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A prize potato and a horse-headed scarecrow: Martin Parr's final photos are pure genius

April 24, 2026
There’s a photograph in Martin Parr’s final commission that’s almost unbearably him. A single potato, lumpy and unremarkable, sits on a decorative paper plate beneath a pink card reading “FIRST PRIZE”. The exhibitor’s name: Anthony Edwards. The event: the Lacock Garden and Allotment Association Annual Flower Show. The photographer: the man who, for half a…
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Photojournalists were limited to public hallways, but this photographer kept showing up anyway – and her persistence earned her this major award. Emotional ICE image wins World Press Photo of the Year

April 24, 2026
Last year, when a judge ordered the Trump Administration to improve conditions at the immigration center at the Jacob K Javits Federal Building in New York City, the images used to show the “deplorable” conditions were taken from security camera footage. But even as…
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I know AI in my editing software uses water, but have no idea how much. This Earth Day, I call on companies to be more transparent

April 23, 2026
Today is Earth Day, and the thing that’s on my mind is how much water the AI-powered features in my photo editing software use. In fact, this has been on my mind for some time as, earlier in the year, the UN announced that we have entered an “era of water bankruptcy,” which got me thinking about how, especially as a landscape photographer, my photographic passions affect our home planet. I…
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Photographer and conservationist Jon McCormack: "Earth Day is a time to reflect, notice and pause"

April 22, 2026
Earth Day takes place on April 22 this year, and is a show of support for environmental conservation and protection – a reminder of the responsibility that humankind has to safeguard the planet for future generations. (For more information about the day, and how to get involved, visit www.earthday.org). Published to coincide with Earth Day, a new book by photographer and conservationist Jon…
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A century of American photography in one afternoon: this rare exhibition will be greater than the sum of its parts

April 21, 2026
There are exhibitions where you walk around admiring individual photographs, and there are exhibitions that change how you think about photography itself. Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography, opening at Dulwich Picture Gallery in London on 28 July, very much fits into the second box. With more than 100 works by 38 photographers, it traces American urban life from the early 1900s…
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