Graciela Iturbide review – death-soaked genius from a Mexican master
Whether recording barren landscapes, foreboding clouds of birds or single-frame noir dramas, the 82-year-old artist’s work is bleak, haunted and utterly compelling
May 2024
‘Smoke and chaos’: a snapshot of Gaza – in pictures
One of the first foreign photographers in Gaza, Sean Sutton – who was travelling with UK-Med – met Palestinians on the streets of the destroyed city of Khan Younis, in hospitals and in the Israeli-designated ‘humanitarian zone’
February 2024
Deutsche Börse prize review – from crotchless knickers to the sound of a grave
Mind-bending photography: the Deutsche Börse prize – in pictures
October 2023
Sizzling hunks, street smash-ups and kabuki rebels: the dazzling photography of Daidō Moriyama
The enigmatic Japanese photographer, who took some of the 20th century’s most compelling images, is finally getting his first retrospective in the UK. ‘Yes, it’s a bit late,’ he tells our writer
August 2023
John Goto obituary
Photos of the day
Cat fashion week and a bull run: the weekend’s best photos
June 2023
Evelyn Hofer/ Johny Pitts reviews – secs and the great big pulsing city
The Photographers’ Gallery, London When Hofer left Britain, her work exploded with the colour and energy of urban America – while Pitt’s Black Britain odyssey took him from Edinburgh to Dover and beyond
‘A total perfectionist’: the understated, underrated photography of Evelyn Hofer
With a retrospective in London and many artists today citing her as an influence, the work of the German-American photographer is getting recognition at last
Olive Cotton award 2023: finalists of photographic portrait prize – in pictures
The finalists have been announced for Australia’s biennial Olive Cotton awards for excellence in photographic portraiture. They are on display at the Tweed Regional Gallery, with the overall winner to be announced on 15 July
April 2023
Australia’s best photos of the month – March 2023
From star-studded acts, aerial acrobatics, an animatronic koala and a hungry pig – here are some of the most striking images taken in Australia (plus a few from Aotearoa/New Zealand) in March
March 2023
Dorothy Bohm obituary
Female photographers launch online exhibition to mark International Women’s Day
February 2023
Sydneyphiles Reimagined: William Yang’s 1977 exhibition back on show – in pictures
Other lives
Malcolm Scott obituary
January 2023
Notebook
I learned the hard way that Fay Weldon was as sharp-witted as her characters
Rachel Cooke
I jumped at the chance to interview her, but regretted it almost at once after being reminded of a bad review I wrote
December 2022
2022 in Culture
The best photography shows of 2022
A Chris Killip retrospective, Vivian Maier’s hidden archive and the artist who tried to rename a Swiss mountain – here are the standout photographic exhibitions of the year
October 2022
The big picture
The big picture: Chris Killip captures a Sunday stroll in Skinningrove
This stark image of a family outing has an untamed quality that matches the North Yorkshire coastal village setting
September 2022
Backstage pass – a 90s fashion photo essay
Gavin Bond captured the 90s fashion world with his informal portraits of star designers and the original supermodels at the Paris shows
August 2022
‘The street is where everything unfolds’: Krass Clement’s unseen Belfast – in pictures
The Danish photographer revisited his archives to find dozens of previously unpublished images taken in the early 1990s as he meandered through the city. His new photobook is a mystical and melancholy time capsule
