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Three men in flat caps and heavy coats stand behind a low stone wall, appearing to examine or converse over a row of fluffy white sheep.

His color photos made him famous – but these early black-and-white images prove that Martin Parr was always a master

By Tom May Published

News A new exhibition shows an early glimpse of the genius that built the master photographer's reputation

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A close-up, joyful portrait of a person with a shaved head laughing broadly, with red liquid resembling blood smeared across their nose, lips, and teeth.

Meet the youthful, often shocking future of fine art photography at Circulation(s) 2026

By Tom May Published

News 26 photographers from 15 countries showcase work in Paris exploring identity, memory and social issues

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Two women stand side-by-side against a pebbled wall, each leaning on a shopping cart overflowing with white and blue plastic grocery bags.

How Martin Parr spent five decades photographing the climate crisis – without even realizing

By Tom May Published

NEWS A new Paris retrospective reinterprets the late photographer's work as environmental unravelling

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A woman with voluminous dark hair and red lipstick gazes into a bathroom mirror while holding a towel around her body.

The Ballad of Sexual Dependency: why Nan Goldin's flash-lit photo essay on intimacy still resonates in 2026

By Tom May Published

news The genre-defining photobook gets its first complete UK showing, 40 years after it changed photography forever

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From a behind-the-shoulder perspective of two judges, several young girls in frilly dresses hold numbered signs during a beauty pageant at an outdoor pool.

These are the pictures Martin Parr planned to show at the Pearly Gates

By Tom May Published

A new exhibition reminds us how one photographer rewrote the rules of documentary photography.

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A slightly worn, sepia-toned image of a smiling, bespectacled man with the text "George Shaw: Birmingham's Photographic Pioneer," partially obscuring a blurred, tall clock tower in the background.

Why is Birmingham's first photographer finally getting the recognition he deserves after 180 years?

By Tom May Published

This Victorian chemist's experiments in silver plating prefigured today's obsession with sensor technology and exposure times

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Legendary film director Martin Scorsese is seated behind a large wooden desk in a richly decorated, wood-paneled office with a classic movie poster visible on the wall behind him.

Riccardo Ghilardi's photo portraits of cinema royalty show what's possible when you collaborate with your subject

By Tom May Published

news Getting great portraits of famous people is about more than just pointing a camera at them.

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A close-up, black-and-white photograph shows three coal miners with dark, coal-dust covered faces and head wraps, with the man in the foreground looking directly at the camera while holding a shovel over his shoulder.

Final reckoning: Sebastião Salgado's posthumous photographic retrospective opens in Germany

By Tom May Published

The late Brazilian photographer's lifelong documentation of our planet receives a major European showcase

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A composite image features two distinct scenes side-by-side: On the left, a small child, wearing a red dress and grey socks and shoes, stands against a dark wall covered in white chalk graffiti (including the word "TOAD" and "FRED"). The child is looking to the left with their mouth open and tongue slightly out, holding a small white object. On the right, the interior of a large hall, decorated with warm white string lights draped across the high, exposed wooden ceiling and large white stone arches, hosts a clothing bazaar with vendors and people browsing racks of clothes.

Still Glasgow: new exhibition shows a city that photographs itself differently

By Tom May Published

news Glasgow has always had a knack for reinvention... and that extends to how it sees itself through the lens

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Lee Miller Tate Britain

From Vogue model to pioneering photographer, Lee Miller’s fearless photos take over Tate Britain

By Kalum Carter Published

News Tate Britain’s Lee Miller retrospective is an education for all photographers

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