Obituary of Sefton Samuels

Photographer Sefton Samuels, who has died aged 93, was a consummate chronicler of life in the north of England. He has been variously described as the photographic equivalent of Ken Loach and the favourite photographer of painter LS Lowry. Over six decades he captured the great, the good, the gloom and the grime of the … Read more

‘I come from a forgotten community’

Photographer and activist LaToya Ruby Frazier’s Monuments of Solidarity is monumental in every sense of the word. Covering more than twenty years of the artist’s output, this retrospective offers Frazier an opportunity to not only showcase a body of work to which she has devoted her creative life, but also to showcase it in a … Read more

Mark Leech: Behind 50 years of sports photography

Brian Kidd (left) celebrates with Arsenal teammate Liam Brady – and a police officer’s helmet – after scoring for the North Bank at Highbury in August 1974 – Mark Leech/Offside One of Mark Leech’s first assignments as a sports photographer was when the agency he worked for sent him to Ipswich Town’s training ground to … Read more

Arguing penguins, a sleepy polar bear and a cheerful turtle have a chance to win nature photo of the year, and you can vote for them

The photographer described this shot as “a moment of peaceful coexistence.”Tzahi Finkelstein / nature photographer of the year You can vote for the People’s Choice Award for Nature Photographer of the Year. The Natural History Museum in London has released the images and will put them on display in February. The photos show an elephant … Read more