Co-curator Azu Nwagbogu explains how this year’s festival will resurface hidden histories – and why, for the first time, it’s expanded into Benin
His photographs of Birmingham’s late-1960s housing crisis transformed how the urban poor were visualised in the UK. We catch up with the veteran documentarian
Since arriving in the UK from Poland, the Ones To Watch winner has rejected the prescriptive expectations of the photography industry
For its 14th edition, taking place in Dublin, PhotoIreland presents a radical programme with an international outlook that reflects the continual urgency and need for change
Exploring self-presentation and gender representation, Fosso was awarded the £30,000 prize for the retrospective Samuel Fosso at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
Hoping to reignite appreciation for a ‘neglected’ UK photo scene, James Hyman will open the Centre for British Photography at the end of this month. How will the new institution serve the community?
“I wanted to disrupt the viewing experience in a slightly ambiguous, obtuse way, to create figures like ghosts,” says Francis, whose ongoing work urges viewers to re-evaluate who is considered the natural inhabitant of English landscapes
Following the birth of her first child, Woodward experienced postpartum depression, feeling an overwhelming sense of isolation that soon made a lasting impact on her work
In Surat, Atong Atem restages her family album, celebrating the visual language of family photographs, and photography as an extension of our traditions