Contemporary Portraiture
from the Aesthetica Art Prize
These five photographers from the 2025 Aesthetica Art Prize longlist create images that explore modern ideas of representation, visibility and identity.
These five photographers from the 2025 Aesthetica Art Prize longlist create images that explore modern ideas of representation, visibility and identity.
Phoenix Art Museum presents a major exhibition of photographer Cara Romero, who shines a light on Indigenous culture, history and knowledge.
Julian Charrière’s impressive multimedia works, on display at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, combine art, nature and science to explore the world of water.
The artist’s latest exhibition in Turin focuses on animals, environments and people devastated by climate change, photographed in striking tableaux.
Faithe Yang explores queer intimacy and cross-cultural exchange, reinterpreting everyday gestures and relaxed scenes from an “othering” perspective.
The event returns to Milan for its 10th anniversary in March, presenting a programme dedicated to the many perspectives that womanhood can encompass.
MEP’s exhibition weaves together a portrait of the USA, in which celebrities and lesser-known people are approached with equal levels of care and dignity.
A new exhibition spotlights the previously unseen work of Joyce Edwards, whose compelling portraits captured life for people in 1970s London squats.
National Portrait Gallery presents a retrospective of Catherine Opie, an artist whose career has redefined the social and political potential of the medium.
Isaac Blease, curator at the Martin Parr Foundation, discusses the gallery’s latest exhibition, which honours the remarkable legacy of its founder.
At Fruitmarket in Edinburgh, Ilana Halperin seeks to make the vastness of geological time visible through sculpture, drawing and analogue photography.
The shortlists for the Sony World Photography Award Open Competition has been announced, spanning architecture, portraiture, travel and nature.
Alison Jacques Gallery presents a celebration of the Gordon Parks Foundation’s 20th anniversary, showcasing the artist’s socially conscious images.
Photo Elysée presents the work of Salvatore Vitale, who explores the human cost behind the gig economy and how communities resist the system.
The Museum of Contemporary Photography a marks its 50th anniversary, with a show that reflects on the shifting role of photography in modern society.
These documentary shows bring together legendary names and new talent, with exclusive exhibitions happening across Europe throughout 2026.
A new publication from Aperture spotlights the Texas African American Photography Archives, an record of 20th century American life for Black communities.
Kristján Maack has devoted his career to capturing Iceland’s dramatic landscapes. His breathtaking shots are now at Reykjavík Museum of Photography.
Harold “Doc” Edgerton was a pioneer of high-speed imaging who made it possible to see what the human eye cannot, developing innovative flash technologies.
