If you’re planning to enter our Urban Life round, which launches next week, take these tips from four of last year’s top ten photographers

Lee Miller’s artistic and historical sensibility

When Instagram introduced video, many photographers felt sidelined. So street pro Alan Schaller decided to build his own app and created Irys, that puts photographers and still images back in the limelight. He talks to Benedict Brain about building a new photographers’ place online

Jonathon Isola, Chandler, Arizona, USA

Encouraging the viewer to engage, Rebecca Holton prompts reflection on the way we live today and our rituals and routines. Frequently compared to Edward Hopper, her interpretation of light-dominated,

The award-winning photographer has just published a book about how to succeed in the medium. Niall Hampton finds out more