Morteza Pahang is an Iranian documentary and street photographer whose work is rooted in the rhythms of everyday life and the human stories that unfold within it. Based in Iran, Pahang has carved out a distinct visual voice focused on the subtle poetry found in urban environments and the lived experiences of the people who inhabit them. His photography often distills moments of ordinary existence into compelling visual narratives, revealing both the texture of daily life and the deeper social rhythms that shape it.
The swimming hole only varies in size each season from about 20 to 40 square
feet, but the range in human experience within this small area is remarkable. I have been
photographing my fellow cold water plungers at the same swimming hole (a slightly
different one each winter) since 2022. In this small space, there is both stillness and
silliness. There is pain and joy and peace. The variety of human experience and
expression I have captured in this limited area seems to expand beyond its boundaries.
From 12 January, Britain’s everyday landscapes take on a new role. High streets become exhibition halls. Bus shelters become frames. Railway platforms and shopping centres transform into places of quiet reflection. With the launch of Portrait of Britain Vol. 8, photography steps out of the gallery and into public life—where it belongs.
The Intertidal Project delves into the concept that there’s a difference between what we see and what we are aware of. The work records the moments of impact when a person, time, and place intersect leaving an indelible imprint upon them both. With each recurring instance new layers of memory are forged like geological strata. By growing conscious of these cumulative memories, we can reveal the unfolding of time.
The International Center of Photography (ICP) is proud to present Eugène Atget: The Making of a Reputation, an exhibition that examines how Eugène Atget (1857–1927) came to be regarded as one of the forefathers of modern photography through the timely and tireless advocacy of Berenice Abbott. Featuring historic prints from ICP’s collection alongside landmark publications and other printed ephemera, the exhibition reconsiders the role that Abbott played in establishing Atget’s now-canonical status, sometimes to the detriment of her own remarkable career as a photographer. Though Atget didn’t live to see it, Abbott became the ideal steward, proving that every photographer needs a champion.
Over her fifteen-year photographic career, Julia has navigated seismic shifts in her artistic trajectory, moving from travel photography toward contemporary art. The upheavals of the early 2020s profoundly altered her creative path. What began as an outward gaze turned inward, catalyzing a transformation in both process and purpose, driven by a search for meaning within uncertainty. Her work examines identity, perception, and the shifting nature of reality and memory.
Huxley-Parlour is pleased to present The Yellow Desert, a photography exhibition by contemporary Chinese photographer Zhang Kechun. Featuring eleven new large-format works from his latest series, begun in August 2025, the exhibition explores the Gobi Desert across Northern China and Southern Mongolia. Through landscape photography that bridges history, culture, and human presence, Zhang Kechun examines the complex relationship between desolation, memory, and modern life in this vast and evolving terrain.
This images are a part of a photographic reportage about the small ethnic group of Mundari.
The Mundari are cattle herders of South Sudan, the world's youngest country, who dedicate their lives to the care of their Ankole Watusi cattle, characterized by their large horns. They live in symbiosis with their cattle and nothing is more important for them than their bovines.
In a cattle camp, everyone plays their role.
The winners of AAP Magazine #53: Travels have been announced, and we are proud to present 25 outstanding photographers whose images celebrate the spirit of travel, discovery, and visual storytelling. This international travel photography competition attracted thousands of submissions from around the world, showcasing breathtaking landscapes, intimate cultural moments, striking wildlife encounters, and unforgettable destinations. Representing 13 countries across 4 continents, the selected winners reflect the remarkable diversity and global reach of contemporary travel photography
Near the end of WWII, weakened by six years of extreme hunger, slave labor, and Typhus, my mother was liberated from Majdanek, a barbarous Nazi extermination camp where as many as 360,000, mostly fellow Jews, were brutally murdered. She made her way back to her former home in Radom Poland in search of fellow survivors and family. At great risk, she reentered her pre-war family home now occupied by uncooperative Poles, to reclaim a set of candlesticks and a few meters of peach charmeuse fabric from her former livelihood as a lingerie seamstress.
In October, when we were down in Bristol for the Foundation’s BOP event, Martin, Caroline and I got together to select the edit for this new 2026 edition of Small World.
It had become almost a tradition that with every reprint of the book we would change the cover and add in a number of new photos that Martin had rediscovered or taken recently. Over the years, Martin and I made six different editions of the book – each subtly different and each with a new cover. For this edition we added in eight new images, five taken in 2025 and three earlier images. Back in Stockport over the following weeks I adjusted the sequence to accommodate these new images, sent it over to Martin for his approval and then sent it off to EBS, our printers in Italy.
Roving circuses, in one form or another, have been enthralling cities and towns throughout the United States since the late 18th century. Despite the emergence of sophisticated, high-tech shows in the 20th century, a contingent of more modest regional companies preserve many of the age-old traditions. These circuses, where multi-talented crews appear under a canvas tent and feature acts illuminated by a single spotlight. Traveling from town to town these enterprises eke out just enough profit to survive the season. We owe these circuses a debt of gratitude, for it is they who maintain the essence of the past while adapting to the present. The Flynn Creek Circus, documented here, is one such special survivor. I am fortunate that my small northern California town has been a stop on their circuit every year for the past eight years. During this time, I have gotten to know many of the performers and have been warmly welcomed into their 'back-stage' lives.
