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★★☆☆☆ Celebrating the connection between a sexualised hoover, nocturnal wildlife, a rocket launch and the indigenous populations of Lapland is a tough challenge, and one that the V&A has set itself unnecessarily in their brand new Photography Centre. ‘Photography’, as we are reminded at repeated intervals throughout the ‘Sir Elton John and David Furnish’ gallery, ‘is embedded in the story of the V&A’ as it has been collecting photographs since the 1850s, resulting in ‘one of

Photo by Barnyz via Flickr (licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) I moved to London on September 9th, 2021. As of today, I have been a Londoner...

STRAND Magazine writer and photographer Felicia Coulter takes us through Canada's icy landscape, the photographs from her travel diary bringing us on a journey with her across the quiet, snow-filled wilderness. 'New Horizons' Amidst the rugged beauty of Canada's landscape A traveler finds themselves in a foreign state Staring out at the vast wilderness surrounding them They set out on an adventure, seeking to comprehend What truths might lie within their soul And what le

STRAND photographer and writer Ana Aarhus Hudson describes her experience discovering photography through Lee Miller's photographs.

At the scrag end of Shoreditch, that part which is frequently advertised to tourists as ‘close to the remnants of the Roman road’, there’s a graffiti-doused Overground station which either leads to Hackney, or to Manteca. And good luck navigating the swathes of £4 flat white snobs and ethical start-up City boys on your walk of shame back to Liverpool Street. We booked Manteca as we knew it was previously lauded at length, not least by Jay Rayner who had praised it for its ve

Just when you think Soho could not come up with a more unlikely juxtaposition of venues, people, and flavours (Russian-American-French anything was always going to be a contentious ménage à trois), you will come across Bob Bob Ricard on Upper James Street. Ever so often, I find my centre of gravity off-kilter, as the invisible force drags me back to this place. In the spirit of this rule of three, I bring two Northern pals here for New Year’s Eve. So we scurry off to the Cent

Finally, a normal Christmas after a two-year hiatus - but is it? Supermarkets have definitely gone big this year. Even the most jaded palate will be revived by some of the offerings; others might find this cloying, pastry and booze-centred excess nauseating (see Asda Irish Cream mince pies), but will turn to decadence and festive cheer in other ways. Whether a mention of Christmas is conjuring up a nativity scene in your mind, or you’re just looking forward to the shimmering

To think of the multitude of ways in which London is perceived by others is to be overwhelmed. A city with such dynamism is hard to...

By Quince Pan Every year, the British Journal of Photography organises the Portrait of Britain photography award. A hundred portraits that best showcase the diversity of the UK are selected as winners. In January this year, the winners of the 2021 award were announced. Frederic Aranda (b. 1980) was one of them. His winning group portrait, “Barnet Hospital ICU”, depicts a medical team, all decked in scrubs, posing for the camera in an operating theatre in Barnet Hospital, Nort

By Quince PAN Every year, the British Journal of Photography organises the Portrait of Britain photography award. A hundred portraits that best showcase the diversity of the UK are selected as winners. In January this year, winners of the 2021 award were announced. Michael Farra (b. 1999) was one of them. His winning portrait, “The Call to Worship”, depicts a nonagenarian man sitting alone in Bournemouth Central Mosque — to which he walked every day for prayer. Since he was