GARBO: MI5’s Most Extraordinary Double Agent
Inside the remarkable deception of GARBO, the double agent whose elaborate deception reached the highest levels of German intelligence.
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Chris Killip: A Portrait of the North of England
Chris Killip’s photographs captured the North of England on the brink of profound change. Mark Holborn looks back at the photographer’s extraordina...
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A Brief Introduction to Henri Cartier-Bresson
Explore the life of Henri Cartier-Bresson, from painting and Surrealism to Magnum Photos, in this extract from Henri Cartier-Bresson: Here and Now ...
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Six Milestones of Early Photography
The world's first photograph took eight hours to make and later vanished without trace. It is just one of the remarkable stories from photography's...
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Gone but not Forgotten: The Lost Buildings of 20th Century Japan
The remarkable post-war buildings that once transformed Japan’s cities are disappearing. Explore the lost architectural landmarks featured in Vanis...
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Beyond the Paintings: Van Gogh’s Drawings
He is known for his paintings, yet Van Gogh insisted that drawing was ‘the most important thing’. From illustrated letters and quick sketches to am...
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Seeing More Clearly: Martin Gayford and David Hockney on the Art of Looking
Sight is a sense we often take for granted. Not David Hockney. In this extract from A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney, Martin Gayf...
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Ishiuchi Miyako: Tracing Memory, Time and the Human Experience Through Photography
What stories cling to the objects of the departed? In this extract from Ishiuchi Miyako: Traces, Lena Fritsch explores Miyako’s fascination wi...
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Transforming the Ordinary: Harry Gruyaert’s Vibrant Photographs of New York City
What is it about New York that so compels photographers, filmmakers and artists? In this introduction to Harry Gruyaert: New York, filmmaker Cédric...
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Six Women Pioneers of Photo Collage
Explore six female pioneers of collage and the experimental techniques that reshaped photography from the nineteenth century onwards in an extract ...
