Photography
Best shows for... photography fans
Zoom in on these exhibitions by some of today's most revered artists, underrated historical figures and chroniclers of contemporary culture
Out of Africa and into Messums: UK gallery launches new photography department with vintage prints of Karen Blixen's life in Kenya
Some of the images taken by the younger brother of the Danish author, whose memoir became an Oscar-winning film, reflect colonialist attitudes that the exhibition aims to confront
Climate disaster: photographer Richard Mosse on environmental crime in the Amazon
Plus, artist Rachel Maclean on Hieronymus Bosch's influence
Amateur hour turns to golden hour for forgotten Brazilian photo club with New York show
The Museum of Modern Art will present rarely-seen work by the mid-century collective Foto-Cine Clube Bandeirante
Portrait of veiled mother of nine fishing in Yemen wins World Press Photo award
Pablo Tosco’s image from amidst world’s worst humanitarian crisis tops awards, with 45 photographers garlanded from 28 countries
Manipulated images of smiling Khmer Rouge victims prompt Cambodia to threaten Vice media with legal action
Irish artist Matt Loughrey’s reworked pictures of people murdered in Cambodia’s Killing Fields, published by Vice, may have broken country’s Archives Act
Frieze New York to pay tribute to Vision & Justice Project
The fair will honour the photography initiative's mission to examine art’s role in the relationship between race and citizenship
Dawoud Bey on his new show spanning 1970s street photography to poignant nocturnal landscapes
The US photographer's travelling exhibition, which opens at the Whitney Museum in New York, charts his four decades documenting the African American experience
FotoFocus’s photography biennial returns to Cincinnati in 2022 with focus on climate change
FotoFocus’s photography biennial returns to Cincinnati in 2022 with focus on climate change
Toronto’s Contact Photography Festival expands its takeover of public spaces
Month-long event to celebrate its 25th anniversary with a series of installations across the city
They see ‘dead people’: billboard works removed from Vancouver photography festival after locals complain
The images of sleeping people were too creepy for many residents, in a city where property values are a major concern
Major show of Vivian Maier—a Chicago nanny who was also a secretive street photographer—is heading to the UK
Laura Knight and Ingrid Pollard exhibitions also part of year-long women artists programme at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes
Spencer Tunick’s nude pandemic photography project brings people together on Instagram
Naked montages uniting friends and lovers "reaffirm resilience of community"
Photographer David Alan Harvey resigns from Magnum after sexual abuse allegations
Agency “recognises the victims and survivors” of Harvey’s abusive behaviour but victim says "it has done more damage than he or Magnum could ever imagine”
A year after Covid-19 is confirmed as a pandemic, World Press Photo prize reminds us of photography's vital role in playing witness to history
Highest prize for photojournalism includes images from 28 countries that capture a year when the coronavirus intertwined with global issues of social injustice and territorial conflicts
Art world reels as New York gallery Metro Pictures announces closure
Long-standing Chelsea gallery was synonymous with the artists of Pictures Movement—including Cindy Sherman, discovered while working as a receptionist
Barbara Ess, photographer and musician, has died, aged 73
The No Wave pioneer was also know for her lo-fi pinhole images
Surrealist collection of Man Ray's assistant sells out at Christie's despite 'serious concerns about ownership' of most of the works
Ahead of yesterday's sale in Paris, the Man Ray Trust called for a delay claiming that Lucien Treillard “stole a substantial number of Man Ray’s works and possessions"
Magnum photographer Khalik Allah releases epic film portrayal of social and racial injustice on the streets of Harlem
Created in just 8 months, IWOW: I Walk On Water is a sprawling three-hour long paean to some of New York’s most marginalised people
The Big Review—Working Together: the photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop
An important show reflects a New York collective’s chronicles of Black life amid pervasive discrimination in the 1960s and 1970s
Rania Matar's hauntingly beautiful lockdown portraits go on show in Florida—see them here
Lebanese-American photographer captured images of her neighbours at their homes in Massachusetts and collected their stories along the way
Photo collector and ophthalmologist William Tsiaras gives 500 works to Colby College Museum of Art in Maine
The Greek-American started acquiring photography for museums through his personal friendships with artists such as Lucas Samaras, Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan
Raphael Cartoons are ready for their close-up on V&A website
High-resolution images of Renaissance treasures go online, revealing the tiniest details of Raphael’s creative process
We asked artists to send an image that summed up their 2020 experiences—here's what we received
From coronavirus and lockdowns to US politics, this is a collection of postcards from "a year on the edge"
How a Christmas present made Maripol the 'Polaroid Queen'
The artist and designer tells us about the enduring appeal of the instant camera
Vivian Maier, reclusive nanny turned photographer, gets biggest ever show in Paris next year
Unseen works and Super 8 films reveal new aspects of her practice
London teenagers in cancelled prom outfits win Taylor Wessing Prize
Alys Tomlinson spent three months during lockdown taking the portrait of teenagers in the midst of their “lost summer”
Gordon Baldwin, longtime Getty photography curator, has died, aged 81
A former artist and fixture of Warhol’s Factory, the curator got his start at the Getty cataloguing two important photography collections
Magnum suspends photographer David Alan Harvey for a year
Long-term member required to undergo anti-harassment training, while reinstatement is dependent on meeting “conditions attached”
Zanele Muholi's Tate Modern show gives a voice to queer South Africa
Photographer documents the violent reality of life for many of the country’s marginalised communities in a mid-career survey





























