Photography
Anna Atkins, queen of cyan
It was the pioneering photogapher’s dedication to botany that made her determined to record her samples in such memorable fashion
How Carrie Mae Weems keeps making her presence felt
Whether transforming existing images or taking photographs of her own, the socially engaged artist has never stopped experimenting
Do photography collections in the UK need more focus?
Diane Smyth considers the state of private and public photography collections in the UK
The changing face of war photography
The nature of modern conflicts and the demands of today’s media has led to a shift in the images produced by photojournalists
Street cred – how Helen Levitt turned a cool eye on life in New York
The photographer recorded life in New York for 70 years without receiving the same acclaim as her male contemporaries, but that seems to be changing
Up in the air – the photographs that defy the laws of gravity
What goes up inevitably must come down – but for a fleeting moment some photographers have tried to suggest otherwise
Does the past look better in black and white?
Photographers and film-makers have long added colour to their images – but does the current craze for colourisation create a false impression of olden times?
An elegy for sweaty nights of drum & bass
With nightclubs in crisis, photographs of clubbers leave Peter Scott feeling nostalgic for the ’90s rave scene
From baptisms to boat burnings, life along the Thames is full of surprises
With an eye for ritual, the photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews celebrates an unfamiliar vision of the river
Spirit of the place – an interview with Farah Al Qasimi
Conveying the views of a disgruntled jinn is just one of the artist’s absurdist approaches to understanding the modern world
‘I found a Dorothea Lange who was new to me’ – an interview with Sam Contis
The artist Sam Contis talks about mining a rich seam in the personal archive of Dorothea Lange, and the parallels between Lange’s work and her own photography
‘The full measure of the great artist so many suspected had always been there was becoming visible’
Joshua Chuang remembers working with Santu Mofokeng on a series of books presenting the South African photographer’s life’s work
In a Morris Minor key – Michael Collins presents the lost world of family slides
The photographer talks to Apollo about three decades of collecting other people’s family slides
Spain’s annual photography festival, in focus
From Franco-era crimes to the Anthropocene, images at PhotoEspaña 2019 tackle some powerful subjects
Moon landings and Martin Parr’s Britain – the year ahead in photography
Exhibitions of lunar photography and a major Martin Parr retrospective are among the highlights to watch out for in 2019
Remembering Ara Güler, the eye of Istanbul
The much-loved Armenian-Turkish photographer spent decades recording a disappearing city
A welcome reappraisal of Peter Hujar
An exhibition at the Berkeley Art Museum makes clear the radical vision of Peter Hujar’s intimate photographs
‘It is a strange little science-fiction period in the history of photography’ – Wim Wenders on his Polaroids
The film-maker discusses the unique quality of Polaroids – and why in the future no one will see the digital photographs being taken today
The Barbican’s photography double bill speaks powerfully to our times
The photographs of Dorothea Lange and Vanessa Winship share a fascination with society in flux
Chloe Dewe Mathews looks beneath the surface
The photographer’s austere images hint at natural disasters, nuclear horrors, and man-made monsters
A tantalising peek into the Archive of Modern Conflict
Despite its name, the London-based photography collection is far from being all about war
Tracing India’s modern history through photography
This ambitious exhibition at London’s Science Museum marks 70 years of Indian independence
Posing for Martin Parr
The photographer’s foundation opens with pop-up portrait sessions and an exhibition of images of the West Midlands
Images of a vanished world
Latif Al Ani’s beautifully framed photographs provide a moving, modern picture of Iraq
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