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Exhibitionist: The week's art shows in pictures …More

Ruin lust: our love affair with decaying buildings …More

The Greek riots: a picture of hate | Jonathan Jones …More

Final call: intimate moments of actors backstage …More

Lillian Bassman obituary …More

Robert Adams: a photographer with a profound sense of place …More

Star trails over Britain photographed by Phil Daintith …More

Trading to Extinction …More

Underwater dogs – in pictures …More

The dark side of the fruit: why still life began to rot in the 19th century …More

The Best of Russia 2011 photography competition winners …More

Eyewitness: Wounded in Sana'a, Yemen …More

This week's new exhibitions …More

Capturing kisses: Andy Barter's photographs of embraces - in pictures …More

Why is great British documentary photography overlooked at home? …More

Abu Qatada and the portraits of hate | Jonathan Jones …More

Salesh Kapur's Harlesden portraits …More

'Photographer Photoshops image' shock | Bob Garfield …More

Documenting 2012 in pictures – February snow …More

Seeing visions: Science's annual visual challenge – in pictures …More

Mario Testino: 'It's almost like a cowboy that draws his gun' …More

Faded Tulips …More

Four times World Press Photo winner Judah Passow documents Jewish life in Britain for a new exhibition the Jewish museum. …More

Images from an exhibition by the California-based French photographer that features a series of mysterious photographs of two sets of sisters …More

Tokyo bloggers gallery …More

Look to nature for early signs of spring …More

This week's new exhibitions …More

Photographers' Gallery in London to reopen in May after £8.9m facelift …More

A new photography exhibition provides a poignant and beautiful retrospective of London's extinct East End. …More

Russia Rising …More

Hockney and the Californian swimming pool in photography …More

Wallflower: camouflaged body paint self-portraits by Cecilia Paredes …More

Historia, Memoria, Silencios …More

Baghdad: a child's eye view …More

Billy Monk nightclub photos show 1960s Cape Town at play - in pictures …More

This week's new exhibitions …More

War blossoms into art: Ori Gersht at the Imperial War Museum – in pictures …More

Unbreakable women: in pictures …More

Richard Simpkin and Simone Lueck: Richard & Famous; Martin Parr: Painted Photographs – review …More

In the Picture: Self-Portraits 1958-2011 by Lee Friedlander – review …More

This week's new exhibitions …More

'Vintage 80's – London Street Photography' by Johnny Stiletto …More

In 2008 Lee Jeffries began photographing homeless people. His portraits may be uncompromising, but they are also beautiful …More

Out of this world: planets captured within water drops by Markus Reugels …More

Kodak: a fond farewell | Roger Tooth …More

Once-dominant Eastman Kodak – hit by the decline of the photographic film business – has filed for bankruptcy …More

Photographer Leo Maguire's best shot …More

Shot dead: Weegee's murder photographs go on show – in pictures …More

Centenary of Captain Scott reaching the South Pole – in pictures …More

Art of defiance: expressions of the Arab uprisings – in pictures …More

In pictures: Dickens's London …More

Sun-drenched, impossibly glamorous, a star everywhere you look. A film set? In the photographs of Yul Brynner, this was real life. …More

From the archive, 17 January 1956: Succulent Popsies Not for Oxford …More

Claire de Rouen obituary …More

Echoing spaces: Zarina Bhimji at the Whitechapel Gallery – in pictures …More

David Bailey's favourite model Jean Shrimpton was the Shrimp who sparked the Sixties …More

Exhibitionist: The week's art shows in pictures …More

Would Henri Cartier-Bresson have used a cameraphone? …More

The big picture: Eve Arnold's Bar Girl in a Brothel in the Red Light District, Havana, 1954 …More

Simone Lueck's best shot …More

Cecil Beaton: The New York Years; The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951 – review …More

Stephen Lawrence murder: capturing evil on camera? | Jonathan Jones …More

Victoria Brynner remembers a holiday with her father, Yul, in 1972 …More

Wildlife in black and white: photographs by Mario Moreno …More

52 weeks: Join our photo project to share your 2012 in pictures …More

In an industry still dominated by men, Firecracker promotes and supports women working in photography …More

Eve Arnold's most memorable shots – in pictures …More

Dear Photograph: The pictures that travel in time …More

Is photography the most influential medium for environmental awareness? …More

Graham Turner photographs achievement and inspiration on film …More

Meet our Mystery Bird photographers: Marie-Louise Ng [Photoessay] | GrrlScientist …More

North Korea photo illustrates art of editing a nation in mourning …More

Carleton Watkins and the photographs that saved Yosemite …More

Sixties snapper David Bailey on the changing face of the East End …More

Following a scandalous abdication, the Royal family needed a new image. Enter a photographer determined to restore the Windsors to their former glory. …More

