Inspired by a shared interest in the dress codes of various social groups – as well as the way people pose – photographer Ari Versluis and profiler Ellie Uyttenbroek have systematically documented numerous fashion tribes over the last 20 years, curating the remarkably similar looks of the rebels, bonkerboys and cappuccio girls. All photographs: Exactitudes®
Elizabeth Heyert’s intimate images of people sleeping were projected on to huge stone walls in a deserted town in Sicily and rephotographed. The result is an extraordinary series with the power of ancient sculpture
The International Garden Photographer of the Year is one of the world’s premier competitions
To mark St Patrick’s Day, the Photographers’ Gallery in London is releasing newly restored pictures of rural Ireland in the 1950s and 1960s by a pioneer of British and Irish postcard art, John Hinde
To mark St Patrick’s Day, the Photographers’ Gallery in London is releasing newly restored pictures of rural Ireland in the 1950s and 1960s by a pioneer of British and Irish postcard art, John Hinde
Edward Burtynsky has spent 15 years photographing oil – from the fields where it is sourced, to the cars it powers, to the detritus it leaves behind
National Geographic is inviting entries to its annual travel photographer of the year award. You can find details of how to enter here and the competition closes on 27 May 2016. Here is a small selection of photographs already submitted.
Clementine Cecil: These images of Soviet architecture from the Brezhnev era are simply out of this world
Alec Soth, Dayanita Singh, Tom Hunter, Takashi Homma and Vanessa Winship choose new names to watch – from an artist who’s ripping female portraiture apart, to a Japanese observer of German society and a slum-dweller turned Delhi archivist
Frances Benjamin Johnston got her first camera as a gift from the founder of Kodak. When she opened her own studio in New York, she was the only woman photographer in the entire city. This is just one of many astonishing life stories of photography’s forgotten female trailblazers
The photographer was entranced when she first took LSD – but months of heavy usage led to satanic visions and a car crash. Now she has captured the experience in a book of unearthly pictures
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
Philip Davies, an architectural historian, spent seven years trawling through the photographs, compiling the best 1,500 into a 558-page book entitled Lost England.
How long has lace been in fashion? Why is it still so popular? And what is it about lace and the royal family? Our gallery guides you through the story of this much-adored fabric.
The best photographs in news and culture from around the world
‘I didn’t jump very well and ended up in the puddle. That is what I remember most: I had wet trousers for the rest of the day’
‘Boys and men put on heavy bear costumes, often made of real fur, and make their way to a stage – where a Gypsy with a knife cuts them open to let a demon out’
Hong Kong photographer Nancy Sheung
Few women chose to become photographers at the beginning of the 20th century, yet Cunningham’s images – from female nudes to Hollywood portraits – smoothed the way for countless female artists that followed
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has acquired Howard Greenberg’s extensive collection of photographs, including 447 works by 191 artists capturing defining images of the Great Depression and many original prints used for publication in Life magazine
A wealth of imagery – from Caribbean schoolgirls and disembodied doll parts to the Nicaraguan revolution – features in this celebration of women behind the camera
The Elegant Senegal of the First Half of the 20th Century is an exhibition on at the Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, until 26 August
At 22, Francesca Woodman killed herself, leaving a legacy of beautiful and challenging photographs that influenced a generation of artists
Tribal Portraits: Vintage & Contemporary Photographs from the African Continent is at Bernard J Shapero Rare Books until 23 December
Rebelling against political propaganda, acclaimed photographer Antanas Sutkus embarked on a life-long journey to capture the everyday scenes around him. A landmark exhibition of his work, Nostalgia for bare feet, is now on show in Moscow
Fan Ho, nicknamed ‘the great master’, earned his fame as one Asia’s most beloved street photographers capturing Hong Kong in the 50s and 60s
More than 150 noteworthy photographers have contributed prints to be sold to support children in conflict zones, with profits going to Warchild UK.
A new book and exhibition examines the punk polymath’s world through five decades of his photographs
From a car in a hole to a house ablaze, the American photographer’s bold, bright and frequently unsettling work captures the disquiet of modern life
Young love drives dreams of escape in this immersive follow-up to the Booker-winning Shuggie Bain
The Spanish photographer reimagines the journey through Mexico to the US as a magical quest
Photographer Laura Liverani collaborated with members of Japan’s indigenous Ainu community for this exhibition called Portraits of Today’s Japan, at the Japan Foundation until 21 June
The winning images in this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition have been released after a record-breaking number of entries were submitted, with a riveting underwater shot taking home the top prize.
‘These girls from Qinghai in China got albino rabbits for their birthdays. But albino rabbits don’t like harsh climates. They didn’t last the winter’
Philip Davies, an architectural historian, spent seven years trawling through the photographs, compiling the best 1,500 into a 558-page book entitled Lost England.
His photographs of Muhammad Ali and Jimi Hendrix sold around the world. Cartier-Bresson was a fan, while Fellini liked him so much he put him in a film. Yet in the UK, Phillip’s work was ignored for decades
Her first commission for the Observer was a portrait of philosopher Bertrand Russell in 1949. From then, Bown photographed the great and the good, the rich and the poor, the ordinary and extraordinary with a compassionate and gentle eye
From tender pictures exploring disability to a Congo odyssey, these previously unpublished photographers were all acclaimed at the ICP/GOST First Photo Book award
Kids at rubbish tips, adolescents on the dole, sex workers in the street … the photographer made marginalised lives matter. But recognition came too late. Now her daughter’s making a film about her extraordinary life
From nudes to surreal collage, street scenes to portraits, a new exhibition charts the astonishingly modern work of the maverick 1920s photographer
Called ‘the Eye of Paris’ by his friend the author Henry Miller, the legendary photographer created a striking body of work that documented high – and low – society in Paris between the first and second world wars
For 100 years, they stayed hidden in family albums. Now amateur photographer Horace Warner’s intimate portraits of London’s poorest children are being printed for the first time, giving a glimpse into a forgotten world
Artist combines features from several different models to build his magical realism montages. His work is on display at Fotografiska, the photographic museum in Stockholm, until 2 June
For 100 years, they stayed hidden in family albums. Now amateur photographer Horace Warner’s intimate portraits of London’s poorest children are being printed for the first time, giving a glimpse into a forgotten world
A stunning new photographic collection from Survival International celebrates some of the world's most unique tribal peoples and the landscapes they call home
Commons speaker John Bercow has indicated he will rule on whether Theresa May is allowed to repeatedly make MPs vote on her Brexit deal after it was twice defeated.
He only published one book – and it was hardly noticed. Now his portraits of drag queens, poets and artists are seen as vital documents of a vanished world. As they go on show, the photographer’s favourite subjects recall his genius
Stretching and employing the limitations of photography, Ottawa artist explores the burden of Indigenous history and the iconography of her own mind
