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Lee Miller’s artistic and historical sensibility

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

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

Paul Hill considers…

As many as 300,000 displaced Gazans streamed northward on Jan. 27, after Israel reopened the Netzarim corridor, which bisects the Gaza Strip. Carrying their belongings in plastic bags and flour sacks