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No Woman’s Land
In No Woman’s Land, photojournalist Kiana Hayeri and researcher Mélissa Cornet travel through seven Afghan provinces to document women’s lives under Taliban rule. Through intimate portraits, interviews, and collaborative artworks, the book offers a vital record of gender-based persecution — and the extraordinary resistance of those living through it.
Florida Boys
Florida Boys is a five-year photographic project by Florida-based photographer Josh Aronson that reimagines coming-of-age in the American South. Travelling Florida’s backroads with young men, Aronson stages tender, atmospheric scenes that explore masculinity, belonging and landscape. The images are presented in his exhibition at Baker–Hall (Miami, FL), on view October 18 – November 22, 2025.
ICONS – Thomas Hoepker: Objective Realities
Hoepker was the defining photojournalist of the past century. He took arguably the most prescient photo of 9/11 still in the collective conscience and worked with a clarity that cut through some of the most complex political events of the 20th century. He didn’t see himself as an artist, but had what he believed was a higher duty to the world. How did he manage this?
Unyọñ Ufọk (Going Home)
London-based Purist Gallery presents Unyọñ Ufọk (Going Home), an intimate photo-and-film exhibition by Nigerian-British artist Emily Nkanga. From 9–11 October 2025, the show navigates grief, memory, and the emotional terrain of “returning home” through visuals rooted in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria.
From Runway to Rave
The after-show party for Matières Fécales’ latest collection at Paris Fashion Week unfolded deep into the night, a striking extension of the brand’s provocative vision. The queue outside already told us what to expect – this was the place to be. A following unique in the Fashion world, Hannah and Steven create a world, where music, art and fashion collide in the best possible way.
CHEMTRAIL: This is Killing Us
For the forthcoming exhibition CHEMTRAIL: This is Killing Us in Soho, London, artist and photographer Matt Ford has created an accompanying zine that cuts through the noise around Chemsex. Commissioned by Impulse London, the exhibition shines a stark light on the impacts Chemsex – physically and mentally. The subject remains taboo, often reduced to statistics or hidden from public view. Ford’s zine and the rest of the exhibition refuse to let that happen.
Birds of a Feather
Claire Rosen’s Birds of a Feather is a sumptuous new photobook that captures 120 live birds in vivid portraits staged against ornate, historically inspired backdrops. Blending art history, design, and ornithology, Rosen’s decade-long project reflects on beauty, belonging, and humanity’s complicated relationship with nature.
Saṃrachanā
Saṃrachanā is a photographic meditation by New York-based artist Haren Mehta, exploring Rajasthan’s cultural architecture through the luminous setting of Jaisalmer. Blending symbolism, tradition, and innovation, the series reflects on how form becomes language, honouring Rajasthan not just as a destination but as a living composition of identity and craft.
Iwona Blazwick: The sublime and the intimate
Iwona Blazwick OBE, former director of the Whitechapel Gallery and creator of the Turbine Hall commissions, returns to the gallery space after years of monumental desert curation. She’s begun conceptualising a new exhibition that’s much more intimate, focusing on photography’s capacity to reveal private, profound parts of the photographer’s life without even showing them.
Fruiting Bodies
Photographer Ying Ang’s latest photobook, Fruiting Bodies, debuts at the New York Art Book Fair. Exploring mushrooms as biological and feminist symbols, Ang’s intimate images challenge conventional ideas of fertility, aging, and the female body. The work reframes postmenopausal life as a site of intelligence, presence, and quiet power.
Actions on Béjar: Memory, Participation, and the Visual Poetics of Place
In the Spanish town of Béjar, once a thriving textile hub, participatory art and photography converge to explore memory, absence, and collective imagination. Acciones sobre Béjar transforms public spaces and personal narratives into visual and poetic archives, revealing the town’s past, present, and potential futures through dialogue, gesture, and community.
Now You See Me
We are proud to present Now You See Me, an editorial by Barcelona-based photographer Sofia Luz. Inspired by the book of the same name, the series explores lesbian identity through striking visual codes, celebrating resilience, visibility and authenticity. Luz’s bold imagery bridges past struggles with present-day expression, offering a powerful ode to diversity and the beauty of living unapologetically.
Blue Valentines
In Blue Valentines, Russia-based artist Ida Anderson transforms the fragile form of a postcard into a vessel for memory, loss and longing. Using the cyanotype process, she renders Moscow in shades of haunting blue — part love letter, part elegy.
The Enchancted Ones
In The Enchanted Ones, photographer Stephanie Pommez invites readers into the mystical world of the Ribeirinhos, the river dwellers of the Brazilian Amazon. Shot entirely on 35mm black-and-white film over three years, her work captures the profound bond between nature, myth and community. Centering on traditional midwives, the book unveils a culture where ancestral knowledge, storytelling and the unseen converge, blurring the boundaries between reality, memory and imagination.
C.A.R. – Machines and Mischief
C.A.R. (Chloe Raunet) steps into a new era with partner-in-crime Joni Green. Their latest single Shyana is out now, teasing the mischief and rhythm of upcoming album Dance at Oscar’s, set for release Friday 26th September on Craig Richards’ label The Nothing Special. Playful, rebellious, and defiantly alive.
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A Quiet Homage
A Quiet Homage invites viewers into a contemplative space where art history and contemporary sensibility meet. Drawing inspiration from the harmony and sensual poise of the Italian Renaissance, the series reinterprets classical motifs through a modern lens of sustainability and restraint
Icons of the Wild: Africa in Focus
Icons of the Wild by Swedish photographer Johan Siggesson is a celebration of Africa’s most recognisable animals – elephants, lions, cheetahs, zebras and more – captured in their natural environments without staging or interference. Using low, wide perspectives, Siggesson creates intimate yet respectful portraits that highlight both the animal and its surroundings. This series honours the quiet strength and presence of wildlife, reminding us of what endures and deserves our attention.
Let me entertain you
In this conversation, Daniel Mays reflects on his craft as a character actor, the emotional depth he brings to roles, and the lasting influence of working with Mike Leigh. He talks method, class, photography, and the pressures of modern visibility, all while gearing up for the release of The Thursday Murder Club this August.