Reading Time: 7 minutes A new generation of contemporary photographers are challenging the status quo, drawing on their personal histories to make work that is inherently relevant for the future.
Identity Politics
Reading Time: 9 minutes Tomanova’s work is raw and intimate. Here, she discusses her relationship to photography and the evolution of her practice so far
Reading Time: 3 minutes “If we continue on this path of not being aware, this kind of numbness, there’s not much hope left for society”
Reading Time: 5 minutes “I realised that, through photography, I could express myself as loudly as I wanted without feeling uncomfortable or feeling my ideas weren’t strong enough. That’s what photography gave me”
Reading Time: 5 minutes Anjuman’s poetic images tackle issues of violence and oppression, many of which have affected Anjuman herself
Reading Time: 3 minutes “I want to provide positive representations of people of colour and people from under-resourced areas,” says Deal, who dedicates his practice to uplifting cultural representations of his community
Reading Time: 2 minutes “Their stories are also my story,” says Çimen, a self-taught photographer whose work explores the experience of young Islamic women in Turkey
Reading Time: 3 minutes In place of this year’s Turner Prize, Liz Johnson Artur is one of ten artists awarded a one-off bursary £10,000. Here, we revisit an interview with the Ghanaian-Russian photographer, about her expansive archive of the richness and complexity of black British life
Reading Time: 8 minutes As her solo exhibition, Painting with Light, reflects on the richness of Smith’s oeuvre, the artist discusses her practice and the irony of looking back now
Reading Time: 3 minutes Unbeknown to his parents, who are unaware of his sexuality, Xu returned home to create temporary installations exploring his identity in a space that has historically repressed it