Portrait of humanity volume 5

Anthony Lawrence, a New Forest artist, painted everything from Dante’s Inferno to portraits of Ian McKellen and Yehudi Menuhin. This October, Palais des Vaches presents the first major retrospective o

Renowned interior designers showcase their work in these engaging new books

A new book of bird photography celebrates not only the avian world, but the photographers using creative techniques to produce original artworks, from characterful studio portraits to eye-catching abstracts, writes Graeme Green

Cuffed, kicked, and camera in hand — David Hoffman’s new book Protest! is the result of 40 years documenting the fight for rights and the force against it. Peter Dench finds out more

Reminiscences Joe Brainard I Remember 208pp. Daunt. ...

Seventy years after it opened at MoMA, Edward Steichen’s The Family of Man remains one of photography’s most ambitious and debated exhibitions. Peter Dench travels to its permanent home to find out what still makes it click