Mee-Lai Stone

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Picture Editor, Culture at The Guardian

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Apes, toilets, conflicts and cowboys: Sony World Photography awards - in pictures

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

Artists on the moon, gods in the sea, and guns at the ready in America … here are photographs from the overall winners of this year’s professional competition
‘A place between fiction and reality’: small town dreamscapes - in pictures

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Mee-Lai Stone

Photographer Dylan Hausthor’s lyrical visions delve into themes of storytelling, faith, folklore and the inherent queerness of nature. Small-town gossip, relationships to the land, the mysteries of wildlife, the drama of humanity and the unpredictability of human spectacle inspire the stories in these images and installations.
‘Everybody seemed thrilled they’d made it inside’: sizzling images from Studio 54 - in pictures

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Mee-Lai Stone

The disco mecca was arguably the most famous nightclub of all time – and certainly the most decadent. Between 1978 and 1980, Tod Papageorge captured its glamorous dancers and drinkers
Did you catch that? On the boats with Cornish fishers - in pictures

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

Jacob, off the island of St Agnes, Isles of ScillyFor a year and a half, photographer Jon Tonks journeyed around the coast of Cornwall, from Newlyn to the Isles of Scilly, Mousehole and Cadgwith, spending time both quayside and at sea. A Fish Called Julie: In waters off Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by Jon Tonks is at the Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol, 3 April to 22 June. The exhibition is part of the nationwide initiative We Feed the UK created by the Gaia Foundation.
‘My life expectancy is short’: America’s most vulnerable - in pictures

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

Crazy, Train Hopper, Skid Row, Los Angeles, 2022Mark Laita’s Soft White Underbelly project was born from his 2009 photo series Created Equal. It reveals raw glimpses of humanity’s most vulnerable communities, encouraging a conversation around the individuals and realities that often go unseen. These new portraits, shot against stark and simple backdrops, highlight the individuality and humanity of his subjects. You can watch a video interview with Crazy here.
‘I could have sworn they were flying’: California skateboarders - in pictures

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Mee-Lai Stone

Canyon Sunset Ride, Hollywood Hills, 1976A new exhibition commemorates skate photographer Hugh Holland, who died on 1 February at the age of 82. Holland first began photographing skateboarders in southern California in 1975, capturing the burgeoning early scene its most vibrant, radical, free and rebellious. His two main bodies of work Angels: Street, Skate, Seventies and Locals Only will be on display.
Kate, Kylie, Kim … and a topless Iggy: faces of the Face magazine - in pictures

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Mee-Lai Stone

Kate Moss by Glen Luchford, March 1993From 1980 to 2004, the Face magazine played a vital role in creating contemporary culture. Musicians featured on its covers achieved global success and the models it championed – including a young Kate Moss – became the most recognisable faces of their time. A new exhibition celebrates some of the most iconic Face portraits.
Runaway snakes and scooting pups: surreal street photography - in pictures

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Mee-Lai Stone

The latest issue of Eyeshot magazine celebrates the serendipity of everyday life – where construction site sunbathers and hovering cemetery angels defy logic Main image: A woof ride … this pooch takes a trip in Xindian, Taiwan.
Condoms, cows and contortions: Peter Hujar’s astonishing vision - in pictures

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Mee-Lai Stone

Candy Darling on her deathbed, 1973A new exhibition is the first to take on the full breadth of Peter Hujar’s later photography, co-curated by the artist’s friend and printer, Gary Schneider, and his biographer, John Douglas Miller. Hujar’s principal concern was with forms of portraiture – of his friends and denizens of the downtown scene, whom he encountered on the street, shot in his apartment studio or sought out backstage.
Lunar new year preparations and a rage room: photos of the weekend

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Mee-Lai Stone

Gaza City, Gaza Forcibly displaced Palestinians wait on the Salah al-Din Road, the main highway through the Gaza Strip, close to the Netzarim Corridor zone to return to their homes in the north after the completion of the second phase of the ceasefire agreement Photograph: Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu/Getty Images Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Visitors to a ‘rage room’ relieve stress by smashing things with a sledgehammer or baseball bat to vent their anger Photograph: Samir...