Documentary Photography
Portraits of America’s ‘plain ordinary working people’
A Kentucky story — After discovering a collection of Walmart employee headshots taken in 1986, photographer Daniel Kraus embarked on a project exploring small-town life in America – through the prism of one of its most recognisable institutions.
Written by: Niall Flynn
Miami Beach, captured in its hedonistic heyday
Vice City — From 1988, British photographer Barry Lewis spent seven years documenting the iconic coastal strip – and its eclectic cast of colourful characters.
Written by: Niall Flynn
Bedroom shots: Alec Soth on the intimacy of personal space
Closed doors — Alec Soth seriously considered giving up photography, before a new project exploring human connection in the contemporary world drew him back in. ‘I can’t help it,‘ he admits. ‘I am who I am.’
Written by: Jacob Charles Wilson
Port Talbot: the industrial town with an uncertain future
Made of steel — Like countless towns across the UK, there are fears regarding what comes next for Port Talbot. In a new project, photographers Alecio Ferrari and Alex Fleming capture the town and its people.
Written by: Niall Flynn
A British coming-of-age story, told through photography
Then and now — Following the death of his grandmother, photographer Cole Flynn Quirke embarked on a project that sees him map out his life in photos – freezing moments that might otherwise go missing.
Written by: Niall Flynn
A post-war study of modern Vietnam, in photos
Changing face — Photographer Simone Sapienza shoots the contradictions of contemporary Vietnam – a country in transition, spearheaded by a young, energetic population.
Written by: Huck
A photographer's fight against the taboo of obesity
The Big O — After learning all she could in the cut-throat world of photojournalism, Abbie Trayler-Smith realised it was time to tackle the one issue that's always really mattered to her.
Written by: Abbie Trayler-Smith (as told to Niall Flynn)
Meet the gatekeepers who watch over Britain’s islands
A quiet place — Photographer Alex Ingram spends time with the wardens of the small, remote islands scattered off the UK coast – people who live their lives in extreme solitude.
Written by: Niall Flynn
The everyday beauty of Manila, like you've never seen it before
Invisible Cities — Against the backdrop of a drug war, where fear and violence have become normalised, photographer Hannah Reyes Morales has been seeking out moments of tenderness amid the adversity... while learning to understand the place that’s shaped her.
Written by: Hannah Reyes Morales
We've made an all-woman photography issue. This is why.
Voices of change — The seeds of revolution are spreading through documentary photography. A diverse band of image-makers has begun to disrupt narratives that misrepresent and disempower, exposing the flaws of a medium where ‘truth’ is more subjective than it seems.
Written by: Daniella Zalcman