Photography
Braving the cold with Hampstead’s women swimmers
Remember winter? — Shot over two successive winters, Alice Zoo’s Swimmers series documents the women who swim at Hampstead Heath Ladies Pond year-round, in water temperatures as low as -1 Celsius.
Written by: Eva Clifford
An alternative view of life in Georgia's Pankisi Valley
This is Pankisi — Georgia’s Pankisi Valley has long been seen as a centre of crime and violent extremism. But a new photo project uncovers a very different picture – revealing a community who are desperately trying to escape the shadows of their past.
Written by: Eva Clifford
Photos of people having really rubbish holidays
Bored Tourists — In a project shot over three separate summers, photographer Laurence Stephens explores the disillusion that comes with organised travel.
Written by: Niall Flynn
Four photographers take a trip through time
Decade by decade — From ’80s Italy to the great American road trip of the ’00s – photographers Guido Guidi, Jason Fulford, Gregory Halpern, and Viviane Sassen take us on a visual journey through the decades.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Spending 10 days on the South Caucasus frontline
A visual diary — In his dark and atmospheric new project, The Karabakhians, photographer Gus Palmer documents the underreported conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Written by: Eva Clifford
Subverting stereotypical images of Africa
Shot by Viviane Sassen — After spending her childhood in Kenya, Dutch photographer Viviane Sassen spent years returning to the country, reimagining her memories through eerie, beautifully staged portraiture.
Written by: Hannah Clugston
Why punk keeps connecting people across space and time
Teenage kicks — Photographers GODLIS and Angela Boatwright may have captured two distinct scenes - 1970s New York and contemporary Los Angeles - but in-between these images, made then and now, lies a single connecting thread.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Up close and personal with Cardiff’s new music heroes
A scene within a scene — For the past year, Welsh photographer Elijah Thomas has been documenting the lives of Cardiff’s up-and-coming bands, capturing a DIY scene united in its tight-knit camaraderie.
Written by: Niall Flynn
18 photographers capturing the way we live now
The inside perspective — A new show explores the most topical stories from around the world, taking us beyond the headlines and the hype to see the underlying humanity.
Written by: Miss Rosen
The photographers who defined skate’s wild side
Against the Grain — A new exhibition celebrating the legacy of skateboarding – as well as the photographers and filmmakers who've documented it – will travel the world over the next two years. Here, they recall what it was like to witness skate history first-hand.
Written by: Cian Traynor
