Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Two photographers, two very different journeys. As Leica celebrates a century of image-making, the 2025 Oskar Barnack Awards honour Alejandro Cegarra’s searing study of migration and Serghei Duve’s intimate meditation on memory and identity. Peter Dench finds out more

Tony Kemplen on the…

Being in the right place at the right time can be more important than long hours,

Nick Teo creates collaborative portraits that celebrate marginalised communities while drawing on his own experience of neurodivergence, writes Peter Dench

Modern mobile phones and digital cameras have made taking photos easier – and cheaper – than ever. So why are old-fashioned film cameras experiencing a revival?