Latest articles by Tom May
This rule-breaking book about African street photography splices catwalk-ready fashion shots in with candid documentary, and it's hard to tell where one ends and one begins
News A new release from Thames & Hudson challenges our assumptions about what street photography actually is
Mital Patel spent years photographing the two remaining northern white rhinos on Earth. Yet his work isn't just about animals; it tells us a lot about humans, too
NEWS A new online exhibition teams a wildlife extinction story with a study of the people guarding it.
The most famous face of the Titanic disaster belongs to a newsboy nobody thought to name – taken by a photographer nobody credited, either
famous photos The fame of Ned Parfett's photo has outlived him by over a century
The best microscope in 2026: Perfect for students, kids and photographers
Buying guide Explore inner space, educate your children, and shoot macro images with the best microscopes
Visa pour l'Image photography festival loses its founder: why Jean-François Leroy's passing is a huge loss to photojournalism
Obituary The man who launched the world's biggest photojournalism festival has died aged 69
The seaside town that once called Martin Parr's photographs a betrayal is about to put his face on a mural the size of a building
News New Brighton is raising funds for a permanent mural honouring the late street photographer
Movies featuring real-life photographers don't always hit the right notes, but new Netflix movie H for Hawk gets Fleet Street legend Alisdair Macdonald spot on
Brendan Gleeson plays the real Daily Mirror shooter, whose actual pictures anchor this Claire Foy grief drama
GoPro Mission 1 Pro vs DJI Osmo Action 6 vs Insta360 Ace Pro 2: Which action camera deserves your cash?
VERSUS Got action camera overwhelm? This GoPro Mission 1 Pro vs DJI Osmo Action 6 vs Insta360 Ace Pro 2 showdown should clear things up
Andrew Crommelin and Charles Davidson took the photograph that proved Einstein right about the universe in 1919. So why does history only remember Arthur Eddington's name?
Features The photographer who gets the credit isn't always the one who took the decisive shot
DJI Osmo Pocket 4P vs Insta360 Luna Ultra – Which twin-lens pocket gimbal camera is the best?
VERSUS How do these dual-lens, pocket gimbal cameras compare? We pit the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P vs Insta360 Luna Ultra to see which is the right choice for you
These 20th century photos of Mexican workers being rounded up and sent back highlight how mass deportations from the USA are nothing new
A new exhibition traces a century of recruitment and removal, from the 1930s to the 1950s
GoPro Mission 1 vs GoPro Mission 1 Pro: Which action camera is the best buy?
VERSUS Can't choose between the latest GoPros? This GoPro Mission 1 vs GoPro Mission 1 Pro comparison explains the differences
Leonard Jefferson wasn't using a professional camera and only knew the rapper Tupac Shakur slightly, yet he captured one of the most iconic images in modern music history
NEWS The last-ever photograph of the star before he was murdered wasn't taken by a pro, but by someone who just said hello
Behind Peter Marlow's serene cathedral photographs lay months of calls to vergers, scrawled exposure notes & a stack of drying Polaroids on the dashboard
NEWS A new exhibition at London's Southwark Cathedral reveals the unglamorous planning that made Peter Marlow's celebrated large-format cathedral photographs possible
Pulitzer-winning photographer Sal Veder has died aged 99 – his most famous frame carries a lesson for all of us
News The man behind one of the most reprinted news photos of the 20th century taught us something important about truth.
RIP Jay Maisel: the New York photographer who shot one of history's most iconic album covers, made masterful use of light and color, and loved to pass on his knowledge to others
News The photographer for Miles Davis' famed album, Kind of Blue, was a mentor to many
Eadweard Muybridge invented a device that led to both cinema and burst photography – all to settle a question about horses – and the way it worked was utter genius
The 19th-century photographer's homemade 12-camera rig solved the problem of human reaction times being too slow
Flower photography isn't just about pretty roses: photographers in this new collection found beauty from weeds in concrete and ghosts in cyanotype
NEWS Shutter Hub's new book 'Flora' proves that flower photography still has the capacity to surprise us
Getty's latest show turns the spotlight on Mexico's greatest image-makers – and how they built a century of work through friendship and rivalry
NEWS Work by 13 photographers reveals how friendship, mentorship and shared subjects shaped a country's visual history
From picket lines to drag queen dressing rooms, these five views of Los Angeles prove that Chicano photography has always refused to stay in the same lane
NEWS Five photographers, one city, and half a century of images that never settled on one way of seeing the City of Angels
The best opera glasses: pocket sized binoculars for theater and stage
Buying guide Going to the opera, theater or a concert? Enhance your experience with the best opera glasses available today
Photographer paddled a kayak to the edge of the continental shelf and waited. The feeding frenzy that emerged reminds us: the best wildlife shots come from watching, not chasing
UPDATED A close encounter between a fur seal, its catch and a scrum of seabirds shows why patience beats pursuit
Kate Winslet tracked down one of the world's last Rolleiflex technicians for her Lee Miller biopic – and made a replica camera for her co-star in the movie
UPDATED The pre-war twin-lens camera Miller carried reveals as much about the model-turned-photographer as any of her images.
