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Tuesday 25 January 2011

Art and documentary photography

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Art and Documentary Photography Features

El-Ashraf Mosque, Cairo, from an altitude of around 800 metres. 30 January 1904

Eduard Spelterini: balloonist photographer

New book explores beauty of coloured slides taken by Swiss balloonist in early 1900s.

Behind the Scenes at the Ballet

A new exhibition reveals photographs of members of the Royal Ballet taken by Colin Jones over the last fifty years.

Simon Roberts, Abandoned Warship, Murmansk, 2005

Photographers' Gallery Auction

Coinciding with its 40th anniversary, London's Photographers’ Gallery is staging a charity auction to raise the final portion of funds to transform its Ramillies Street premises.

Colstrip, Montana

David T Hanson's photographs of the coal-mining town of Colstrip, Montana were exhibited by John Szarkowski at MOMA in 1986. Now the entire sequence is being published in a book.

How Cecil Beaton captured the world

A peak into the unique scrapbooks which reveal the private world of Cecil Beaton.

Street Photography Now

Sophie Howarth & Stephen McLaren celebrate the work of an international cast of contemporary street photographers, and now you can take part in a venture to join their ranks.

Photographer Q&A

News and Events

Photo sites of the week

We scour the Internet for inspiring sites and stories related to photography.

Telephoto diary

What's on in the world of photography, including events, exhibitions and talks in the UK and abroad.

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Photography Festivals

International Photography Festival Round-up

Our guide to the best of the Photography Festival season.

Cabinet of Curiosities

The Invention of Paradise: photographs of Polynesia in 1869/70

A new book explores naval commander Paul-Emile Miot's contribution to the early history of photography.

Self Publish, Be Happy

But don't tell anyone

The second book in a series by Morten Spaberg.

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Francesca Woodman

Francesca Woodman

30 years after her suicide her images are still the subject of debate.

Eric Guo: Meisa

For his series 'Meisa' Guo Yang photographs the Yi tribe in their village in the Liangshan mountains, Sichuan province.

No Comfort: An exhibition of mobile phone photographs

Curator Alex Sturrock asked people in Zimbabwe, Gaza, Toronto, Kabul and Haiti to send in photographs taken on their mobile phones.

Andrew Bruce Interview

Photographer Andrew Bruce sees roadkill as a potent symbol of humanity’s clash with nature.

Where children sleep - in pictures

James Mollinson photographs children's bedrooms: Kaya

James Mollison’s photographs of children’s bedrooms present a stark lesson in inequality

Floris Neususs: Interview

Lucy Davies interviews the German artist taking part in the forthcoming exhibition 'Shadow-Catchers' at the V&A.

Shadow Catchers: Floris Neusüss commission

For the V&A's show about camera-less photography, Neusüss re-created the first ever photograph, Talbot's latticed window at Lacock Abbey, as a photogram. Lucy Davies was there to watch.

Bingo & Social Club

An audio slideshow of photographs of Bingo players in the UK, taken by Michael Hess.

Garry Fabian Miller

Year Two, Mica 8, May 2007 (DETAIL)
Oil, light, dye destruction print

Part of the V&A's 'Shadow Catchers' exhibition and also showing at Hackelbury Fine Art, Fabian Miller uses light as a raw material, passing it through coloured glass and liquid onto photo sensitive paper, to create these luminous images.

From fashion to flak jackets

David Bailey is used to photographing famous faces, not British soldiers in Afghanistan. But his week-long visit was a roaring success, says Roya Nikkhah.

Adam Fuss interview

For a new London show the photographer explores the symbolism of snakes.

Early Paparazzi photographs of Brigitte Bardot

The candid shots will form part of a pop-up exhibition in London of vintage cult, subversive and pop photography.

I did: Jessa Fairbrother

Jessa Fairbrother photographs women with the dresses they have kept since their wedding day. She tells us why.

Sally Mann: The Flesh & The Spirit

A new monograph underscores the photographer’s fondness for plumbing subjects close at hand.

Behind the masks

The photographer Phyllis Galembo combines art and anthropology in her celebration of masquerading rituals in Africa and the Caribbean

Bottom of 'Da Boot: Kael Alford

Photographer Kael Alford presents her short film on the people that live at the Bottom of 'da Boot, Louisiana's southeastern coast.

Bingo & Social Club

An audio slideshow of photographs of Bingo players in the UK, taken by Michael Hess.

Mary McCartney interview

Paul's girl on photography, fashion and her late, great mother.

Portraits and Power

Curator Franziska Nori reveals her thinking behind an exhibition illustrating how artists and photographers challenge the idea of social, economic or political power.

Eadweard Muybridge: the father of film

The first films ever made have been released as part of an exhibition on the life and work of Eadweard Muybridge.

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