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A group of laughing women in headscarves, stained aprons and boots link arms and wave as they march along a cobbled street with tram tracks, while a police officer watches from behind
A policeman directs traffic from a metal bin, Harrow boys queue for sweets in straw boaters, and men on stilts tend the Kent hops: new photo book opens a fascinating window on 1930s Britain

By Tom May Published

NEWS This 616-page hardback gathers together hundreds of archive photographs, many never seen before, of a nation caught between tradition and modernity.

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At the 1986 Wackersdorf anti-nuclear protest, a shirtless man raises his arm mid-shout as a couple embrace beside him, a dark storm-clouded sky filling the background.
German photographer Wolfgang Zurborn spent lockdown scanning his pictures of crowds, and learned something profound about finding order inside chaos

By Tom May Published

BOOKS Crowds is a new book gathering together four decades of dense, color-saturated street photography

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“This family was in a bunker. When the Americans threw a grenade in a bunker, they would shout ‘fire in thehole!’ before there was an enormous explosion. I don’t know how these people got out alive. I was just tryingto show how you’d feel if that was your family—so badly shocked and threatened at the end of it all”
“I want my picture to hurt you.” Now 90, renowned Vietnam War photographer Don McCullin shares why he wants to create photos to lose sleep over – and why he hates his most famous photograph

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

BOOKS Ahead of his final book – and 91st birthday – Don McCullin recounts stories of working as a war photographer through decades of global conflict

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Two clowns stand talking on a night-time pavement outside a shuttered baby goods shop, lit by the shop's glowing window display.
French photographer Nicolas Rachline transforms deserted streets into film noir, elevates mood over moment, and demonstrates that every picture doesn't actually need to tell a story

By Tom May Published

This music video producer turned photographer presents a decade of nocturnal, cinematic street imagery in his debut book

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Interior of Veselka diner, New York.
What does a city lose when its ‘ordinary’ places disappear? The photography couple's “race against time” to document New York’s mom-and-pop diners

By Alan Palazon Published

Photojournalists James and Karla Murray’s new book, Counter Culture: New York City’s Greatest Diners and Luncheonettes, celebrates the timeless history of these “mom-and-pop” restaurants – community pillars facing increasing uncertainty amid gentrification and shifting consumerism

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A reversed portrait of the actor Claude Delacroix in a hat, and a photo of Baby Muth seemingly flying the air
Philippe Halsman fled Paris in 1940 with nothing but his camera and 12 prints. After his death, his grandson found the glass plates he left behind – and they offer a fascinating glimpse into the genesis of a photography legend

By Tom May Published

book Thames & Hudson's new book reveals how Philippe Halsman developed his eye as a working photographer.

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A century of National Geographic's best US photography, gathered together in one beautiful volume, makes me want to go out and shoot on film again

By Tom May Published

news Timed for the USA's 250th birthday, TASCHEN's new 700-image retrospective is an intoxicating read

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Triptych image: left panel shows assorted colorful flowers on dark ground, center panel features a blue leaf print, right panel has pink leaves on orange textured background
Flower photography isn't just about pretty roses: photographers in this new collection found beauty from weeds in concrete and ghosts in cyanotype

By Tom May Published

NEWS Shutter Hub's new book 'Flora' proves that flower photography still has the capacity to surprise us

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The Vogue photographer who never let his models stand still: Neil Kirk spent decades capturing supermodels mid-stride, mid-leap and mid-laugh

By Tom May Published

NEWS A new monograph traces a fashion career based on catching genuine movement rather than staged poses

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Kate Moss sits on a staircase in a fur coat, gripping a cigarette packet on the handrail as she looks down at her feet.
For 20 years, everyone assumed Kate Moss was drunk on that staircase. Greg Brennan, who took the photo, says she was just waiting for a car home from a party

By Tom May Published

NEWS A new book from veteran press photographer Greg Brennan reminds us that the story people tell about a photo can matter as much as the photo itself

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