The New York conceptualist has long turned the camera on itself to question visual cultures. A new show deepens her inquiry into the nature of spectatorship – both human and machine
Condé Nast’s magazines were pioneering in their support of artists including Lee Miller, Irving Penn, Edward Steichen and Diane Arbus. What do their pictures of actors, politicians and writers tell us about how culture is constructed?
The social documentary photographer, who passed away last week on his 68th birthday, told the story of his industrial hometown of Ashington with unparalleled insight and sensitivity
Gail Rebhan and Laura Foster both photograph family members – to preserve cultural moments and deal with difficult circumstances. Read more about both in this month’s editor’s picks, alongside Jem Southam and Leica’s next generation of women trailblazers
Last autumn, Odesa Photo Days Festival ran the Photographic Storytelling Mentoring Programme, empowering young artists to document how the war has affected their lives. The 40 projects tell stories of trauma, displacement, resilience and hope
Jade Carr-Daley was two weeks into her photography course when she found out she was pregnant. Her ongoing project documents her transition from student to caregiver
Laura Foster’s collaboration with a florist friend is based on an unexpected and long-hidden bond: that they have grown up supporting mothers living with substance abuse
Journey through Sari Soininen’s transformative acid trip, the new Centre for British Photography, and the photo journal keeping Hanoi’s scene alive in some of this month’s most read stories
The Magnum photographer talks to Ravi Ghosh about reissuing The Shipping Forecast, his seminal book navigating the British Isles’ 31 sea areas