Reading Time: 5 minutes In critique of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, artist Elsa Leydier corrupted and inverted the stereotypical image of Brazil to expose the realities of a compromised democracy
Fashion
Reading Time: 2 minutes Vogue Italia’s photography festival moves online while maintaining its commitment to exploring ethics, aesthetics and photographic futures
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ladocsi is one of the shortlisted photographers for this year’s competition at Festival de Hyères
Reading Time: 6 minutes Abstract forms, vivid colours, and unexpected motifs thread through Davison’s exploration of the Miao in Song Flowers — his second photobook published by Loose Joints, in collaboration with fashion house Marni
Reading Time: 5 minutes This Mental Health Awareness Week, Day discusses Seesaw — an ongoing series created in response to her experiences of OCD during and before the pandemic, and the emotional ups-and-downs experienced by society at large during this time
Reading Time: < 1 minute Max Siedentopf’s latest book challenges the taboo of employing the same idea twice
Reading Time: 2 minutes Shot in Jamaica and London, Ijewere’s collaboration with hair stylist Jawara is the product of a journey of personal discovery
Reading Time: 3 minutes The emerging artist’s candid editorials establish her as a powerful creative force
Reading Time: 3 minutes Antwaun Sargent’s first book celebrates a new forefront of genre-bending photographers “using their cameras to create contemporary portrayals of black life”
Reading Time: 8 minutes In the 25 years since his graduation, Tim Walker has become one of the most singular photographers of his generation. Diane Smyth finds him in reflective mood ahead of a new book and exhibition at the V&A