In the pages of The Secrets of Sexual Fulfilment, Mahvash – a popular figure among the working class of 1950s Tehran – presented playfully risqué images of herself alongside the fictionalised story of her life.
Environment
When the Fog Whispers explores the countryside of Saudi Arabia through a photographic commission prize
Celebrated photographer Sebastião Salgado has died after more than 50 years of committed documentary work; here BJP draws on past interviews to give an insight into his approach
BJP explores The Tree of Life: A Love Letter to Nature, the festival’s ninth edition in Milan
Margarita Galandina and Alice Poyzer are the series winners of BJP’s 2024 Female in Focus; and this year, BJP is introducing a People’s Choice category for one outstanding image in the award
Creative duo and club stalwarts Martin Green and James Lawler take a utopian yet realistic look at 90s Queer nights in Britain, at Open Eye Gallery
How to Unname a Tree dismantles the notion of trees as static symbols, revealing them as beings that blur the lines of identity
Italian-Bosnian Rosa Franjic and her partner travelled to the Yemeni island to meet friends working on preserving its staggering biodiversity
Exploring the wunderkammer collection that underpins University of Oxford’s museum, The Flood recreates part of its magic – and uncovers some moral failings
Tamara Abdul Hadi visited the marshes of southern Iraq to reimagine a European photo book about the region made years prior