Photography
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
Martin Parr gets an all-access pass to Oxford
The photographer takes us on an idiosyncratic tour of Oxford University and introduces us to some of the remarkable individuals behind the scenes
What not to miss at the world’s leading photography festival
This year’s Les Rencontres d’Arles ranges from Joel Meyerowitz’s street photography to repurposed statues of Lenin in Ukraine
Irving Penn’s radical formalism
The Met emphasises the quantity and variety of Penn’s photographs, but what really stands out is the unity of his vision
How Henri Cartier-Bresson bore witness to Gandhi’s death
The photographer met with Gandhi just hours before his assassination – and recorded an event that shook the world
Do UK museums take photography seriously?
The transfer of the Royal Photographic Society’s collection from Bradford to London raises questions about the past, present and future of photography in museums
One photographer’s spiritual struggle in Jerusalem
In 1853 Auguste Salzmann went to Jerusalem to photograph religious sites. The results, on show at the Metropolitan Museum, are an insight into his own faith
‘If I could describe a photograph entirely in words, why bother making it?’
Dayanita Singh discusses her work and the pointlessness of taking ‘beautiful’ pictures ahead of an exhibition in London
One of the world’s oldest photography studios is closing down
The Bourne & Shepherd studio in Kolkata has a long history, but fire and the advent of the digital age have closed it down. Thankfully, its legacy lives on
Dreams caught on camera in New York
‘Dream States’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a thought-provoking exhibition, and a great survey of some of the most influential modern photographers
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