Contemporary Photography

'The Charlie Chaplin of street photography': Elliott Erwitt remembered by those who knew him best

Martin Parr and Magnum colleagues remember the renowned American street photographer, who has died at age 95

Rencontres d’Arles: can the storied photography festival recognise the issues that beset its homeland?

The annual event opens in Arles as France contends with the killing of Nahel Merzouk and the violent protests that swept the country

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Photo London's director promises to 'embrace the new'—so why does it look the same?

Now under the directorship of Kamiar Maleki, the UK's largest photography fair returns to Somerset House for its eighth edition

Martin Parr to take centre stage at Photo London fair

The documenter of Britain’s quirks is this year’s Master of Photography

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Annie Leibovitz reveals why she took on commission for Ikea

The superstar photographer will capture homes in seven countries this year for the Swedish mega furniture chain

Yayoi Kusama and Louis Vuitton: the enduring allure of art and luxury

Plus, Michael Rakowitz's ambitious restitution plans and Rosy Martin's photographical iconostasis

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The Van Gogh Sunflowers lawsuit: the full story behind the Nazi-loot claim to Tokyo’s $250m painting

Plus, Singapore’s art hub ambitions and Grace Lau's project for Chinese New Year

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'The ultimate artist residency': team chosen for space voyage includes photographers and performers

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa's dearMoon trip is being developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company

'I tend not to see men, strangely': photographer Hannah Starkey on constructing a more truthful world inhabited by women

As Hepworth Wakefield hosts a major retrospective of her work, the British artist explains why she has spent 25 years training her lens almost exclusively on women

The Photographers' Gallery in London appoints Shoair Mavlian as new director

A former intern will replace Brett Rogers as the new figurehead of the photography space, but will face immediate pressures concerning income, footfall and sponsorship

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Pioneering photo-conceptualist Ian Wallace wins one of Canada’s top art prizes

The Audain Prize, awarded to the province of British Columbia’s most distinguished artists, comes with C$100,000 cash

Photographer Wolfgang Tillmans shows us ways to look without fear in MoMA survey

The show’s unconventional hang and nonhierarchical approach to photographic print invites us to think about images today

Frederick C. Baldwin, co-founder of Houston’s FotoFest, remembered for championing 'global vision' of photography

Baldwin, who has died at the age of 92, was a “shining example of generosity” driven by his experience of the Civil Rights Movement

Photojournalist Tom Stoddart, famous chronicler of the Siege of Sarajevo, is remembered by friends

Peter Dench pays tribute to Tom Stoddart's life and career after photographer dies age 67

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Climate disaster: photographer Richard Mosse on environmental crime in the Amazon

Plus, artist Rachel Maclean on Hieronymus Bosch's influence

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A year after Covid-19 is confirmed as a pandemic, World Press Photo prize reminds us of photography's vital role in playing witness to history

Highest prize for photojournalism includes images from 28 countries that capture a year when the coronavirus intertwined with global issues of social injustice and territorial conflicts

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Daniel Wolf, collector and lover of the great outdoors who changed the museum world's attitude to photography, has died, aged 65

Formed a peerless photography collection for the J Paul Getty Museum and curated the landmark 1989 Royal Academy exhibition to mark 150 years of the art form

How Magnum Photos is cleaning up its act

Agency acts after 11 women allege in magazine article they were harassed by veteran photographer David Alan Harvey

Virtual photography show reveals modern Lebanon's many layers of tragedy

Lebanon Then and Now: Photography from 2006 to 2020 hosted by Washington, DC's Middle East Institute is both timely and prescient

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Remembering Peter Beard, photographer and artist, champion of East African wildlife, friend and collaborator of Francis Bacon and Andy Warhol

Photographer, diarist, and collagist who highlighted the destruction of the African elephant's habitat and bestrode New York society in the era of Studio 54

'A giant wall': art world feels the pinch of Trump’s 25% import duty on printed works

Collectors and artists are scrambling to find solutions to the US government’s penalty tariffs

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Paris Photo turns its lens on youth in preparation for 2020 New York launch

Photography fair opens this week in French capital with a section focussing on marginalised artists

Photography collective takes a stand against wildlife crime

Internationally renowned photographers join forces to publish a crowdfunded book in English and Mandarin that raises awareness of China’s illegal trade in animals

Bigger is not always better at New York's Photography Show

Although down a few exhibitors, Aipad's annual photo fair delivers with both large-format and intimately scaled photos

MFA Boston brings Ansel Adams into the present day

“You can’t tackle the subject of American western photography without coming to grips with him,” says the shows curator

Picture this: from €10,000 to €1.3m, what to buy at Paris Photo

Prices for photography tend to be lower than standard art market price ranges but Richard Avedon’s famous Warhol image has a seven-figure price tag

Muholi defies stigma and stereotypes at the Stedelijk

Around 80 pictures spanning over a decade are on display in Amsterdam

Forged in war, revolution and turmoil, works head for Les Rencontres d’Arles

The annual photography festival assembles works that open up doors closed by political turbulence