Shot of the month

The APOY judges choose their favourite images that didn’t make the top ten of our People & Portraits category

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Round Two People & Portraits

The UK winners of the EISA Maestro Photo Contest 2025 are Rebecca Elliott and Adam Ramjean. Here are their winning images

With a series of focal lengths and film aspect ratios Ralph Man’s magnetic Mania MFZ pinhole camera system provides an enormous range of choice for those who love a long exposure. Damien Demolder looks at how it works

OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, ELLE HAS CELEBRATED CREATIVITY OF ALL KINDS. HERE, A RANGE OF TODAY’S LEADING ARTISTS, WRITERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND DIRECTORS SHARE THE RITUALS, ROUTINES AND REALITIES BEHIND THEIR GREATEST WORKS, FROM MIND-BLOWING EXCEL SHEETS TO THE MAGIC OF THE DARK ROOM