This is the latest, or should that be, this morning’s chosen photos for my
Portfolio in 10
A small portfolio that says “this is how I take photos” is a very elusive beast.
But I think it is a good exercise for us photographers to try to put together.
Marijn Fidder is a Dutch documentary photographer whose work powerfully engages with current affairs and contemporary social issues. Driven by a deep sense of social justice, she uses photography to speak on behalf of the voiceless and to advocate for the rights of those who are most vulnerable. Her images have been widely published in major international outlets including National Geographic, CNN Style, NRC Handelsblad, Volkskrant, GUP New Talent, and ZEIT Magazin.
Her long-term commitment to disability rights—particularly through years of work in Uganda—culminated in her acclaimed project Inclusive Nation, which earned her the title of Photographer of the Year 2025 at the All About Photo Awards. She is also the recipient of multiple prestigious honors, including awards from World Press Photo and the Global Peace Photo Award.
We asked her a few questions about her life and work.
Josh S. Rose is a multidisciplinary artist working across photography, film, and writing. His practice bridges visual and performing arts, with a strong focus on movement, emotion, and the expressive potential of the image.
Known for his long-standing collaborations with leading dance companies and performers, Rose brings together authenticity and precise composition—a balance he describes as “technical romanticism.” His work has been commissioned and exhibited internationally, appearing in outlets such as Vogue, at the Super Bowl, in film festivals, and most recently as a large-scale installation for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
A sought-after collaborator, he has worked with major artists, cultural institutions, and brands, following a previous career as Chief Creative Officer at Interpublic Group and the founder of Humans Are Social.
We asked him a few questions about his life and work.
War exposes the fragility of those least able to protect themselves.
Hardship has touched everyone in Ukraine, yet older generations bear a particularly heavy weight — people whose entire lives have already been shaped by historical upheaval.
This is a generation that survived Stalinist terror, industrialization, the Second World War, postwar hunger and reconstruction, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the turmoil of economic reforms. They learned to endure almost anything. But even their resilience has limits.
We invite dedicated and passionate photographers from all around the world to share their work in our printed edition. Each issue is central to a specific theme and provides a gallery of inspiring imagery, focusing on each artist with their own experience to share.
With an eye towards beauty, quality and novelty, we strive to promote portfolios which stand out for their unique visual signature style and character. Our goal is to help photographers get the exposure we think they deserve and to inspire the others with ideas, projects and goals to help develop their own photography.
Anastasia Samoylova: Atlantic Coast opens a vast, quietly unsettling portrait of the American East Coast — one in which nostalgia, dislocation and transformation are sewn into the landscape itself. In this new monograph, Samoylova retraces the route pioneered by Berenice Abbott in 1954, journeying from Florida to Maine to revisit the places Abbott once documented, and to observe what has become of them decades later. Her images — in vivid color and stark black and white — reveal the tension between myth and reality, between promises of progress and the traces of decay or displacement.
Where once small towns and coastal communities had a certain stillness, Samoylova finds change carved into facades and roadside signs, into suburban sprawl and shuttered shopfronts. She frames these scenes with a photographer’s patience and a poet’s sensitivity — capturing abandoned diners, empty motels, decaying houses, ghostly intersections. At the same time, there is stubborn life: occasional portraits of people, wildlife, reminders that behind every sign of decline, someone, something endures.
Her book does not simply document physical places. It traces the shifting contours of identity, belonging and memory in a nation where the open road has long symbolized freedom — and where that ideal has become tangled with consumerism, environmental degradation, and socio-economic upheaval. Through Atlantic Coast, Samoylova asks whether the “American Dream” remains intact, or if it has fractured along with the towns her car passes through.
Reading this volume is to experience a slow, attentive journey — as a witness, as a traveller, as someone invited to reconsider what America has become. Her photographs linger, subtly unsettling the viewer’s assumptions about beauty, progress and decline. In its silence and restraint, the book whispers that memory, identity and place are fragile — and that every road carries stories worth listening to.
Coreen Simpson: A Monograph is the first major book dedicated to the influential photographer and jewelry designer whose career spans more than fifty years. As the second volume in the Vision & Justice Book Series—a groundbreaking initiative created by Dr. Sarah Lewis and coedited with Drs. Leigh Raiford and Deborah Willis—the monograph celebrates Simpson’s enduring impact on visual culture.
Simpson began her career as a journalist before turning to photography, capturing the richness of Black life, fashion, and identity. Her portraits of icons such as Grace Jones, Muhammad Ali, and Toni Morrison, as well as her iconic B-Boys series from the 1980s, showcase her eye for style, pride, and self-expression. The book also features her later work with collage and overpainting, alongside the story of her celebrated jewelry line, including the iconic Black Cameo worn by Rosa Parks and Rihanna.
