Discover the art of photography in context

• Edmund Clark (1963)

State control in domestic spaces through detention without trial under UK anti-terrorism laws and its impact on civil liberties and everyday life.

• Lee Friedlander (1934)

Self-portraits as fragmented, layered compositions incorporating shadows, reflections, and personal introspection within the social landscape.

• William Christenberry (1936-2016)

One changing commercial building in Greensboro, Alabama, recorded through repeated photographic returns from 1967 to 2000.

• Luigi Ghirri (1943-1992)

Framing of overlooked perspectives on seemingly mundane environments, emphasizing ambiguity and fragmented perception through architectural and natural elements.

• Takuma Nakahira (1938-2015)

Grainy, blurry, and out-of-focus images depicting a dystopian urban landscape, evoking an immersive sensory experience that challenges conventional documentary traditions.

• Giulio Rimondi (1984)

Night-time streets and quiet figures in Beirut, documented through grainy black-and-white photographs of everyday moments across residential and commercial districts.

• Nobuyoshi Araki (1940)

Sex industry in Tokyo's Shinjuku district through immersive, participatory photography that exposes hidden sexual transactions and social taboos.

• Richard Billingham (1970)

Richard Billingham’s close family and domestic life, photographed in West Midlands tower-block flats through direct-flash, snapshot-like colour photography.

• Boris Mikhailov (1938)

Post-Soviet homelessness in Kharkiv, photographed in colour through paid, negotiated posing and selective direction.

• John Baldessari (1931-2020)

Chance-based conceptual work, choosing twelve near-straight-line results from thirty-six ball throws.

• Cindy Sherman (1954)

Female identity shaped by mass-media stereotypes, documented through staged black-and-white self-portraits.

• Deanna Dikeman (1954)

Waving parents at the end of a driveway show aging, memory, and the slow movement of time in family life.

• Daidō Moriyama (1938)

Tokyo’s urban theatricality capturing avant-garde performances, street entertainers, and the performative aspects of daily life in 1960s Tokyo.

• Ming Smith (1951)

Black life in cities through photographs of people in motion and shadow with focus on presence, invisibility, and social neglect.

• Martina Cirese (1988)

Human relationships shown in visual journals over ten years, documenting shifts in how intimacy is shared and seen.

• Ren Hang (1987-2017)

Portrayal of the maternal figure beyond conventional familial roles through playfully staged photographs featuring saturated colors and surreal props.

• Garry Winogrand (1928-1984)

Human-animal interactions in zoos, highlighting themes of captivity, observation, and artificial boundaries through ironic and unsettling compositions that satirize societal norms.

• Stephen Shore (1947)

The mundane American life through diaristic snapshot photography featuring everyday encounters and scenes during cross-country travels.