On visiting the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo in 2012, Oliver Curtis turned and looked back in the direction he had come from. What he saw fascinated him. He has since made a point of turning his back on some of world’s most photographed monuments and historic sites, looking at their counter-views and forgotten faces.
Month: August 2016
A new original documentary miniseries, Conflict, explores how some of the world’s most renowned conflict photographers handle the extreme pressures of bringing war into our living rooms.
This year’s Daikanyama Photo Fair will include a solo booth by Antony Cairns, hosted by East London photography gallery Roman Road.
A selection of photos from the archive of the Albanian photo studio Marubi, from 1856 to 1959, showcasing three generations of photographers made studio portraits of a wide variety of people, ranging from the urban bourgeoisie, shepherds, the Ottoman emperor and King Zog, to criminals and famous actors and painters, are about to go on show at Foam, Amsterdam.
The exhibiting artists include Tim Smyth’a series In your Absence, which deals with the new…
Sandler credits his fascination with street life to his years in New York as a…
The Rebecca Vassie Trust today announces the inaugural Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award, in memory of the late photographer, who died while photographing in a refugee camp in Uganda.
It is, in its traditional use, at the same time, a category of otherness. The…
2016 has already proved to be an eventful year for sport. As we were just…
Photographers from across the UK attended the live event to hear from a line-up of…