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David Levene

Freelance Photographer and Videographer at The Guardian

Freelance photographer/DOP for Guardian and others

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  • 2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | David Levene

    Guardian photographer David Levene was at the Royal Albert Hall to snap Cate Blanchett, John Lithgow, Lesley Manville, Naomi Campbell and many more

  • 1 month ago | theguardian.com | David Levene

    For 45 days the floodplains of Prayagraj, a city in Uttar Pradesh known as Allahabad until 2018, were a churning sea of humanity. Millions waded into the freezing waters of the sangam – the sacred confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, plus a mythical one, the Saraswati – believing that a single dip could wash away a lifetime of sin.

  • 1 month ago | theguardian.com | Arifa Akbar |David Levene

    Lightbulb-wreathed mirrors, wigs and makeup artists, a sense of faded glamour: the backstage dressing room has its very own lore in Theatreland. It is a private space for a company of actors to gear up or wind down, in between slipping into character, but it’s so much more than that. Films such as All About Eve and John Cassavetes’s Opening Night, as well as plays such as Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser, show this space bristling with tension, vulnerability and rivalries.

  • 2 months ago | theguardian.com | Hannah Ellis-Petersen |David Levene

    As the sun set on the sangam, the sacred meeting point of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers on Tuesday, there was a mood of jubilation on the banks. This was the eve of one of the holiest days of the Kumbh Mela festival – the largest religious gathering not only in India but the world – and millions upon millions had made long, often arduous journeys to immerse themselves in the water.

  • Jan 16, 2025 | theguardian.com | David Levene

    The Townley Caryatid, a pentelic marble Caryatid on the south stairs of the museum. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian Artefacts including a Mexican Day of the Dead sculpture in their new home at the British Museum Archaeological Research Collection storage and research facility near Reading. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian A worker carries out building maintenance on one of the British Museum’s buildings.

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David Levene
David Levene @levenephoto
24 Aug 24

Interview with me on todays @radionz Saturday Morning show about photographing @Paris2024 Olympics for ⁦@guardian⁩ 📷 Olympics photographer David Levene | RNZ https://t.co/hW7L7Ptjbv

David Levene
David Levene @levenephoto
9 Mar 24

Photo-essay on dressing room transformations published today @guardian. Brilliant working with @miriamgillinson. Huge thanks to Emma De Souza and Milly Taylor @SOLTnews + the whole team @GdnSaturday for immeasurable help and support along the way 🙏🙏🙏 https://t.co/oxyoQp3tZS https://t.co/l5wBWY83r2

David Levene
David Levene @levenephoto
7 Mar 24

Worked on this number with the brill ⁦⁦@tildeni⁩ ‘We’re all agog’: Behind the scenes at Welsh National Opera’s Death in Venice – in pictures https://t.co/pCuWztSV88