Tom May
Tom May is a freelance writer and editor specializing in art, photography, design and travel. He has been editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine. He has also worked for a wide range of mainstream titles including The Sun, Radio Times, NME, T3, Heat, Company and Bella.
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News Specs are packing some seriously impressive, er, specs. Can they finally bring augmented reality into the mainstream?

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Book Re-released to mark what would have been Monroe's 100th birthday, Marilyn & Me is one of the most fascinating books about magazine photography ever written.

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Books Spending more than 10 years embedded with three single mothers, raising children with severe disabilities, has resulted in a beautiful and technically assured piece of work

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

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News When the late actor's estate went up for sale, her photographic work raised far more than anyone expected

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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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NEWS The authors argue that street photography isn't about technique or gear: it's about artistic vision

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Features Moving memoirs and brilliant biographies, from some of the world's leading photographers, straight into your ears

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BUYING GUIDE Your precious keepsakes deserve to be protected, so follow my guide to the best scrapbooking glue and photo adhesive

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Updated Create professional mounts for photos and artwork easily, with the best mat cutters

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BUYING GUIDE Capture your memories in style, using the best scrapbooks

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This Beijing photographer documents Shehuo traditions with commercial expertise and visual precision

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A new exhibition of Lee Miller's work opens this week – and a single image tells you everything you need to know

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Updated Want to sound clear, crisp and professional? Then you need the best microphone isolation shield!

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News The Malala Yousafzai portrait that went beyond photography is now on show at a new immersive London experience

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Opinion The Danziger Gallery hung an AI-generated version of an iconic image by Ansel Adams and offered it up for sale

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The story behind the Mandela portrait that defied expectation, now brought to life at a new immersive London experience

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Updated Capture images and video of nesting birds you couldn't get by yourself, with the best bird box cameras

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Premiering at Cannes this week, the film shows us how the greatest images come from reading people, not mastering f-stops

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

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News The writer and producer behind Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves has swapped the big screen for impressionist images of nature

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buying guide You don't need ink to print address labels, tickets and labels: just use the best thermal printers!

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Buying guide Forget Apple: these iPad alternatives from Samsung, Microsoft, Amazon, and Lenovo provide better value and great specs

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History Bauhaus-trained and politically fearless, Edith Tudor-Hart was one of Britain's finest documentary photographers. She was also a Soviet secret agent. Now, a new book tells her astonishing story
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