Reading Time: 3 minutes The four shortlisted artists were announced today, with the winner revealed next spring at The Photographers’ Gallery, London
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Virginia Hanusik on changing the visual narrative of climate change
Reading Time: 2 minutes We partnered with EyeEm on a callout for striking architectural photography — here are our winners
Reading Time: 4 minutes Having launched to international acclaim in 2019, Female in Focus is back to celebrate exceptional…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kate Phellini hails from Warsaw, Poland, where she splits her time between photography, graphic design…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Petronella Chigumbura is a member of Akashinga, an all female anti-poaching unit that operates in Zimbabwe’s Lower Zambezi ecosystem. In Shona – the native language of Zimbabwe – Akashinga means the brave ones. Many of the members are victims of sexual violence and domestic abuse, recruited by the International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF), and trained rigorously to serve on Africa’s frontline against poaching.
Reading Time: 3 minutes In Catalina Martin-Chico’s World Press Photo of the Year-nominated image, former guerilla fighter Yolanda is photographed with her husband Michael in their home in the Colombian jungle. It is their sixth pregnancy, but for the first time, Yolanda will be delivering a baby.
Until three years ago, when a peace deal was signed with the Colombian government, Yolanda was a member of the country’s largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). Pregnancy was forbidden, so many female members underwent abortions. Yolanda has had five abortions – her last pregnancy terminated at six months. “She feels that now, she deserves this baby,” says Martin-Chico.
Reading Time: 3 minutes The impressive panel will judge the first edition of Female in Focus – a new award seeking to elevate the work of exceptional female-identifying photographers
Reading Time: 4 minutes Through the weird and wonderful worlds she creates, Roy escapes the frustrations of modern existence
Reading Time: 5 minutes One winter night at a charity shop in Paris, a young Afghan refugee named Zaman…