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Is newsprint the future of photography?

Fresh, fast, adaptable and affordable. More and more photographers, including photojournalist Jo Metson Scott and social documentarian Martin Parr, are turning to newsprint.

6 July 2017

Photo London: Nicola Lo Calzo on the Afro-Cuban legacy

Examining the cultural, religious, and ceremonial practices passed down through generations of African descendants in Cuba, Lo Calzo highlights the variety of identities within the country, and the ways in which they complement one another. Cohabiting “within a personal culture of exchange”, he says, they “borrow each other’s visions, customs and narratives”. He points to the “precarious balancing act” between the familiar Cuba, largely defined by the communist revolution and the society born out of it, and the diverse communities that actually make up the country.

11 May 2017

Side Gallery Reopens After Major Redevelopment With Childhoods Photography Exhibition

The only photography venue in the UK exclusively devoted to documentary photography, Side Gallery closed in 2015 for a major redevelopment. Last summer 60,000 people came to see For Ever Amber, the retrospective of the extraordinary AmberSide Collection at Newcastle’s Laing Art Gallery. Finally after a year and a half, Amber has got its gallery back, representing a new chapter in the film and photography collective’s history.

30 September 2016