How to take better photos
Anyone can learn the principles that are essential to capturing quality images. Follow these tips and see the difference
by Paul Pope
Photography
‘It’s unreal – in the best way.’ Acacia captures visual poetry at Earth’s poles
Directed by Brian Storm
The photographer who captured the cool, dark birthplace of punk rock
Directed by Lewie Kloster and Noah Kloster
Victorian hidden mothers and the continued erasure of mothering
Why do Victorian ‘hidden mother’ photographs shock us? We’re still expected to hide the work of mothering from public view
by Andrea Kaston Tange
Struth’s unpeopled photos evoke the loneliness of urban life
Thomas Struth’s empty streets speak of an existential loneliness that is a shadowy but ever-present aspect of urban life
by Richard Deming
Why we love to play pretend in front of scenic backdrops
Zoom backgrounds have their roots in 19th-century portrait photography and say as much about the creation of the social self
by Kim Beil
One photo per day for more than a year, exploring how rituals affect memory
Directed by Scott Thrift