How to Unname a Tree dismantles the notion of trees as static symbols, revealing them as beings that blur the lines of identity. Italian-Bosnian Rosa Franjic and her partner travelled to the Yemeni island to meet friends working on preserving its staggering biodiversity. Enter now. Celebrated landscape and still life photographer John Blakemore died on 14 January, aged His friend and colleague Paul Hill pays tribute.
Using archive imagery, collaboration, extreme close-ups and staged photographs, the Iranian photographer delves into portraiture and culture. The photographer discusses his deep connection with horses, the universal truths they embody, and how they inspire his sensorial photography. The photographer worked in collaboration with coastal communities in Colombia to advocate against the devastating effects of narcotics.
Investigations of identity and community are at the heart of the stories we tell at British Journal of Photography. In this Collection you will find projects and long-form interviews with artists sharing personal stories on their traditions and those they have learned from others. There are also pieces that scrutinise the customs of photography and whether they should be challenged, subverted and reconsidered.
We ask, which traditions to preserve and which to forget? Perhaps one of the most human emotions, love permeates so much of what we do. It has inspired and consumed artists for centuries. It has inspired movements, acts of compassion, empathy and change.
It is a force like no other. The home has inspired myriad artists. Be it documenting their family, themselves, their surroundings or something more abstract, photographers have revealed some of the most intimate elements of their personal lives against this backdrop. Illustrating the details of nature with Domenico Matera. Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo forms a surprising perspective on the drug trade. Shooting in Ukraine, Aria Shahrokhshahi insists he is not a war photographer.
