A rich life in the UK’s creative industries is a long shot if you are born poor
Tomiwa Owolade
Low pay and job insecurity in the arts are increasingly making the field the preserve of the wealthy, and less diverse as a result, writes Tomiwa Owolade
In focus: Liz Jobey continues her series on photography books with Michael Fried's rigorous analysis of contemporary art photography and its relationship with its audience
Continuing her series on photography books, Liz Jobey looks at a catalogue offering a closeup of Robert Frank's The Americans, while she reviews British photographer Paul Graham's long overdue retrospective volume
In the latest of her photography book series, Liz Jobey examines Winship's elegant pictures of girls caught between childhood and adulthood, east and west, tradition and modernity
Photographer Susan Meiselas: 'Why am I making this picture?'
Liz Jobey continues her series on photography books with the American Susan Meisalas, who, whether documenting showgirls in the States or assassinations in Nicaragua, has never shied away from difficult questions
With the next in her photography book series, Liz Jobey looks at the work of US photographer Mark Ruwedel, who spent 15 years recording the faded hope of America's abandoned railway lines
Continuing the photography book series, Liz Jobey looks at German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann, whose latest book collates a myriad of images - beauty queens, horses, cigarette cards - into a bittersweet reflection on consumerism
Photographer William Christenberry: from here to memory
With the next in the series, Liz Jobey looks at the work of William Christenberry, a US artist and photographer who poignantly chronicles the changing topography of his native Alabama
This week, Liz Jobey continues her series on the best new photography books with Nigel Shafran, a British photographer who captures the chaos and rituals of daily life
