‘That the young girl in the foreground was a soldier with a gun on her knee is an integral part of that moment’Dina Alfasi has often said that her favourite place to shoot is on the train. It’s not only a mobile studio with, as she puts it, great natur…
Chelsea flower show 2021 – in pictures
The small details catch photographer Sarah Lee’s eye at the late season show Continue reading…
Forced from home: the humans and animals under threat – in pictures
Nick Brandt visited five animal sanctuaries in Africa to portray the people displaced by droughts and the creatures whose very existence is under threat Continue reading…
Have your photos published in the Guardian’s letters pages
We’re highlighting the best reader photography in print in the letters pages of the Guardian. Share your images with us hereWe would like to highlight some of the best of your photography in the Guardian paper. Since 2014 our letters page has carried a…
Muscling in at Muscle Beach: Haley Morris-Cafiero’s best photograph
‘I took this near where people work out for my guerilla-style Wait Watchers series. When it went viral, I started getting hateful messages about my body’It all started when I took a self-portrait in Times Square, New York. After I got the film develope…
Looking for a new England: strange sightings in the south-east – in pictures
Stormtroopers, ghostly figures and runaway hens … a new book of photos examines the peculiarities of Kent and beyond Continue reading…
Flying colours: Photo Basel 2021 gets vibrant – in pictures
Switzerland’s first and only art fair dedicated to photography is back with vivid images of fairytales, fabrics and firepower Continue reading…
‘It’s heartbreaking’: Steve McCurry on Afghan Girl, a portrait of past and present
The US photographer’s image of Sharbat Gula captured the story of a country, its people and refugees across the world. Thirty six years on, another picture tells a similar tale – but also one of hopeOn 1 September, a young Afghan girl stood in line wit…
One month in Kabul under Taliban rule– a photo essay
Photojournalist Stefanie Glinski reports from Kabul on the events of the past four weeks and the capital’s new rulersAbove its tightly clustered houses and peaks of the Hindu Kush mountains, Kabul’s blue skies were once dotted with countless colourful …
Emmys 2021: red carpet and award winners – in pictures
The Emmys was back on with a limited guest list. Touted as the biggest night in TV, stars arrived to celebrate at the 73rd annual event in Los Angeles Continue reading…