Altered states

Ben Geier’s photographs affectionately capture fast-vanishing relics of ’50s and ’60s roadside Americana. He aims to find subjects that evoke a sense of nostalgia and solitude, he tells David Clark

Peter Dench considers...

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

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

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In each issue of Railways Illustrated, we ask a photographer to select their 10 favourite rail-related images and tell us the reasons why they believe these photos stand out from the crowd. This month