Documentary Photography
A conflict photographer reflects on his time in Iraq
The Grass — Photographer Cengiz Yar has seen things – from the rebels’ battle to oust Assad in Syria, to the human fallout of conflict in Iraq. But it was away from the frontlines that he truly came to value a universal right: having a patch to call one’s own.
Written by: Cengiz Yar
Lost in the streets: a visual love letter to New York
Bright lights, big city — In his debut monograph, photographer Jonathan Higbee explores surreal moments in his adopted hometown – a place that’s captivated him since he was a child.
Written by: Huck
An outsider’s take on 21st century Japan
Independent Mysteries — Since first visiting as a tourist, photographer Michael Magers has been enchanted by Japan. His new book collates work from the past eight years, in which he‘s captured a country bursting with ‘endless possibility’.
Written by: Huck
Behind the walls of Brazil's secretive gated communities
This side of paradise — Photographer Giovana Schluter grew up uneasy in one of Brazil’s many private neighbourhoods – artificial worlds built for the middle classes. So years later, she returned to a manufactured enclave just like the one of her youth, hoping to get to the heart of their emptiness.
Written by: Benjamin Cook
Intimate shots of the London Underground in the ’70s
Mind the gap — Between 1970 - 1980, photographer Mike Goldwater wandered the ‘labyrinthine’ system under the city, documenting people as they travelled from place to place.
Written by: Huck
A journey through Soho’s countercultural history
Those were the days — A new exhibition is looking back on the London neighbourhood’s rebellious peak – a time when it was at the forefront of experimentation, creativity and freedom.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Photos from California’s countercultural heyday
Alien days — Back in print for the first time since 1970, Dennis Stock’s California Trip serves as a radical visual history, depicting the Sunshine State at its heady peak.
Written by: Huck
The small coastal haven that became an outsiders’ paradise
Postcards from Provincetown — As a young photographer, Joel Meyerowitz spent his summers in an idyllic hideaway situated at the northern tip of Cape Cod – a place where lovers, artists and runaways could live freely, without restriction or judgement.
Written by: Benjamin Cook
Dreamy photos of people seeking escape by the sea
In partnership with Ace & Tate — Photographer Ruth Baldry documents the people who visit Landguard – a coastal viewpoint where history, nature and industry find themselves entangled.
Written by: Huck
Intimate portraits of life at the British seaside
1976 - 1980 — Markéta Luskačová’s photographs, taken at the seaside resort of Whitley Bay, depict the moody charm of the UK family holiday.
Written by: Huck