Mee-Lai Stone

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During periods of deep turmoil in her personal life, Dutch photographer and mother of six, Marjolein Martinot, sought solace in nature. Each evening she’d walk to a nearby river in the south of France with her camera in hand. There she captured the quiet beauty of the natural world in the golden light of dusk, forming connections with the animals and families she encountered at the river’s edges – jumping, splashing, climbing and swinging from the trees.

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Photographer Kirsten Lewis’s book Unsupervised presents a raw, honest look at how some families navigate the challenges and joys of raising children. Spending between 24 and 72 hours documenting each family, over a period of 15 years, Lewis’s intimate black and white photographs capture moments in the home lives of a variety of families. The images explore the fullness of parenting, from its sudden dramas to the quiet shared moments.

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Nikolay Bakharev was born in Siberia in the late 1940s, when artistic expression was strictly regulated. As the Soviet Union began to unravel in the early 1980s, he traveled to lake beaches, such as Cheryomushki, where workers and families gathered to relax. These beaches were among the few public spaces in the USSR where any form of nudity was tolerated.

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Vatican City, Rome Pope Leo XIV (formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost) waves as he arrives in the Popemobile ahead of the Inauguration Mass in St Peter’s Square Photograph: Ivan Romano/Getty Images Cannes, France Jonathan Guilherme attends the photocall for O Riso E A Faca (I Only Rest In The Storm) during the 78th annual Cannes film festival in France Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA Damascus, Syria Dogs at the Star (Syrian Team For Animal Rescue) shelter, a 0.8-hectare (two-acre)...

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Mee-Lai Stone

Beatles Girl, 1964Photo London marks its 10th anniversary with a special edition celebrating the capital and its rich traditions of photography. Featured at this year’s fair is Joseph McKenzie who pioneered the teaching of photography within the UK’s art education establishment. His lifetime ambition was to gain acceptance for photography as fine art. McKenzie worked predominantly as a social documentary photographer – ‘a man with a conscience’ – focused on people in everyday life.