Latest articles by Tom May
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
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
How do you define photography in a single sentence? No-one can agree – so this new book charts 200 years of it instead
NEWS An impressive new volume from Thames & Hudson features 320 pages of the landmark images that built the medium
Samsung's stylish new smart glasses look so utterly normal, you'd never guess they contained a camera – but does that cross the creepy line?
News They look remarkably like regular glasses, which is either their greatest strength or their biggest problem
Ben Marcin photographed dozens of abandoned houses in exactly the same way for 20 years, and his new book is a masterclass in editing
News This new photobook about Baltimore's stubborn, solitary buildings offers an important lesson about organising a series
She was handed a camera to capture Albert Einstein and never put it down. Now, as the award that carries Marilyn Stafford's name marks its 10th anniversary, these photographers are continuing her tradition of getting close to the story
Talks, retrospectives and a portfolio day mark ten years of the prize that supports women in documentary photography
Two decades after the photographer's death, this new exhibition of Bob Carlos Clarke's photos shows why his most confrontational images were never accidents, but carefully built collaborations
News An anniversary show at London's Atlas Gallery puts the process behind the provocation on full display.
How David Bailey's photos turned Mick Jagger and Michael Caine into 1960s design icons – never-before-seen contact sheets behind Box of Pin-Ups go on sale
News On sale now: 36 never-before-seen sheets from the sittings that produced one of photography's most influential portfolios
The best monitor calibrators in 2026: keep your on-screen colors accurate
buying guide Make sure your screen is displaying colors accurately, with the best monitor calibrators on the market
This book changed color photography forever by turning Cape Cod’s quiet light into high art – 50 years later, it's back and better
News This stunning Joel Meyerowitz project was shot half a century ago but, in this Aperture reissue, the light still looks glorious
Forget the gear list: Here's what a self-taught Shetland joiner, with a boat strapped to his car, can teach today's photographers about getting the shot that counts
NEWS An exhibition marking 150 years of J.D. Rattar proves the best piece of kit a photographer ever owned wasn't a camera at all
