As Peter Mitchell’s retrospective opens at The Photographer’s Gallery in London, we look back at our coverage of the show’s opening in Leeds last year
Social History
The Afropean author is back with a touring show, curating working-class photographers to present an alternative reading of class aesthetics
Years before social media, the photographer was already critical of our obsession with celebrity culture and mocked the idea of spectacle
Opened by Hashem El Madani in 1953 in Saida, the studio documented many sides of the Lebanese community, a legacy that Akram Zaatari is on a mission to preserve
Carlos Saavedra’s combination of archival, documentary and staged images respond to a fatal volcanic eruption which could’ve been anticipated
A new photobook memorialises the triumphs and trials of the early years of Britain’s National Health Service, providing a timely reminder of its importance
Alessandro Di Giugno’s images of his hometown show a city and its people refusing to be defined by recent history after four decades living with the mob’s crime and intimidation