An Unprecedented Year
99 portrait photographers chronicle the past 12 months through the eyes of everyday people, key workers and national treasures from across Britain.
99 portrait photographers chronicle the past 12 months through the eyes of everyday people, key workers and national treasures from across Britain.
There is an inherent sense of mystery about forests. Here are five photographers – all featured in Aesthetica – who put them front and centre.
German photographer Jan Prengel looks beyond still life – instead capturing flowers and plant stems in motion, over an exposure time of 2-3 seconds.
Mark Power visualises historic weather reports, imagining beautiful, daunting seascapes of blustering winds, endless rainfall and churning waves.
Studio Brasch’s new images, crafted using the latest AI tools, combine fundamentals of Japanese Ikebana with abstract sculpture and new technologies.
Bernd and Hilla Becher blurred the lines between media, documenting now-demolished industrial structures across Europe and the United States.
Jamal Nxedlana is intent on creating “an alternative image repertoire to tackle biased views of Africa”, whilst celebrating Johannesburg’s cultural pioneers.
German photographer Tom Hegen’s aerial photographs investigate salt production, and the complex relationship humans have with the planet.
The history of aerial image-making can be traced to the mid-19th century. Michal Zahornacky reduces man-made structures to lines, curves and colours.
London Art Fair’s contemporary photography show returns, foregrounding artists who engage with Black and diasporic heritage through the lens.
“What does it mean to collect and exhibit?” This is the starting point for a group show that contemplates the role of galleries and museums.
Past and present collide in Omar Victor Diop’s work. The Senegalese photographer takes cues from western portraits to portray Black pioneers.
Nothing is quite what it seems in the work of Frank Kunert. The model maker and photographer’s studio images depict settings that are slightly askew.
Vision is not universal, but instead deeply personal and subjective. Wellcome Collection presents 140 objects for visitors to view, touch and explore.
What constitutes a photograph? Is it the moment the image is captured? Or the interactions that informed it? Elle Pérez focuses on the space in between.
In 1994, Canadian multidisciplinary artist Stan Douglas arrived in Berlin. He wasn’t drawn to the core of the newly unified city, but to its outskirts.
Teresa Freitas is a Portuguese photographer whose soft yet vibrant images experiment with the psychology of pastels, evoking calm, peace and ease.
In Tamara Dean’s exquisitely performative images, humans are not simply living in harmony with the environment, but seamlessly become part of it.
How is the human body linked to the five elements? Ugo Rondinone’s three-part exhibition at Petit Palais, Paris, embraces the powerful fluidity of matter.
