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08.50 GMT First published on Thu 24 Feb 2022 08.46 GMT 00:00On the stroke of midnight. The Shard, London Photograph: Rachel Hain/24 photography Facebook Twitter 02:00I can be … West Hampstead Photograph: Raphael Schutzer-Weissmann/24 photography Facebook Twitter 06:00Untitled Photograph: Brunel Johnson/24 photography Facebook Twitter 09:00A whole new year, Oxford Photograph: Wendy Aldiss/24 photography Facebook Twitter 11.00New year, […]
07.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 23 Feb 2022 16.01 GMT Breakdancer doing the crab at the Roxy during auditions for Beat StreetBeat Street was a film which, when it came out in 1984, would provide a snapshot of the emerging hip-hop scene. Breakdancing was one of the four pillars of hip-hop culture, and the crab was […]
15.49 GMT Working on a design at Gallery Five, the greetings card company he founded, in London, 1966 Photograph: Harry Todd/Getty Images Facebook Twitter The book that introduced the world to unlucky witch Meg and her stripy cat Mog Photograph: Sarah Lee/the Guardian Facebook Twitter Meg and Mog meet some friends while zooming across the sky […]
07.00 GMT Last modified on Tue 22 Feb 2022 16.58 GMT Restraint and Desire is the culmination of a lifelong creative partnership between husband and wife Ken Graves and Eva Lipman, published by TBW books. All photographs: Ken Graves and Eva Lipman Facebook Twitter Graves and Lipman collected gestures that betray the complex interiority of their subjects. […]
07.00 GMT Anna Vasilevna, 84, sits in her home with her dog, Doll, in Nevelske, Ukraine. She receives a pension of €100 (£83) a month and lives with her disabled son, Serhii, 56. They have lived without water, gas or electricity for eight years. She has been injured three times and has partially lost her sight […]
17.00 GMT Green DressedAll images by Shirin Fathi Facebook Twitter Man Bride Facebook Twitter Lover Boy Facebook Twitter Cherry Blossom Facebook Twitter Monsieur Charlie Facebook Twitter Blonde Colonel Facebook Twitter Ghost Lover 1 Facebook Twitter Ghost Lover 2 Facebook Twitter Me Facebook Twitter Topics Photography The Observer Art More galleries
07.00 GMT Chukwudi Onwumere: Road Runners, 1st place, series‘Street hawking is a common source of livelihood for many youths who are bent on working hard to eke out a living despite their circumstances. What drew my attention to them is the synchronisation in what they sell, the beautiful colour combinations in what they wear, and how […]
08.00 GMT Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite national park. Estimate: $30,000 – $50,000 Facebook Twitter Unicorn Peak, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite national park. Estimate: $8,000 – $12,000 Facebook Twitter Antelope House Ruin, Canyon De Chelly National Monument, Arizona. Estimate: $5,000 – $7,000 Facebook Twitter Golden Gate Before the Bridge, San Francisco. Estimate: $20,000 – $30,000 Facebook Twitter Flower, […]
07.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 16 Feb 2022 16.39 GMT SoMa along Townsend East to Baseball Stadium, San Francisco, 2016Division Street is a metaphor for the ‘division’ of communities, between the wealth of the few and the expendability of the many – in San Francisco, in the USA and across the world. In 2016 the Super […]
07.11 GMT Last modified on Tue 15 Feb 2022 11.32 GMT Autorretrato (self portrait), Desierto de Sonora, Mexico, 1979Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide turns 80 this year. She is still taking pictures, and a new exhibition will showcase some of her work from the 1970s to the present day. Heliotropo 37 runs at Fondation Cartier, Paris, France until […]
07.00 GMT Allegemeine Raserei (General Rage or General Frenzy), 1987. The text reads: ‘The new 12-cylinder. Our contribution to the general frenzy.’ Photograph: Klaus Staeck Facebook Twitter Auf letzter großer Fahrt (On the last great journey), 1989. The text reads: ‘Free travel for free citizens.’ Photograph: Klaus Staeck Facebook Twitter Beziehungskiste, 1991. The text reads: ‘Have […]
07.00 GMT Snow, 2015-2021, by Sohrab HuraIndian artist Sohrab Hura’s project Snow explores the idea of national identity through his generation’s relationship with the northern region of Kashmir. The photographs show snow as it first falls, blankets the landscape and melts, using these phases of winter as a poetic metaphor for the region’s decades of political […]
07.00 GMT Sunrise over Madulain I, Engadine (from the series Unseen Sights), 2021Douglas Mandry: ‘The skies change from crystalline blue to pastel colours in the evening. These colours and the inimitable lighting were my source of inspiration. The region has a powerful painterly quality. That’s another reason why I add painting to my photographs. I create […]
18.06 GMT Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V in the 1989 film which he also adapted and directed Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive Facebook Twitter Michelle Terry in a 2016 Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production directed by Robert Hastie. Terry’s king had a ‘constant battle between military necessity and natural instinct’, wrote Michael Billington Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian […]
23.09 GMT Last modified on Wed 9 Feb 2022 09.28 GMT North Shields songwriter Sam Fender won best rock/alternative act Photograph: JMEnternational/Getty Images Facebook Twitter London rapper Dave, aka David Orobosa Omoregie, celebrates with his award for best hip hop, grime and rap artist Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images Facebook Twitter KSI performs Don’t Play at the O2 […]
07.00 GMT Last modified on Tue 8 Feb 2022 11.17 GMT Kazi Arifuzzaman: Untitled – Bangladesh, winnerHighlighting the great variety of work from around the world, this year’s national award winners for the Sony World Photography awards celebrate the achievements of photographers from 61 different countries. An exhibition of the winners will be on display at Somerset […]
16.30 GMT MullewaTamati Smith is a Yamatji – Badimaya, Wajarri and Māori – Ngapuhi man living in Geraldton, Western Australia. He has shot some of the biggest events around Australia, including the AFL grand final. This image shows Smith’s mother walking down a street in Mullewa with her siblings’ grandchildren – by extension, in the Yamatji […]
13.19 GMT Bolivia Photograph: All images © Paolo Pettigiani Facebook Twitter The Alps Facebook Twitter Dubai Facebook Twitter The Dolomites Facebook Twitter The Maldives Facebook Twitter New York City Facebook Twitter The Alps Facebook Twitter The Maldives Facebook Twitter Dubai Facebook Twitter New York City Facebook Twitter Topics Photography The Observer More galleries
07.00 GMT Beware of the Dog, Alabama, 2015Prophetic Kingdom looks at the in-between spaces of daily life – and how the overlooked and ignored hold some of the quietest and richest moments. Prophetic Kingdom by Martin Buday is out now via Daylight books. All photographs: Martin Buday Facebook Twitter Pink Car, New Hope, PA, 2018Buday says: […]
07.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 2 Feb 2022 10.51 GMT Untitled (after Cattelan) #3, 2016Miles Aldridge rose to prominence in the mid-90s with his arresting, highly stylised photographs referencing film noir, art history and pop culture. The exhibition Miles Aldridge: High-Gloss runs until 19 March at the Fahey Klein gallery in Los Angeles. The book, After […]
07.00 GMT Jodi Bieber: Trapeze Act, Market Theatre Precinct, Johannesburg, 2012A new exhibition, A Female Gaze, looks at how street photography was embraced by women photographers throughout the 20th century: from the 1930s with Berenice Abbott’s documentation of New York City to images from Jodi Bieber’s 10-year project (1994 to 2004) focused on youth living on […]