Photography
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In pictures: the W* photography desk’s 2017 digest of visual inspiration
By Harriet Lloyd Smith • Last updated
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Gregor Sailer’s surreal photography: architecture at the margins of civilisation
In a new exhibition, ‘Unseen Places’ at Kunst Haus Wien, Gregor Sailer looks back at 20 years of working in inaccessible landscapes, sealed-off territories and restricted military areas.
By Petra Loho • Last updated
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A tribute to William Klein (1928-2022), legendary photographer of urban life
William Klein, the American-French artist responsible for transforming the worlds of fashion photography, street photography and cinema verité, has died in Paris aged 96
By Tom Seymour • Last updated
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Wolfgang Tillmans on shaping photography as we know it: ‘I want to lay reality bare’
As Wolfgang Tillmans’ retrospective ‘To Look Without Fear’ opens at MoMA, we interview the acclaimed photographer about 35 years of activism, breaking conventions and capturing ‘the weight of existence’ through the everyday
By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated
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Objects of desire: the seductive exchange between fine art and advertising photography
At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) ‘Objects of Desire: Photography and the Language of Advertising’ explores how contemporary artists have imitated, appropriated and exploited the language of commercial photography
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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Stuart Franklin captures a poignant tribute to Leonard Cohen
By Nick Compton • Last updated
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Nick Waplington’s latest book ’Settlement’ provides a poignant view of family life in the West Bank
By Florence Waters • Last updated
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Paolo Roversi’s new photography show is an ode to Rei Kawakubo
Italian photographer Paolo Roversi’s first US solo museum exhibition focuses on his relationship with Comme des Garçons fashion designer Rei Kawakubo
By Tilly Macalister-Smith • Last updated
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Through the lens of Wallpaper* contributor Davey Adesida
‘Through the lens’ is our monthly series that throws the spotlight on emerging photographers who are Wallpaper* contributors. Here we explore their vision further
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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Dive into Milan's modernist swimming pools in pictures
Tour Milan's numerous swimming pools through the lens of photographer Stefan Giftthaler, who has created a mesmerising photo series of those oft-overlooked Italian architecture marvels
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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New photography reveals Christo's studio as he left it
Photographer Brigitte Lacombe visits the New York City studio of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, to shine a new light on the couple's works, possessions and living space ahead of the late artists' personal items going to auction
By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated
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Miles Aldridge: ‘Why I am me and not you’
British artist and photographer Miles Aldridge combines sickly-sweet luxury, Maurizio Cattelan encounters, and portraits of Marina Abramović and Zaha Hadid in Fotografiska New York retrospective
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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Photographer Tina Tyrell: ‘people can become almost symbolic of themselves’
‘Through the lens’ is our monthly series that spotlights photographers who are Wallpaper* contributors. Here we explore the vision of American photographer Tina Tyrell
By Sophie Gladstone • Last updated
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13 photographers shed light on creation in isolation via Instagram
Whether it's artfully arranging household objects or delving into the archives, Wallpaper's network of photographers are proving that even when the world's shutters are down, creativity is still very much at large
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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British photographer Tom Johnson opens up about his work and wandering
From dusty dunes in Jerusalem to stirring family portraits, the modern-day nomad has launched a series of collectible prints with Prize Editions
By Charlotte Jansen • Last updated
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Tour Alvar Aalto's modernist architecture in Jyvaskyla, Finland
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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A photographic trip through America’s roadside façades
In her ongoing series, The Mother Road, Hayley Eichenbaum documents the tainted romanticism of roadside architecture on Route 66 in the American Southwest
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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Paul Mpagi Sepuya: mirrors, exposure and concealment
American photographer Paul Mpagi Sepuya on holding a mirror up to the relationship between subject and camera. As featured in the September 2021 issue of Wallpaper*, on newsstands and available for free download
By Aindrea Emelife • Last updated
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Haunting photos capture the secrets of Oscar Niemeyer's Brasilia ghost house
Photographer Jason Oddy takes us through his series on Casa Niemeyer, the house in Brasilia that legendary modernist Oscar Niemeyer designed for himself and lived in while the Brazilian capital was under construction
By Jason Oddy • Last updated
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Positive change: Annie Leibovitz adds new portraits to WOMEN
By Henrietta Thompson • Last updated
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Sergiy Barchuk sets up photography print sale aiding Ukraine children’s hospital
Via his Instagram platform, Ukraine-born photographer Sergiy Barchuk is selling prints of his work to raise funds for the Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv as the war in Ukraine intensifies. Find out how you can support
By Sophie Gladstone • Last updated
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Photo finish: Rolf Sachs designs a ping pong rubber-cased camera for Leica
By Jessica Klingelfuss • Last updated
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AMMO Books and the new wave of US illustrators
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Through the lens of Wallpaper* contributor Alex Colley
‘Through the lens’ is our monthly series that throws the spotlight on emerging photographers who are Wallpaper* contributors. Here we explore their vision further
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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Looming larger than ever: ’Düsseldorf Photography’ at Ben Brown Fine Arts
By Nick Compton • Last updated
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Total focus
The photography world's great and good give 'Art for Love' a shot
By Nick Compton • Last updated
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The power of Man Ray: photographer, artist, visionary
By Nick Compton • Last updated