Photographer Paul Jeffers visits The Holy Land Experience theme park in Orlando, Florida. …More

1000 Words Photography Magazine announce a workshop in Morocco with Roger Ballen. …More

Photography - Telephoto: art and documentary photography
Up West …More

Is the tide about to turn for Japan's 'women of the sea'? …More

Life is an adventure for Ryan McGinley, whose fantasy photographs have brought him rock-star status. …More

Errol Morris: 'We've forgotten that photographs are connected to the physical world' - video …More

A selection of the best images from around the world …More

Awkward family pet photos, by Mike Bender and Doug Chernack …More

Wet Christmas: Catherine Yass's wrapping paper reflects on the beauty of water …More

Artist of the week 169: Yto Barrada …More

Photographer Eve Arnold dies aged 99 …More

Art and exhibitions preview of the year 2012 …More

Scouring the Internet for inspiring sites and stories related to photography. …More

Rocco Rorandelli is looking for funding for his project documenting the secret history of cigarettes. …More

2011: The Year in Pictures …More

Hurricane Katrina: The End of the World …More

V&A Photographs Gallery favourites …More

Sea by Mark Laita: fish get the studio treatment …More

Charles Dickens and London: a tale of one city …More

We're all narcissists now …More

In pictures: a celebration of village cricket …More

Unicef photo of the year 2011 …More

Chris Coekin: factory workers in focus …More

This week's new exhibitions …More

The week's art shows in pictures …More

Wetlands: constantly changing, always photogenic | James Lees …More

Lygia Pape, Scottish photography and the Northern Art prize – the week in art …More

Christian Patterson goes on the trail of America's natural born killers …More

Annie Leibovitz's quest to depict the ghosts of the past is a heartfelt departure from her staged celebrity photographs, says Gaby Wood. …More

Photographs of Tower Bridge being constructed are found in a skip. …More

The Norman Parkinson Archive premiered a new series of prints at Paris Photo this month. …More

A little-known Swedish photographer who idolised Walker Evans is having his first show in London. …More

The Guardian Northerner's arts explorer Alan Sykes examines two records of the battle which left Easington devasated by the loss of its staple industry …More

The understated observational reportage style of Russell's 'still films' is an antidote to the surrealism and extravagance of his movies …More

It's not just Sarah Palin - as many as 20 million women in America are now gun-owners. …More

Louis Daguerre and the pioneers of photography. …More

Josh Lustig and Paula James of Panos Pictures report from the Zoom Photo Festival in Quebec, Canada. …More

The UK's largest photography festival, London's Photomonth exhibits the works of talented photographers throughout the capital. …More

Bruce Chadwick is a private military contractor in Iraq - but his weapon of choice is a camera …More

The ten most expensive photographs …More

The German artist's three metre-wide print of the Rhine river sold for $4.3m (£2.7m) in New York. …More

Redhead with guinea pig wins Taylor Wessing Prize 2011 …More

In this month's Big Ideas podcast, photographer Brian Ulrich discusses the relevance of EF Schumacher's notion 'small is beautiful' …More

Graceful, sophisticated, elegant… it's a side of the world's biggest pop star we have never seen. …More

Paris Photo 2011 …More

As a star photographer for US Vogue, Jack Robinson blazed a trail through Sixties New York. But where were his famous friends when he needed them? …More

Portraits of everyday life on the streets of New York, 1936-1951. …More

Exclusive: photographs of the Fab Four on their first tour of America in 1964 published for first time. …More

This three-day workshop will use the work of Cecil Beaton as inspiration. …More

It wasn't just Greta Garbo who was seduced, improbably, by Cecil Beaton. The biggest names in America fell under the photographer's spell. …More

The documentary-maker and photographer will be speaking at Vision 11, the London Photography festival. …More

Photographer Ed Thompson sought out the protestors after dark, once the tourists and the media had departed, to document the organisation and compassion at ground level. …More

Kieron Shaw visited Jaipur to photograph the Diwali street celebrations, but found himself captivated instead by the quieter, business-as-usual scenes under makeshift illuminations. …More

A stunning new photography exhibition with a noble cause has opened at Somerset House. …More

Laura El-Tantawy is looking for funding to document a new chapter in Egypt's history, post-Mubarak. …More

Previously unseen photographs by Lord Lichfield of the rich and famous …More

The husband and wife team are multi award-winning wildlife photographers based in Kenya, where they spend much of their time in the company of African wildlife. …More

Robin Hammond is looking for funding for the next phase of his project documenting the plight of the mentally ill in Africa. …More

