Lee Miller’s artistic and historical sensibility

With a camera, a backpack and an unshakable belief in the strength of ordinary lives, Mihaela Noroc’s latest book reveals the many faces of female power – from mothers and activists to scientists and survivors. Peter Dench finds out more

Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the

Kahran and Regis Bethencourt, the husband and wife behind CreativeSoul Photography, create high-concept portraits of children across the African diaspora, allowing them to tell their unique stories, as Tracy Calder explains

T here is a low-level hum that forms the soundtrack to many women’s lives. It’s a conditioning. The silent expectation to be the architect of everyone’s day, managing the moods of daily life. Being th

Our pick of the best titles about photography published this year – each one will make an ideal festive season gift for lovers of the medium…