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Cloud Chamber: House of Cards actor's New York street photography

Dan Ziskie's first book, Cloud Chamber, features photographs taken on the streets of Manhattan between 2013 and 2016.

Sep 11, 2017

By David Sim

New York Arts pictures

Getty Images awards five photojournalists $10,000 grant to pursue projects

The five winning projects cover a wide range of topics, from the deepening crisis in Venezuela to sperm smuggling in Gaza.

Sep 7, 2017

By David Sim

Conflict Pictures

London's V&A museum to hold major video game exhibition in 2018

Victoria and Albert Museum exhibit will 'explore the design and culture of videogames since the mid-2000s'.

Sep 6, 2017

By Oliver Cragg

London No Mans Sky

The Last Testament by Jonas Bendiksen: Meet seven men who believe they are the Messiah

Norwegian photographer Jonas Bendiksen has travelled the world tracking down men who claim to be the second coming of Jesus Christ.

Sep 5, 2017

By David Sim

Religion Picture Galleries Arts pictures

From Selfie to Self-Expression #SelfExpression Competition

Revealed: Winners of Saatchi Gallery and Huawei #SelfExpression competition

Paola Ismene from Mexico, whose entry Daydream in Blue was chosen from among more than 9,000 entries, will be awarded a solo exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery.

Sep 5, 2017

By David Sim

London Arts pictures

Magazine covers link Donald Trump to Nazis or Ku Klux Klan

The latest issue of Time Magazine, The Economist, The New Yorker, Stern and Der Spiegel all reference Trump's handling of Charlottesville.

Aug 24, 2017

By David Sim

Donald Trump Black Lives Matter Alt-right Politics Pictures

Spying on Moscow: Drone photography of the Russian capital

Russian photographer Denis Esakov presents Moscow from a different perspective – from above.

Aug 24, 2017

By David Sim

Travel pictures Arts pictures Russia

From Pokémon to pussyhats: The 2017 Beazley Designs of the Year shortlist

Nominees include a wheelchair that can climb stairs, the world's first translating earpiece, ink made from air pollution, and a robot that carries your stuff while rolling along behind you like R2-D2.

Aug 16, 2017

By David Sim

Pokemon Go

Pittsburgh 1950: Previously unseen images by Elliott Erwitt, a giant of American photography

Many of the images he took as a 22-year-old aspiring photographer lay forgotten until a history student chanced across them in 2011.

Aug 10, 2017

By David Sim

The Best of British: Capturing everyday life in modern Britain

The British Life Photography Awards, celebrating the diversity of life in Britain, are open to amateur and professional photographers of all ages.

Aug 8, 2017

By David Sim

Photography Competition Pictures Travel pictures Brexit

2017 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year

National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year 2017 winners revealed

A photograph of a lightning bolt striking within the ash cloud of an erupting volcano has won the 2017 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year contest.

Aug 1, 2017

By David Sim

Travel pictures Volcano

EyeEm Photography Awards 2017 finalists are revealed

The judges of the 2017 EyeEm Photography Awards have chosen 100 finalists from more than 590,000 entries.

Jul 27, 2017

By David Sim

Photography Competition Pictures

Yeoman Warders Club Tower London Beefeaters

Inside London's most exclusive pub: A private drinking hole for Beefeaters at the Tower of London

Hidden away within the walls of Tower of London is a private drinking hole for the 37 Beefeaters who live with their families in the fortified complex.

Jul 27, 2017

By David Sim

Travel pictures

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2017 shortlist

21 spectacular images from the 2017 Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year shortlist

Some of the most spectacular pictures entered into the 2017 Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.

Jul 26, 2017

By David Sim

Photography Competition Pictures

Advertising Mogadishu style: Somali artist's charming murals on over 100 shops draw customers in

Brightly coloured murals allow potential customers to see what is on offer inside shops that don't have large display windows.

Jul 25, 2017

By David Sim

Somalia Arts pictures

francis bacon stolen painting arrests spain

Police recover three Francis Bacon paintings from £23m Spanish heist

Bacon, who died in 1992, was one of the most highly regarded artists of the 20th century.

Jul 19, 2017

By Josh Robbins

Batman

KFC, McDonald's and Burger King serve up iced drinks contaminated with faecal bacteria

'Significant' levels of contamination found in ice drinks across some of Britain's most popular fast food chains

Jul 19, 2017

By Dan Cancian

Magnum and LensCulture Photography Awards 2017 winners are revealed

Nick Hannes won the Documentary series with a project featuring the culture of the elite in Dubai, while Lissa Rivera's striking portraits of her non-binary partner explore contemporary notions of gender.

Jul 19, 2017

By David Sim

Photography Competition Pictures Arts pictures

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