Informed by his own experiences with migration and photography, Mohamed Keita set up spaces for self-determination
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The renamed Camera Club of New York builds community in both photography and its local neighbourhood
A dedicated photojournalist, educator, thinker, runner and dancer, Paul Lowe influenced a generation of students, academics, journalists, and art & culture workers, writes his friend and LCC colleague, Max Houghton
Photography and poetry have a long-standing connection and the pairing is enjoying renewed popularity. Rachel Segal Hamilton speaks with photographers and poets to find out why
The photographer’s career has been overshadowed by her communist links and her more famous brother, but 25 years of her work is now being reappraised
Many socially engaged practices rely on collaborations with marginalised communities – but if a photographer receives funding, should their participants also be paid?
The significance of Black American studio photography has largely been neglected from the medium’s history. An exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) endeavours to challenge that, exploring the development and influence of these artists’ work throughout the medium’s first century of existence to the present day.
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31 August 2022
Throughout history, the nude has transitioned from a figure of anatomical intrigue to a token of beauty, and even a political tool. From Weston to Mapplethorpe and into the present day, Joseph Glover unravels the then and now of the photographic nude
Consumerism and imperialism have long been explored and visualised in photography. Indeed, images themselves are a commodity that perpetuate the cycle. But with the dawn of the internet and new technologies, the heightened awareness of the climate crisis, intersectional thought and need for decolonisation, photography’s relationship to capitalism is being reexamined.