Photography

Capturing Stillness: How cold water surf photography is therapy
Outdoors

Capturing Stillness: How cold water surf photography is therapy

Robyn Steady is a surfer and photographer whose surf therapy sessions with Wave Project are helping tackle the mental health crisis among young people in Scotland.

Written by: David Lyons

Documenting the marginalised Portuguese community fighting for livable housing
Photography

Documenting the marginalised Portuguese community fighting for livable housing

After a chance covid-era assignment sent him to Lisbon’s Bairro da Jamaica, photographer José Sarmeto Matos spent years documenting the families campaigning towards hospitable homes.

Written by: Isaac Muk

An intimate portrait of Vietnam half a century after the war
Photography

An intimate portrait of Vietnam half a century after the war

Returning to the country that her family had fled, photographer Tracy Dong charts her journey self-discovery, community, and connection in the new book, Tell Me About Saigon.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Decades of documenting US skateboard culture from a woman’s perspective
Photography

Decades of documenting US skateboard culture from a woman’s perspective

In her new book, Fulfill the Dream, photographer Magdalena Wosinska reflects on her journey through skate culture from the 90s to present day.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Exploring Yemen’s rich, historic culinary culture
Photography

Exploring Yemen’s rich, historic culinary culture

Newly published book ‘Bittersweet: A Story of Food and Yemen’ looks at the food and humanity of region whose narrative is so often dominated by conflict.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Exploring Irving Penn’s subversive approach to photography
Photography

Exploring Irving Penn’s subversive approach to photography

A new exhibition showcases the artist’s revolutionary seven-decade career, including groundbreaking series “The Incredibles”.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Photos documenting a lost 1970s fishing community in Hull
Photography

Photos documenting a lost 1970s fishing community in Hull

For almost two decades, photographer Alec Gill made pictures of Hessle Road’s vibrant community, in the face of a declining trawling industry and regeneration programmes.

Written by: Isaac Muk

The Existential Guide To Street Photography
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The Existential Guide To Street Photography

Charlie Kwai is living proof that you don’t need to be obsessed with craft or top of the range equipment to take great photos. For the Londoner, it’s simply about being curious – and getting really, really close.

Written by: Zach Sebastian

Exploring family, memory and legacy through photography
Photography

Exploring family, memory and legacy through photography

Photographer Mary Frey crafts a captivating chronicle of late 20th century American life that exists somewhere between reality, metaphor, and myth.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Memories of San Francisco’s 1990s radical lesbian scene
Photography

Memories of San Francisco’s 1990s radical lesbian scene

In her new photo book ‘ Renegades, San Francisco: The 1990s’ Chloe Sherman documents queer resistance and joy.

Written by: Isaac Muk

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