Portrait
A tribute to Erwin Olaf, the visionary photographer and LGBTQ icon
A recent exhibition offered an intimate look back at the artist’s poignant and provocative four-decade career.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Rick Castro’s intimate portraits of love and remembrance
Columbarium Continuum is an ongoing exhibition of photographs displayed inside the two-story art nouveau columbarium of the iconic Hollywood Forever cemetery.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Joel Meyerowitz’s captivating portraits of redheads
Flaming hot — Following the release of his newly republished 1991 book, Redheads, the American photographer reflects on his celebration of ginger people and their magnetic power.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Jamie Hawkesworth’s tender portrait of Britain
The British Isles — Over the span of 13 years, the Suffolk-born photographer travelled up and down the country to create a poignant series of images of a modern, multicultural United Kingdom.
Written by: Huck
The photographer capturing Black life in Ghana & Britain
The Roadmaker — A new book and exhibition aims to shed light on the archive of James Barnor – an artist who created a vital document of Ghanian Independence and London’s swinging ‘60s, but whose name has remained relatively forgotten until recently.
Written by: Huck
Surreal portraits of ordinary North Koreans
Hidden worlds — Photographer Stephan Gladieu reflects on his trips to North Korea, where he set out to make a series of portraits peeling back the curtain on what life is like for the average DPRK citizen.
Written by: Huck
A taxi driver's gritty shots of New York in the '70s
Through the windshield — In the 1970s and '80s, Joseph Rodriguez worked as a cab driver while studying photography in NYC, where he captured an unflinching portrait of the city.
Written by: Zach Sokol
Soulful portraits of today’s young New Yorkers
This is America — Czech photographer Marie Tomanova captures the hopes and dreams of contemporary US city-dwellers in her new portrait series, Young Americans.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Celebrating the strength and diversity of faces from around the globe
Embracing difference — Exploring themes of identity and diversity, the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize announces the winning portrait of 2016.
Written by: Millie Morris
Staring into the abyss with photographer Spencer Murphy
In search of isolation — Spencer Murphy’s solo show Ephemera brings together his signature barren landscapes and evocative portrait photography.
Written by: Alex King
At home with Delhi’s snake charmers, magicians and acrobats
Delhi's street performer slum — Photographer Mark Leaver discovers a community of street performers in Delhi whose traditional way of life is under threat from India’s rapid modernisation.
Written by: Alex King
In Pictures: Rare portraits from Wu-Tang Clan’s golden era
Icons of Wu — British photographer Eddie Otchere shot intimate portraits with every member of Wu-Tang Clan over a five year period when the group were at their creative peak.
Written by: Alex King