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Unravelling the mystery of America’s missing migrants

Lost on the road — 500,000 people cross into Mexico every year in search of a better life – but nobody knows how many vanish along the way. In a haunting new project, International Red Cross photo editor Kathryn Cook-Pellegrin looks for answers.

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  • Kathryn Cook-Pellegrin

Portraits of US urban disparity, shot 50 years apart

Black and White — Despite being shot almost half a century apart, Matt Black and Elliott Erwitt’s monochromatic photos of the US operate in graphic tandem. Now, for a new Magnum exhibition, they are placed alongside each other.

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A photographer finds moments of beauty and optimism, even in the darkest places

Beyond here is nothing — Growing up without a fixed place to call home, Laura El-Tantawy struggled with a fractured identity. Then she found liberation in the form of a camera, developing an impressionistic eye that helped her reconnect with her native Egypt.

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  • Laura El-Tantawy, as told to Cian Traynor

A two-decade love affair with Arizona, in photos

Through the lens of David Hurn — The Magnum photographer’s numerous trips to the state have been captured and collected in a new book; from cheerleading and wild horse wrangling, to Dolly Parton look-alike competitions.

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  • HUCK HQ

Inside the Latinx community’s Rockabilly revolution

The wild ones — Leather jackets and jeans, pompadours and tattoos: photographer Alexander Thompson captures the west coast’s thriving Rockabilly scene.

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  • Miss Rosen

The side-streets of London as you've never seen them before

Scratch beneath the surface — After years of working nine-to-five in the city, Joshua Jackson is pursuing his dream as a street photographer – honing in on the everyday details we take for granted.

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  • Cian Traynor

Why​ ​you​ ​shouldn’t​ ​buy​ ​a​ ​puppy​ ​this​ ​Christmas

Pivot Points: Stories of Change — Adopt from rescue, or if you're buying a pup always ask ‘Where's Mum?’, says Marc Abraham, a vet and animal welfare activist who’s seen the cruelty of puppy farms firsthand. Photographer Chris Bethell heads to his practice to see the battle in action, as he takes his message to Parliament and beyond.

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  • Chris Bethell

A visual ode to niche kinks and sexual misfits

Deviant desires — Author Katharine Gates explores the lives of Sploshers, Crushers, Balloonatics, Pony Players, Feeders & Gainers, and Adult Babies in the newly republished Deviant Desires.

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  • Miss Rosen

Gregory Crewdson spends years crafting photos on a cinematic scale

Staged truths — Gregory Crewdson is not the kind of photographer who carries a camera. Instead he uses Hollywood-sized productions to create perfect moments that feel both inexplicably personal and profoundly cathartic.

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  • Gregory Crewdson, as told to Cian Traynor

The ABCs of amazing photography

Easy as... — The year’s most accessible photo-book has a ridiculously simple concept behind it: that you don't have to be an expert to spot a good image.

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  • Cian Traynor

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