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Vibrant youth culture and a flourishing music scene leap out of the west African photographer’s Peuple de la Nuit, featuring the musicians, dancers and lovers who graced his hometown’s hottest venues -
Photographer Soraya Zaman traveled to 21 states to capture the trans experience in America with interviews and images
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The Hindu festival of Holi is under way in India. The two-day celebration signifies the victory of good over evil and marks the end of winter and the arrival of spring -
In partnership with Tsavo Trust and the Kenya Wildlife Service, Will Burrard-Lucas spent months photographing rare great tusker elephants -
As the artistic director prepares to leave the Donmar Warehouse, we look back over her reign – from City of Angels to the Shakespeare Trilogy -
The US artist experimented wildly to produce his haunting images. This collection of unpublished work is set to go under the hammer at Chiswick Auctions in London on March 19th
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The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world
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This week’s addition to our weekly archive print series is a portrait of Judi Dench, photographed at her home in north London by Frank Martin in 1977 -
This week in our series of classic Guardian photographs, the exhibits go to a man’s head at an installation at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, as captured by photographer Murdo MacLeod -
This week in our series of classic Guardian photographs, Denis Thorpe captures an extraordinary moment during the miners’ strike in 1984 when police and pickets forgot their hostilities and played football together
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Economically destroyed, socially unstable and hungry, Venezuela is undergoing turbulent times. Photographer Ignacio Marín has been covering the crisis since May 2018. He talks about his images and his experience -
Monlam, or the great prayer festival, is the most important prayer event for many Tibetans. It was banned during the Cultural Revolution in China but is now celebrated in many areas.
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Revellers celebrate Monday of Lent in a colourful flour war -
Eloisa Lopez documented commuters through the gridlocked streets of the Philippines metropolis -
Borsalino’s prized felt hats are handmade by 80 workers in its Piedmont factory, using hot water, steam and craftsmanship to transform rabbit fur into highly prized creations.


From vibrating beds to infinity mirrors: motels that never left the 70s – photo essay