Portrait of Britain 2026 Winners Revealed
Discover the stunning winners of the Portrait of Britain 2026 photography award, showcasing diverse stories from across the UK. See the powerful images now.
Discover the stunning winners of the Portrait of Britain 2026 photography award, showcasing diverse stories from across the UK. See the powerful images now.
The 2026 World Sports Photography Awards winners have been unveiled, featuring stunning images from a record-breaking 23,130 entries across 24 sporting categories. Explore the gold-winning shots.
Discover how Thiago Bernardes de Souza's stunning smartphone photograph, capturing a serene moment in Rio, won a prestigious award. Explore the story behind the image.
Tracey Emin curates a powerful show on melancholy, Ming Wong explores Saint Sebastian, and community art in Edinburgh. Your essential weekly art dispatch from the UK.
Plan your cultural year with our guide to the best photography exhibitions in London for 2026, featuring Nan Goldin, Tim Walker, and major shows at Tate Modern and the National Portrait Gallery.
Explore Camilo José Vergara's iconic 1970s photograph of Bronx teenagers, a stark document of New York's urban decay and social divides. Discover the story behind the shot.
Labour risks a new cronyism scandal as it lines up outgoing Unison boss Christina McAnea for a trustee role at the National Portrait Gallery. Get the full story on the latest public appointments row.
Explore a breathtaking collection of Guardian readers' photographs, capturing moments from a -5C swim in Nottinghamshire to vibrant lupins in New Zealand. Discover the world through their lenses.
Discover the stunning monochrome winners of LensCulture's 2026 awards, from a brutal Central Asian sport to quiet childhood moments. See the full gallery now.
Washington's National Portrait Gallery has altered the label on Donald Trump's portrait, omitting details of his two impeachments and the January 6 insurrection. Critics call it an attempt to sanitise history.
The National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC has replaced a placard detailing Donald Trump's two impeachments with a brief label, sparking debate over historical record. Read the full story.
Discover how photographer Kelli Radwanski captured a magical, unplanned moment between a boy and his pig in Nevada from her office in Oregon using remote iPhone photography.
Yadong Niu's stunning sunset shot over Welsh Harp Reservoir triumphs in Hendon Waterside nature photography contest, celebrating local biodiversity. Discover the winning image.
Explore six powerful photographs by women from the Global South, capturing everyday life, art, and activism. Discover stories from India, Morocco, Colombia, Cuba, Uganda, and South Africa.
Explore the astonishing global images of photojournalist Ed Kashi, whose 45-year career documenting social and geopolitical issues is celebrated in a powerful new book. Witness history through his lens.
Discover how a tuk-tuk driver's mobile photography, using a OnePlus 13, won a 2025 Turkey Mobile Photo Award with a vibrant image of children playing in Myanmar.
Dive into the answers for this week's brain-teasing Saturday quiz, covering topics from British history to Olympic sports and chart-topping music. How many did you get right?
Photographer Sarah Lee reveals how her winter work focuses on capturing light, not darkness. Explore her introspective project and the poignant quotes that guide her vision.
René Groebli's tender, erotic photographs of his wife in a Paris hotel room scandalised the 1950s. Now 98, he reflects on the work that redefined intimate photography.
Dive into the full story behind the viral 'Gina the Portrait' podcast episode. Discover the mystery, the art world intrigue, and the surprising truth revealed in December 2025.
Explore Tristram Kenton's stunning photographic review of 2025's top theatre and dance productions. See the powerful images that defined the year on stage.
Thomas Durrant, 17, from London, is the overall winner of the RSPCA Young Photographer Awards 2025 with a stunning image of a stag. Discover all the category winners and runners-up.
Donald Trump has installed new, highly critical plaques beneath the official portraits of his predecessors, Joe Biden and Barack Obama, as part of sweeping changes to the presidential residence. Discover the controversial details.
Photographer Brooke DiDonato reveals the story behind her viral self-portrait, 'Learned a Lesson Then Forgot It', shot in an Austin fireplace with a stray kitten. Discover the emotion and process.
Explore how photographer Edward Weston's shift from pictorialism to modernism in the 1920s turned peppers, nudes and toilets into iconic art. See 'Becoming Modern' in Paris until 25 Jan.
Explore a stunning global gallery from Guardian readers, featuring tender deer in Oxfordshire, St Paul's Cathedral, and historic sites in Iraq. Discover the stories behind the images.
An exhibition of Franco-British photographer Ed Alcock's work, exploring Brexit, adolescence and working-class memory, runs at the Bibliothèque nationale de France until March 2026.
Celebrated British photographer Martin Parr, famed for his vivid and humorous chronicles of everyday life, has died at 73. Explore his iconic career and legacy.
Celebrated British photographer Martin Parr, famed for his vivid and ironic depictions of everyday UK life, has died at his Bristol home aged 73. Discover his legacy.
Martin Parr, the celebrated Magnum photographer famed for his acute observations of British society and class, has died. We look back at his iconic career in pictures.