Setting up a mobile studio in a Bolivian market, the photographer offered locals free portraits – Sergio Valenzuela-Escobedo speaks with him about collaboration, performance and the societal role of the itinerant photographer
Portraiture
Slowly but surely becoming a star, the photographer took an unusual route into photography and maintains an idiosyncratic approach to commissions
Opened by Hashem El Madani in 1953 in Saida, the studio documented many sides of the Lebanese community, a legacy that Akram Zaatari is on a mission to preserve
The Spirit of Lagos showcases the vibrant portraits captured by Abi Morocco Photos, highlighting a cultural transformation during Nigeria’s post-oil boom era, Emma Russell finds
Ahead of a major touring exhibition in the US and UK, the artist talks through her polymathic reimagining of the portrait – and of society itself
Tara Laure Claire Sood is fascinated by South India’s retro portrait studios, reimagining them with fresh Bollywood and fashion tropes
In the countryside outside Parma, Ettore Moni has built a home studio which serves as a safe haven for bodies in all their variety
Mixing his signature celebrity portraits with images of his own family, Carter’s new book celebrates unparalleled beauty in everyone
Andrea Gjestvang’s new book explores how masculinity morphes and survives in harsh farming and fishing communities – the toils and textures of brotherhood, flesh and land
Muay Thai enthusiast Aneesa Dawoojee wanted to challenge stereotypes about fighters. Photographing at her local gym, she discovered a mixed cast with their own stories to tell