Butterflies encircle faces. Orange balloons float in mid-air. Deep blue leaves engulf bodies. Fares Micue is a self-taught conceptual photographer.

Christopher Thomas captures merry-go-rounds, ice cream cones, bubble gum machines, circus tents and ferris wheels within desolate landscapes.

Namsa Leuba is a Swiss-Guinean photographer and art director who focuses on African identity as seen through the western gaze.

Massimo Colonna is an Italian photographer, post-producer and retoucher who invents spaces that play with a sense of reality.

Karen Navarro calls upon photography, collage and sculpture to investigate the concepts of race, gender and belonging, and how they converge.

Gerwyn Davies is an Australian photographer who makes images that empower and conceal, combining hand-made costumes and edits.

Richard Mosse uses new imaging methods to recontextualise ecological catastrophe. His latest project looks at destruction in the Amazon.

Santa Fe is a creative hotbed, mixing contemporary modernism with adobe tradition, recalibrating connections to the landscape.

Photographs relay information for the viewer, but what happens to the truth in the process? 10 new photographers work with these questions.

Hawkesworth’s latest project, shot over 13 years, offers a glimpse of Britain and its diversity, a celebration of photography without borders.

Artists have long sought inspiration in found photos. We consider the ethical implications of collage in an age of visual abundance.

Benoit Paillé’s hyperreal image series demonstrates how photography doesn’t, in fact, capture reality, but is an active creator of reality.

Thandiwe Muriu’s has been widely lauded for her distinctive style: clean, crisp and elegant, demonstrating the skill and vision of a rising star.

Signs and Symbols: Issue 102 considers the difference between “looking” and “seeing” –
how we view ourselves and the world around us.

This is creative team Tugalobster. Jessica is from Leiria, Portugal, and is the one who draws everything. Liam is the one who writes everything.

Daisy Grange’s project revolves around our primal need as humans: for physical touch. The artist investigated why we crave or despise it.

Amelia Coutts has created a zine which explores the unique relationships we have had with gardens, and how this has changed over time.

Melanie Ayres’ prosthetics achieve suspension of disbelief, which is needed for the characters to feel realistic and effectively capture imaginations.

Ellen Winhammar has produced a children’s picture book about two frogs: Malley, the friendly protagonist, and his grumpy friend Lelou.

Melanie Moore is a Hair and Makeup graduate, BA(Hons) at Bucks New University & Pinewood Studios. The artist specialises in the film industry.