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Miranda Barnes is shaking up contemporary photography

New landscapes — The 25-year-old photographer went from sharing images on Tumblr to feature assignments for The New York Times in the space of a few short years. Now, she’s doing everything she can to tell stories that matter.

  • Magazine
  • Miranda Barnes

Portraits that capture three decades of black culture

From the ’80s on — Photographer Liz Johnson Artur – a self-described ‘product of migration’ – has been capturing the African diaspora since 1986.

  • Art
  • Miss Rosen

Welcome to Doug’s: the last of a dying breed of boxing gyms

Texas original — In his new project, Doug’s Gym: The Last of It’s Kind, photographer Norm Diamond pays tribute to a disappearing world.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

Unpacking the trauma of apartheid on film

Freedom or Death — Gideon Mendel made his name as one of South Africa’s leading ‘struggle photographers’, unflinchingly documenting the most brutal years of apartheid. Now, over 25 years later, he is revisiting the forgotten parts of his archive and unpacking the trauma he witnessed in his formative years.

  • Magazine
  • Gideon Mendel

Paying tribute to one of Spain's greatest photographers

Una maestra — Spanish photographer, Lua Ribeira, reflects on the importance of one of her country's greatest ever photographers - Cristina Garcia Rodero.

  • Culture
  • Lua Ribeira

Purim in London: one last party before lockdown

Religious revelry — Last week, as fears around the Coronavirus began to swirl, the Jewish community of Stamford Hill took to the streets for one final celebration.

  • Photography
  • Grey Hutton

A country on the edge, captured from within

India on fire — Sohrab Hura blends fact and fiction to explore contemporary Indian society, never giving away whether an image is real, staged, or a little bit of both. For him, this kind of provocation is the only way to depict the anxiety he currently feels in his home country: a precarious state, sizzling with tension.

  • Magazine
  • Sohrab Hura

A sweeping portrait of life in the American South

Revelations — A new exhibition promotes the region’s forgotten photographers, featuring work from the early 1900s to the present day.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

A photographer on the creative solace of sketchbooks

‘A beautiful mess’ — For Michael Todd, working in sketchbooks has become a ritual to him – a space to escape and be at one with his images.

  • Photography
  • Eva Clifford

Mark Neville wants his work to make a difference

More than a photo — Mark Neville believes that photography can be more than just pictures on a page. Over the course of his career, he's shone a light on unspoken issues - making work that actively seeks to serve the communities he captures.

  • Magazine
  • Mark Neville

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