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

Embrace urban shooting and you’ll never run out of ideas

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Photographing a single subject repeatedly can be just as rewarding as chasing ‘ticks’, writes Rob Read

Photographing high-profile personalities has its challenges, as portrait expert Lee Malone explains. He speaks to Peter Fenech about how a human connection is critical for successful images

Three images to get you thinking about how to shoot the streets