From Ramones to Iggy Pop, photographer Michael Grecco met them all. An exhibition of his work recreates the movement’s glory daysMichael Grecco had low expectations the night he walked into a Boston dive bar known as The Rat. A local punk band was on s…
Self-portraits captured in total darkness – in pictures
Photographer Melanie Issaka made her series Locating the Personal in total darkness in her bedroom. Her self-portraits are photograms, a camera-less way of making images. She lay on sensitised photographic paper and struck poses, recording moments away…
Original Observer Photography
Michael Rosen, Paloma Faith, St Etienne and ‘champing’ holidays – the best photography commissioned by the Observer in August 2021 Continue reading…
Helping Australia’s threatened wildlife thrive – in pictures
A small team of ecologists and scientists are working to find new ways to bolster populations of Australia’s endangered native animals Continue reading…
Twenty photographs of the week
The Taliban take over Kabul after the US withdrawal, Extinction Rebellion in London, protests in Gaza and Hurricane Ida – the most striking images from around the world this week Continue reading…
Instagram may not be a photo-sharing app anymore, but Glass is
Instagram made headlines (including this one) when product head Adam Mosseri said in June that the app is “no longer just a square photo-sharing app,” since it’s pivoting its focus to shopping and video. But where does that leave photographers who want a social photo-sharing experience? According to Tom Watson, a former product designer at […]
Laura Mvula, melting ice and the Taliban watching cricket: Friday’s best photos
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading…
Frida Kahlo and a quinceañera: Mexico at Photo London – in pictures
The Michael Hoppen Gallery dedicates its booth at Photo London 2021 to influential Mexican artists, including images by Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Enrique Metinides and Kati Horna, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and a rare image from May Day in 1926 Continue readin…
Flash floods and flower power: Thursday best photos
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading…
Unending horizons: water, air and light – in pictures
Seascapes is a series of photographs made by Paul Rousteau while artist-in-residence on a boat in Australia’s Coral Sea. Inspired by the beauty around him, Rousteau took to the darkroom to invent images of his own to bring out the barest constituent el…