Featuring original essays by leading voices such as Bridget R. Cooks, Rujeko Hockley, Awol Erizku, and Doreen St. Félix, as well as an in-depth interview by Deborah Willis, Coreen Simpson: A Monograph offers a multifaceted portrait of an artist whose work continues to shape the worlds of photography, fashion, and Black cultural history.
Explore the groundbreaking early work of Daido Moriyama, one of Japan’s most radical photographers, with this collectible, slipcased photobook.
Daido Moriyama (b. 1938) is one of Japan’s most renowned and prolific photographers. His diverse projects often focus on urban landscapes, exploring light and shadow, and form and abstraction. Using a handheld camera and high-contrast black-and-white film, Moriyama captures Tokyo’s chaotic streets and clandestine underbelly, revealing the darkness and strangeness beneath the surface.
Daido Moriyama: Quartet is a vital anthology of the four seminal photobooks that form the foundation of Moriyama’s career as a photographer: Japan: A Photo Theater, A Hunter, Farewell Photography, and Light and Shadow. Spanning the fifteen years during which he honed his techniques and unveiled his distinctive vision, these photobooks were originally released as limited editions in Japan and represent some of the most daring ventures in photographic publishing history. Edited by Mark Holborn, this compilation includes excerpts from Moriyama’s diaries, journals, and memoranda, offering intimate glimpses into the core of his creative process. Presented in a slipcase, this volume is essential for all Moriyama fans and anyone passionate about photography and visual culture.
An essential introduction to the complexities of visual representation, this book offers a critical new framework for understanding and practicing photojournalism in a global digital context.
Critical Photojournalism guides readers through a variety of ethical, technical and business skills, plus the mental health, self-care and safety considerations necessary to thrive in the field. Drawing on their extensive industry and teaching experience, the authors provide real-world advice on how to navigate the demands of the profession while addressing the impact that photojournalism has on society and ways that photojournalists can mitigate harm. Consideration is given to understanding and disrupting implicit bias and power structures in newsrooms, as well as issues around access, working in breaking news environments and balancing informed consent with varying media laws around the world. In accessible language, this book highlights the importance of collaboration and community engagement in contemporary photojournalism and encourages students to adopt a decolonial approach to their work. Readers will learn to balance the needs for accuracy and thoughtfulness with the priorities of a global, social-media-engaged audience.
This is a key textbook for those seeking a nuanced introduction to visual journalism and/or a fresh approach to their craft. This book is supported by a website which can be accessed at www.criticalphotojournalism.com. The website includes a full-length bonus chapter on video and photojournalism, interviews with professional visual journalists, further tips and tools, and a glossary of key terms.
The Fujifilm X-E5 mirrorless camera feels like a deliberate return to photographic essentials, paired with thoroughly modern performance. Its compact, rangefinder-inspired body recalls a time when cameras were designed to be carried daily, not merely stored in padded cases. Yet beneath this understated exterior lies Fujifilm’s most advanced APS-C technology, offering a balance that will appeal to photographers who value both craftsmanship and cutting-edge capability. The X-E5 is clearly aimed at those who enjoy direct engagement with their camera, particularly in fast-moving street and travel environments.
At the core of the X-E5 is the 40.2MP X-Trans 5 HR sensor and X-Processor 5, a co
The Godox AD300Pro Outdoor Flash strikes a thoughtful balance between power, portability, and practicality, making it a compelling companion for photographers who prefer to work untethered. Weighing in at under three pounds and built around a clean monolight design, it feels purpose-made for location work, yet remains equally comfortable in a controlled studio setting. Godox has clearly focused on mobility here, offering a tool that fits easily into a compact kit while still delivering the authority expected from a professional flash.
Performance is where the AD300Pro quietly asserts itself. Its output range spans nine stops, allowing precise control from subtle fill to decisive illuminat
The 3 Legged Thing Legends Tommy 3-Section Carbon Fiber tripod is a confident expression of modern engineering grounded in traditional support principles. Designed to bridge the worlds of still photography and video, it offers a level of adaptability rarely found in a single set of legs. The interchangeable flat plate and 75mm bowl system allows the Tommy to transition effortlessly between photographic heads and video setups, making it an appealing choice for hybrid shooters who prefer to travel with one dependable support rather than several specialized tools.
Despite its relatively compact size, the Tommy delivers remarkable strength. With a load capacity that far exceeds the needs of m
The Hasselblad XCD 20-35mm f/3.2-4.5 E is a versatile ultra-wide zoom lens designed for the X system, offering an impressive field of view ideal for landscape, cityscape, and architectural photography.
With a full-frame equivalent of 16-27mm, this lens delivers a broad perspective, complemented by a relatively bright f/3.2-4.5 aperture range. It combines high-performance autofocus and a leaf shutter, enabling flash sync at any shutter speed. The lens features an advanced optical design, including three aspherical elements that minimize distortion and maintain sharpness, catering to the precision required by 100MP medium format sensors.
The focus system incorporates a stepping motor a
