Black Ivy looks back at a period in American history when Black men across the country adopted clothing seen by many as the preserve of a privileged elite and made it subversive, edgy and cool. From Miles Davis to Sidney Poitier, it was an era when a g…
‘It was terminal’: the decay and demolition of a Leeds landmark – in pictures
Quarry Hill flats were a dazzling white monument to the future – then the concrete turned grubby. Photographer Peter Mitchell captured their demise Continue reading…
Dunkirk’s camps – in pictures
Guardian photographer David Levene visited northern France after twenty-seven people drowned in the Channel last week as they attempted to make the perilous crossing from France to Britain across busy shipping lanes in a dinghy that deflated in the ope…
2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year – People’s Choice Award
The Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is inviting fans of wildlife photography from around the world to vote for the winner of the People’s Choice Award. This year’s 25 unforgettable scenes were shortlisted by the N…
Dresses, deities and devil-chasing: religious pilgrimages – in pictures
From Bulgaria to Haiti, photographer Mathieu Richer Mamousse has joined the congregation to capture prayers, bell-ringing and Vodou Continue reading…
Mick Rock obituary
Personal photographer to David Bowie who was also known as the Man Who Shot the 70sFew rock’n’roll stars have understood the symbiotic relationship between music and image better than David Bowie and, in the photographer Mick Rock, Bowie found the perf…
Regarding the Pain of Others
From the BBC this morning, an hour’s meditation on the nature, practice and moral questions regarding war photography: Regarding the Pain of Others In her 2003 essay Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag grappled with this question. War photograp…
Subtle scenery please, easy on post-processing
Natural Landscape Photography Awards 2021 — The competition was focused on awarding images based on composition, lighting, and originality as opposed to post-processing techniques or outlandish compositing: Why?, Winners, Galleries, Rules, Judging.
Sometimes you just need to look at some photos of animals
NPR has announced their annual Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Do we anthropomorphize, or are animals just as human as we are? Or are we just as animal as other animals?
The titles of the photos are just as entertaining as the photos themselves.
The mystery of the “same sky” postcards
A collector noticed something strange in his collection of 11,000 vintage postcards: Many of them all had the exact same sky.