In the Picture by Lee Friedlander
Lee Friedlander's clever use of reflections and shadows plays a prominent part in this collection of self-portraits spanning half a centuryLee Friedlander first came to public attention in 1967 when his work appeared in the New Documents exhibition at ...
From the archive, 17 January 1956: Succulent Popsies Not for Oxford
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 17 January 1956Unswayed by the presence in the council chamber of a double-page "pin-up" in colour of the Swedish film star Anita Ekberg, Oxford City Council yesterday refused by a substantial majority...
Claire de Rouen obituary
Claire de Rouen, the founder and proprietor of the independent fashion and photography bookshop of the same name, has died after a long illness. Claire was something of a Soho icon to fashion students and photography buffs, and her tiny shop on the fir...
The month in photography – audio slideshow
Our guide to the month's best photo exhibitions and books – featuring Pieter Hugo, Eve Arnold, William Eggleston, Don McCullin and Annie LeibovitzJim Powell
Carleton Watkins and the photographs that saved Yosemite
Carleton Watkins's photographs influenced the decision to protect Yosemite in perpetuity. His champions equate him with Cézanne, but his environmental legacy is arguably even greaterDuring the summer of 1861, a 35-year-old photographer called Carleton...
Photography books for Christmas
From Tibet to Tina Turner - a selection of some of the best recent photography books for that last-minute Christmas present
Rescue work saves the future of ‘Wuthering Heights’
The lonely farm which is thought to have inspired Emily Bronte is preserved from the weather and vandals. And it is getting an artist in (sort-of) residence tooWe may have lost the latest piece of Bronte family history to the increasingly stroppy Frenc...
Photography books of the year 2011: a snapshot of Christmas gift ideas
From the Ruins of Detroit to the New York subway, via Elin Høyland's touching portrait of two brothers and Pieter Hugo's haunting images of Rwanda, Sean O'Hagan looks back at his favourite photobooks of 2011It's that time of the year again and, in no ...
The month in photography – audio slideshow
Our guide to the month's best photo exhibitions and books – featuring Pieter Hugo, Andreas Gursky, Bruce Davidson, Chloe Dewe Mathews, Terry Richardson and Don McCullinJim Powell
An Oliver Twist for our times
Could you create a cover for a new edition of Oliver Twist? As we launch a competition, Simon Callow reflects on why Dickens's novel still talks to us today• See here for full terms and conditionsThe success of a book like Oliver Twist – both in it...
Christian Patterson goes on the trail of America’s natural born killers
The Brooklyn photographer's latest book, Redheaded Peckerwood, is strange and beautiful despite its subject – an epic killing spree that has haunted America since 1958In January 1958, Charles Starkweather, a 20 year-old from Lincoln in Nebraska, and ...
Pieter Hugo photographs the lingering legacy of the Rwanda genocide
The still-visible aftermath of the 1994 atrocities forms the focus of one of Hugo's projects, in which he challenges the camera's power to portray things as they really areA few weeks ago, Pieter Hugo won the Seydo Keita award, the most prestigious pri...