As a new, dedicated photography space is unveiled at the V&A, Lucy Davies looks at the creation of one of the finest and oldest collections of photography in the world. …More

The Victoria and Albert Museum are launching their new Photographs Gallery with an exhibition tracing the career of Victorian portraitist Julia Margaret Cameron. …More

Where most family snapshots record happy occasions, the photographer Colin Gray's show the most heart-rending moments from the end of his mother's life. He talks to Kate Salter about a very personal project. …More

Pictures taken using the iPhone app are on show at Britain's first Instagram exhibition. …More

Seven photojournalists decided to join forces just days before 9/11 happened. …More

An exhibition marking the centenary of Scott's last expedition evokes a lost world of bravery and hardship in the Antarctic, says Neil Tweedie …More

The photographer talks to Hungry Eye's Richard Jobson about their shared passion for filmmaking, photography and his contribution to the film 'We Need to talk about Kevin'. …More

A new exhibition explores the story of cataract blindness in Bihar, India, a north eastern state home to over half a million curably blind people. …More

A festival designed to enable amateur photographers to gain exposure, sell their images and be part of a wider nexus. …More

Dr Huw Lewis-Jones' book Ocean Portraits is a celebration of the famous and unknown faces who have spent their lives on, in or around the sea. …More

Photographer David Yarrow has captured some of the world's most beautiful and remote places. …More

Former fashion photographer Willie Christie has unearthed his shoots from the Seventies, whose famous subjects include Bryan ferry, Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall and Grace Coddington. …More

Nick Danziger adopted an Afghan boy and two girls from a Kabul orphanage 15 years ago. Last month he returned to the country and found new hope there …More

A new book of photos gives a fascinating glimpse into the lives of birds. …More

Forty years after her death, the great photographer remains an enigma. But a new collection of her private thoughts brings her sharply into focus …More

The Arctic's natural beauty captured by polar photographer Louise Murray. …More

Artworks by Britain's offenders, secure patients and detainees. …More

The humble iPhone is changing photography on the frontline, says Lucy Davies. …More

Polish photographer Maciej Dakowicz captures the nightlife of Cardiff. …More

Joel Sternfeld took colour photography to new places in the 1970s as he travelled America. …More

The National Portrait Gallery is celebrating the best of British comedy in a new exhibition. …More

Six years after his death, Patrick Lichfield's remarkable images of the Royal family's private world are the focus of a new book and exhibition …More

John Free has been photographing railroad tramps in California, automobile abstracts and London and Paris street life for more than 30 years. …More

Evocative photographs from the ill-fated Antarctic expeditions of Captain Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton …More

The National Gallery have announced their 2012 exhibitions programme, with a photography retrospective among the blockbuster shows. …More

The gallerist remembers photographer Corinne Day, Kate Moss and the glory days of cult magazine The Face. …More

A photographer captures New York turning from day into night. …More

A row has erupted between legendary photographer David Bailey and his former muse, sixties model and fashion icon Jean Shrimpton, over payment for her work. …More

The gallerist remembers photographer Corinne Day, Kate Moss and the glory days of cult magazine The Face. …More

Before and after pictures of joggers by Sacha Goldberger. …More

What do Joan Collins, Brigitte Bardot and Elvis have in common? …More

Graduating from the University of Westminster's MA in photojournalism, Eleanor Farmer explores our life-giving force. …More

Martin Parr reveals the secret of taking photographs that tell the unvarnished truth. …More

From Dark Matters in Manchester to Postmodernism in London, find out what's happening in art around the country …More

Kacper Kowalski reaches giddy heights to photograph Poland's forests in autumn …More

Maciej Dakowicz's pictures of Cardiff revellers are lapped up by a country that pictures itself as broken, boozing, morally sick …More

Portraits of people who have ataxia, a rare degenerative disorder that affects movement and speech, are showing at the Delfina gallery in south London …More

Images from The Sea, a stunning photography collection published this month …More

More than 50 photographic portraits of comedians from the 40s to the present day have gone on display at the
National Portrait Gallery …More

Sternfeld's early pictures of America highlight his precocious understanding of colour and composition …More

Photographer Mary Turner captures the lives of the residents of Dale Farm Traveller site in Essex in the run-up to their eviction …More

Dorothea Lange's stark portraits of poverty-stricken Americans in the 1930s seem terrifyingly contemporary …More

The Magnum photographer Ara Güler was born in Istanbul in 1928 to ethnic Armenian parents. …More

Photographs and videos found at Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli give us fresh insight into the dictator's home life and his true character …More

The Kardashians are everywhere, but it's still surprising to see Annie Liebovitz is behind their latest campaign …More

Thomas Hoepker's photo of New Yorkers apparently relaxing as the twin towers smoulder says much about history and memory …More

