This list highlights some key photo festivals taking place this season, offering visual perspectives on the human experience and pressing issues of our times.

This winter, five unmissable photography exhibitions across the UK cast new light on often overlooked and neglected people, communities and histories.

Discover five new art and photo books from established figures and new names, each of which tell an important story of life in the modern world.

Tate Britain presents a landmark retrospective on the photography that documented the seismic political, social and cultural shifts of the 1980s.

Trent Parke presents an impressionistic collection of black-and-white pictures, collated over 25 years, that document the buzz of the city at rush hour.

Luigi Ghirri’s colour pictures invite viewers to scenic locations in Italy, Switzerland and beyond, reflecting on image-making and artifice in the process.

Here are highlights from Images Vevey’s 2024 lineup, including ground-breaking photographers Kaya & Blank, Lisa Barnard and Paul Graham.

Peter Mitchell documents the ever-changing face of the city of Leeds, placing its people, history and industries at the heart of of his photography.

Embark on a visual journey with these five exhibitions, which spotlight documentary photographers who prompt us to look at the world with fresh eyes.

Siân Davey’s work, now on display in Soho Photography Quarter, invites us into a tranquil space of defiance, joy and interconnectedness.

Four Corners’ latest exhibition delves into the Half Moon touring shows, which brought topical photography to audiences around the UK

Paris Photo returns for its 26th edition from 9-12 November. This year’s catalogue engages with pressing topics such as environmental degradation, historical representation and political activism.

William Morris Gallery, London, explores the natural world as a space of inspiration, connection and protest, in collaboration with local communities.

Baltic’s most recent retrospective is one of the most comprehensive surveys of Chris Killip’s iconic documentary photography to launch to date.

Owen Harvey’s Last Days Of Summer is a collection of photographs documenting Southend, its visitors and the people who call the city home.

Peru-born, Brighton-based Ian Howorth’s nostalgic analogue photographs ask: what are the places, objects and sights that shape who we are?

Tom Wood is affectionately known as “Photie Man” across Merseyside. The retrospective at Walker Art Gallery shows us why, spanning 50 years’ work.

The annual fair returns to Somerset House for 2023. In this roundup, we outline five artists to know – engaging with topics of ecology, gender and intimacy.

April marks the start of art, design and photography fair season. These events are staples in the creative calendar. Discover our round-up of five to know.

Federica Belli’s minimalist portraits become an effective visual language to communicate and understand questions about humanity’s future.