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British painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer David Hockney, poolside in Los Angeles, with polaroids of David Stoltz & Ian Falconer, circa 1978. (Photo by Michael Childers/Corbis via Getty Images)
RIP David Hockney: the famous artist who also pushed forward photography, with a little help from Picasso

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Obituary The celebrated painter translated the approach of Picasso into the world of the Polaroid collage.

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Duane Michals in 1992. (Photo by Marc GANTIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
"To photograph reality is to photograph nothing": Duane Michals rejected the idea of the 'decisive moment' and did something wildly different

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Obituary The American artist, who died this month aged 94, spent six decades proving that photography could tell stories and ask questions, not just record what was there

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Blurred close-up detail of dental models or casts showing fine textural detail.
Ishiuchi Miyako photographs completely different things, yet her 50 years of work all looks unmistakably hers

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Triptych showing a nude figure bathing in two contemporary photographs flanking a classical painting of a crouched bather
Nan Goldin turns her camera onto art history, and the results are an inspiration for any photographer wishing to reinvent themselves

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After five decades documenting lived experience, the American photographer is now shooting marble, myths and mortality

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A dreamlike night landscape featuring a gravel path leading toward blooming cherry blossoms, obscured by ethereal blue and green light flares and motion blur.
How do you photograph history that people would rather forget, or grief that has no shape? Two Japanese photographers give very different answers

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News From postwar Hiroshima to pandemic-era Tōhoku, a landmark exhibition pairs two Japanese photographers who've spent careers turning trauma into art

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A 35mm diptych pairing a pole dancer suspended horizontally against warm nightclub bokeh with a luminous golden Pacific sea nettle jellyfish trailing long white tentacles against a deep purple-green background
Two frames are better than one: this new show demonstrates what the diptych can do for your photography

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news Pole dancers beside jellyfish, ancient statues beside contemporary nudes... it's all a compelling argument for one of photography's most underused formats.

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A dramatic, low-light photograph of the red and white wooden structures of the Byōdō-in Temple in Uji, Japan, reflected clearly in the dark water of a pond, with a single white koi fish near the bottom left corner.
Taken with a 61MP resolution specialist camera, this dark and moody vision of a Japanese temple transforms a postcard favorite into fine art​

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Rintaro Ukon used a combination of ultra‑wide precision, 61MP detail and meticulous grading to make one of Japan’s most photographed temples feel strangely new.​

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A portrait of Joel Meyerowitz
Upcoming show celebrates Joel Meyerowitz, the pioneering photographer who taught us to see in color

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A major retrospective and special award both pay tribute to the iconic photographer.

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Black & white image of a naked woman floating face down in water
Liezl Zwarts offers a masterclass in pivoting from commercial to art photography

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News South African photographer Liezl Zwarts draws on Japanese philosophy, personal pain and her commercial training to forge a breathtaking fine art debut.

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Diane Keaton holds the camera of a media photographer as she arrives at the premiere of "Mack & Rita" on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, at NeueHouse Hollywood in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP) - Image ID: 2MAX6GJ
The Rolleiflex queen: Why Diane Keaton will be sorely missed as a photographer

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Obituary Beyond the silver screen, Diane Keaton built up a formidable body of photographic work that deserves serious attention.

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