Acceptable uses of Photoshop in the Guardian and Grazia …More

A new exhibition of Steve Pyke's portraits of philosophers opens on September 7 at Flowers Gallery …More

Lee Friedlander went looking for America by car …More

Julian Rothenstein picks a selection of the most intriguing images in his new 'compendium of visual surprise …More

In Jeremy Deller's new exhibition, a recovered stash of vintage portraits offers us a fresh look at Britain's cultural heritage …More

The Grundy art gallery has a lovely exhibition of photography and installations charting the resort through the years …More

There are grey skies and cold seas, but what is a British summer without a little hardship, asks Joe Dunthorne …More

Pleasance photographer Idil Sukan's intimate portraits take us beyond the velvet rope at this year's Edinburgh festival …More

From Sinatra to Dylan, the camera has helped to cement the public mythology of some of our greatest artists …More

Oded Balilty was born in Jerusalem, Israel. He joined AP in 2002, working in China, then Israel. Here he documents the Tel Aviv protests against the country's high cost of living …More

findingberlin endeavours to capture the spirit of Berlin. …More

Official photographer for the Pleasance, Idil Sukan, has been chronicling the Edinburgh fringe. …More

This quiet family scene marks the highpoint of the hippie era. But soon after, its peace and love ideal was fatally undermined …More

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art; Scottish National Gallery; Fruitmarket Gallery, all Edinburgh …More

The evocative Dear Photograph website only underlines the impermanence of digital photography …More

How St Andrews became the first town to be thoroughly documented on film …More

Exhibiting pictures in this way reveals a desire to classify the world, collect it, put it in categories – including moral ones …More

A guide to the month's best photo exhibitions and books …More

Hanging on the walls at Tate Modern, Luc Delahaye's giant, painterly photographs of real-life conflicts wield unsettling power …More

Hanging on the walls at Tate Modern, Luc Delahaye's giant, painterly photographs of real-life conflicts wield unsettling power …More

Images of the city's looted, burnt-out streets conjure not so much the 1980s Brixton riots as a new, dystopian reality …More

Photojournalist Baudouin Mouanda's first UK exhibition looks at the Sape (Society of Tastemakers and Elegant People) of his native Congo …More

From Afghanistan to Congo, Guardian photographer Sean Smith brings us the human face of modern warfare …More

It's a rare woman who wants to look like Elton John, but a select few want to be pretty less than they want to be transformed …More

Images of Blackpool past and present prove a colourful and intriguing study of the British working class at play …More

Time seems to stand still in Gary Calton's photographs of Yorkshire country shows, where tradition transcends the trappings of modern life. …More

'These are real people who spend all their money on this because they love it, not because it's the flavour of the month' …More

The Eyes of the Street exhibition is now running at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow featuring photographs by vendors and professional photographers …More

It's 40 years since the troubled US photographer took her own life, but her images continue to reveal the camera's predatory nature …More

Images of non-competitors such as Sebastian Coe and Danny Boyle as well as Olympic and Paralympic athletes on show …More

After photographing New York's underworld, Nan Goldin has turned her camera on the children she knows best …More

Debates about the ethics of famine photography miss the point. …More

The Victoria and Albert Museum are significantly extending their space dedicated to photographs. …More

Sounds and sights of Johannesburg in the lead-up to the 2010 World Cup – as seen through the lenses of eight South African teenagers …More

Photographer Michael Sharkey's images of gay teenagers taken as part of Queer Kids, a project born out of his own struggle coming out in 1980s Colorado …More

From historical shots of army generals to superhero immigrants, the Arles photography festival 2011 presents a vision of Mexico from the revolution to the present day …More

Summer presents photographers with the chance to enjoy the colours and textures that come from flowers, leaves and fruit …More

The footage showing a lone gunman shooting randomly before turning his fire on the cameraman is too raw not to be real …More

Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Grace Kelly ... Glamour of the Gods: Hollywood Portraits – at the National Portrait Gallery …More

Photographer Platon's new collection of images, Power, provides glimpses of what lies behind world leaders' carefully constructed auras …More

Exhibitions showcasing original prints reveal the private and public personas of the Pygmalion playwright …More

German art photographer Thomas Struth: Photographs 1978-2010 is at the Whitechapel Gallery, London E1, 6 July to 16 September …More

Previously unseen images by Liverpool photographer Goff Tinsley of the 1981 Toxteth riots …More

Kenji Hirasawa's Celebrity uses an infra-red camera to contrast tourists with ghost-like silhouettes of the likes of the Lady Gaga …More

Photos from a new book published this week containing rare, unguarded snaps of the star, who died in March aged 79 …More