Latest articles by Tom May
The Vogue photographer who never let his models stand still: Neil Kirk spent decades capturing supermodels mid-stride, mid-leap and mid-laugh
NEWS A new monograph traces a fashion career based on catching genuine movement rather than staged poses
For 20 years, everyone assumed Kate Moss was drunk on that staircase. Greg Brennan, who took the photo, says she was just waiting for a car home from a party
NEWS A new book from veteran press photographer Greg Brennan reminds us that the story people tell about a photo can matter as much as the photo itself
The best webcam for working from home
Buying guide Ditch the grainy, badly lit picture your laptop gives you on every call, with a dedicated webcam built for looking your best
Best document camera: which visualizer is the right one for teaching and presentations?
buying guide Perfect for teaching, presentations, pitches and more, these are the best document cameras available today.
Most photographers visiting Cuba's capital focus on the Chevys and cigars. David Saxe took a very different approach: going after the blur, the shadows and the things nobody poses for
News Cuba es Vida trades postcard shots for grain, darkness and imperfection, and it's a useful lesson for every photographer
What does it take to take a truly great celebrity portrait? From shooting Amy Winehouse to Yoko Ono, photographer Jillian Edelstein has spent a career finding out
NEWS Want to find the human truth behind your subject's mask? Here's a great example to follow, now in the spotlight of a new exhibition
The best otoscopes for parents, medical students and pet owners
Updated Check for health problems in your own ears, your family's and your pets, with the best otoscopes
The best tablet camera in 2026: iPads, Android and Windows tablets with photo smarts
buying guide Want to take pictures with a tablet? We round up the best tablet cameras on the market today
Photographer Robert Canis spent 30 years shooting one nature reserve: here's what that patience can teach the rest of us
Book This one-off print run, built from decades of shooting, is an unspoken rebuke to our location-hopping Insta culture.
The 1965 Selma photograph with no faces in it: why James Karales' camera turned away from the hero shot and focused on the sky
Behind the photo This shot from the Presence touring show proves that the most powerful documentary image isn't always the closest
The best MacBook chargers in 2026: alternative chargers for MacBooks and laptops
buying guide The best MacBook chargers are lighter than Apple's official ones, and often cheaper too!
The best keyboard for video editing in 2026
Buying Guide Avoid RSI and work faster, with the best keyboards for video editing
The best slide viewers in 2026: the easy way to rediscover your old slides
Buying guide Whether you wish to view old pictures or are shooting on film afresh today, these are the best slide viewers
From the Great Depression to Japanese-American internment, Dorothea Lange's camera bore witness to some of the darkest moments in US history
NEWS A forthcoming retrospective celebrates one of the most morally urgent photographers of the 20th century
This Charli XCX portrait by Harley Weir refuses to be a typical pop star photo, and that's precisely why it now belongs in London's National Portrait Gallery
News It captures one of Britain's most culturally significant musicians in a moment that feels unusually intimate
The photographer who documented Britain's disability rights movement from the inside has finally been recognized, and his archive is free to use
News Keith Armstrong spent decades capturing protests that changed British law forever
The best burner phones: cheap cellphones for less stress
Buying guide The best burner phones are so cheap you don't have to worry about losing or breaking them. Plus the battery life is great!
Best dumbphone: easy-to-use cellphones to help you digitally detox
phones Wean yourself off social media, with the best dumbphones
Chris Killip spent months living in deindustrialised communities in North-East England, photographing some of the most intimate images of 1970s and '80s Britain – using a huge camera that was never built for the job
News A new edition of his book North reveals how the wrong tool for candid photography became his greatest asset.
James Ravilious and Chris Chapman spent 50 years photographing farms, weddings and village halls in the same corner of rural England – yet neither ever saw the other as competition
Their work highlights how great documentary photography comes from patience, trust and staying in one place
This new gothic-themed exhibition has a lot to teach photographers about making the ordinary feel unsettling
NEWS Featuring work by Martin Parr, Don McCullin and Jo Spence, 'Dark Tales' highlights how documentary work can make the everyday feel gothic, without ever staging a scare
A hyena, a fur seal and an elephant in the city: Leica photographer Alan Schaller finds humor, tension and black-and-white beauty in the animals that live among us
NEWS The London photographer's second monograph is the first title from his new imprint, Irys Publishing
This gorgeous photo of a polar bear bounding across the ice offers a masterclass in deciding whether to shoot in color or black-and-white
NEWS Sue Flood and Ian Dawson's new exhibition, Midnight Sun, follows a logic that every photographer should study
Long before Bill Brandt, this 1920s postcard salesman worked out how to photograph London after dark without a tripod. A reissued photobook reveals just how he did it
BOOK Back in 1924, Fred Judge ditched the tripod, built his own camera and leaned on lamp posts to solve a problem that photographers still wrestle with today
