world to document what natural beauty looks like.
Written by: Cian Traynor
From Egypt to Turkey, a new generation refuses to be silent
Hope interrupted — The fire of resistance is burning strong in Istanbul but as photographer Emine Gozde Sevim finds, the drive for a life of freedom – unmarked by maddening world events – extends beyond boundaries.
Written by: Emine Gozde Sevim
This artist believes Europe is stuck in the 20th century
Remembering the future — In a series of almost 500 images, Peter Puklus captures the zeitgeist of a fractious Europe over the past one hundred years. Part autobiographical, part fictional, The Epic Love Story of a Warrior is a photo book which chronicles a hero's attempt to reconcile violence and tyranny in a land of love and hope.
Written by: Angel Lambo
This photographer spent two years secretly capturing London’s night bus riders
On the Night Bus — Across two frosty winters, Nick Turpin photographed travellers on the night bus through steamed-up windows. Capturing a cross section of society, crammed into one space yet separated by thoughts and daydreams, his images have come together to create On the Night Bus.
Written by: Millie Morris
John Loengard on sixty years shooting the most famous faces of our time
Moment by Moment — John Loengard, renowned black and white photographer, has captured some of the most recognisable faces of his generation. Now he releases Moment by Moment – a project comprising some of his most iconic images from over 50 years behind the camera.
Written by: Noora Ismail
Bringing street photography to life by creating fiction from photos
Blending fact and fiction — Writer and director Stephen Leslie is blurring the lines between the real world and make-believe with his new photography and short story book, SPARKS.
Written by: Millie Morris
The ugly, the beautiful and the mysterious in London’s Lea Valley
An urban wilderness — Since 2004, photographers Polly Braden and David Campany have been capturing the characters and contradictions that they discovered daily in Lea Valley, East London, watching the area transform as London's 2012 Olympics descended on the area.
Written by: Millie Morris
The insurgency of Californian youth captured on film
Get schooled right — Behind the scenes at SST Records, producer and sound engineer Spot helped some of punk’s most iconic records spring to life. He’s worked with the likes of Black Flag, Hüsker Dü, Minutemen, Descendents, Misfits and Minor Threat. But it was an encounter with an unknown musician in the ’70s that ended up leaving the biggest mark. His new photobook, Sounds of Two Eyes Opening, captures the insurgency of his Californian youth – and the surfers, skateboarders and frontiersman punks who shaped his unique lens on life.
Written by: Spot
