The American photographer’s connection with his countrymen shines through in portraits of people going about their daily lives

Kircher’s seemingly innocent shot of his father’s girlfriend having her hair dyed in an Istanbul salon belies the truth about the couple’s reason for visiting

Lindokuhle Sobekwa has made a moving attempt to retrace the steps of a sibling, now dead, whose decade-long absence left a hole at his family’s heart

Star interviewer, provoker of the Chapman brothers and the woman who made Howard Hodgkin cry… Barber’s slim book about her obsession with artists – particularly those who smoke – is wonderfully entertaining

The photographer’s shot of girls at the Highland Games was taken during five years visiting traditional gatherings

The Indian photographer’s nocturnal studies capture the otherworldly feel of the small hours

The Observer’s art critic combines the stories of the painter Carel Fabritius with that of her artist father, in a memoir of art and life cut suddenly short