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Abandoned America: Amazing photos of a nation’s ruins

8 December 2014
Fiona MacdonaldFeatures correspondent
(Matthew Christopher)
(Matthew Christopher)

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Japan's photo tomb that contained a historic legacy

The Japanese photographer who buried hundreds of photos and the journey to revive his legacy.

Time Frame
'Dali Atomicus' by Salvador Dali and Philippe Halsman

How the surreal 'Dali Atomicus' was captured

In 1948 a famous artist and an innovative portrait photographer attempted to create something unbelievable.

Time Frame
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Striking images capturing the 'dark underbelly of America'

Why legendary crime photographer Weegee offers a crucial lens to understand the American psyche.

Art & Design
'Weed nuns' v narcos: Meet Mexico's Sisters of the Valley

'Weed nuns' v narcos: Meet Mexico's Sisters of the Valley

The Sisters of the Valley are a group of women defying narco traffickers and tradition at the same time.

Photography
Is this the new nude?

Yushi Li's new take on erotic photography

Chinese-born, London-based photographer Yushi Li explores how the male body can be eroticised in pictures.

Photography
Amilton Grand Hotel

The incredible afterlife of an abandoned luxury hotel

Amilton Neves Cuna documents the history of his country through the lens of an iconic Mozambiquan building.

Photography
A Swedish photographer's radical take on nudity

The naked pictures that question how we look at the body

Photographer Mikael Schulz takes naked pictures that convey a radical message of self-acceptance and diversity.

Photography
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The iconic images capturing the magic of the 80s

In his images from the 80s, Jamel Shabazz captures the vibrancy of life underground in the New York City subway.

Photography
Lost slate mines' hidden world revealed by explorer

Slate mines: Hidden world's beauty revealed by explorer

The hidden world of forgotten slate mines in north Wales has been revealed by a photographer.

Photography
Guy Bellingham Photography

Photographer's images 'like ghosts coming out the mist'

Guy Bellingham is a wet plate photographer, using a technique that was first developed in 1851.

Photography
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The stunning photos of an island's shipwreck graveyard

A photographer is paying tribute to the lives lost to a small island known as a graveyard for shipwrecks.

Photography
Still from Bridgerton series with Golda Rosheuvel

What if we reimagined the English Renaissance?

A photographic study of the slang term 'flexing'.

Photography
The world-famous couple that changed photography forever

The world-famous couple that changed photography forever

The most iconic couple in the history of war photography were not actually who they claimed to be.

Photography
Photography's hidden bias

The dark history of photography lighting

Celebrity photographer Marc Baptiste reveals a lesser known but widespread bias in photography.

Photography
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The open-air lab testing the world's deadliest poisons

Dugway Proving Ground is one of the most secretive of American military zones.

Photography
Black Photographer

The black Britons who've 'broken the glass ceiling'

British photographer John Ferguson hopes to "inspire" young black Britons through his photos.

Photography
Where the Amish go on holiday

Where the Amish go on holiday

Photographer Dina Litovsky has been photographing the Amish 'Las Vegas' since 2018.

Photography
Neighbours

Intimate snapshots into the private world of your neighbours

Gail Albert-Halaban has been photographing people through their windows for over 10 years.

Photography
Yakuza Women

The secret lives of Yakuza women

Photographer Chloé Jafé spent six years documenting the life of women in the Japanese mafia.

Photography
The black cowboys of the Mississippi Delta

The black cowboys of the Mississippi Delta

Exploring the truth behind one of America's most iconic myths

Photography

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