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£150, Taschen, hardback, 462 pages, ISBN: 978383659205 For over 75 years, Atlantic Records has been shaping popular culture through the musicians it has pioneered. Founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and two fellow music fans, the New York based studios broke new ground by embracing and championing a huge range of different genres. That included many types of black music, including R&B, soul, jazz and hip-hop, as well as from other genres such as rock, pop, dance and more. This book has taken four years to put together, and as is often the case from Taschen, it’s an absolute beast. You might look at the price and think it sounds expensive, but for the size, print quality and pagination, it’s actually pretty well priced. Many of the images in the…

A new site-specific photo installation at the London Docks is set to launch on 18 June. Co-curated by The Line and Arup Phase 2, and working in close collaboration with Praxis, a charity which supports refugees and migrants, the display will feature portraits created by Hélène Amouzou, a Brussels-based photographer. The project explores themes which include identity, migration and memory and will consist of six photographic portraits installed on bespoke display panels close to City Hall in London’s Royal Docks. Portraits have been created in collaboration with members of Praxis, using objects that create links to the participants’ heritage and place of residence. The exhibition is part of Amouzou’s residency with The Line, during which she has carried out research into the collections held at London Museum Docklands. The photographs…

The Nikon Z5II follows on from 2020’s Z5, with a good range of improvements. As well as the full-frame sensor, it’s also got a range of enticing features including a fully articulating touchscreen, a high-resolution viewfinder, dual card slots and uncropped 4K 30fps recording. And all of that in a body that costs less than £1,600. Primarily, this is a camera aimed at enthusiasts without the budget for higher-priced full-frame models, including Nikon’s own Z6III, Z7II, and Z8. However, the good news is that it inherits a lot of the features of those cameras. The original Z5 is now five years old, so it was ripe for a refresh. You’ll still be able to buy that camera for a while, with this new release likely to cause a drop in…

A BETA version of Adobe’s upgraded Photoshop app is now available for Android – and it’s free. The Photoshop mobile app, which has been available for Apple iPhone since February, enables you to combine and blend images using selections, layers, and masks, remove or replace parts of an image with the Tap Select tool, and get rid of distractions using the Spot Healing Brush. It’s also possible to make accurate selections with Object Select and Magic Wand, and further enhance images with more advanced tools such as Remove and Clone Stamp. There is also access to Generative Fill, should you wish to experiment with AI-based image generation, and the app ships with a range of tutorials to help you get the most out of it. Your phone will need to…

This is an account of a very content digital professional who in the spring of 2015, went from being a 35mm digital professional to an enraged, unshaven, woollen jumper wearing, wired bearded photographic philosopher, working with a camera made of wood. Okay, I didn’t actually change any of those things to match a dated large-format stereotype. Neither am I a disciple of the landscape. What I did experience was a photographic revelation, initially fuelled by digital rebellion; a knee-jerk attempt to return to simpler times. How I thought this was at all possible with a technical camera like the Chamonix 045F1 was beyond me, but I was called into it in an unlikely way – by the Canon TS-E 24mm II and help from Tim Parkin at OnLandscape. Let me…

For some reason, many stills photographers have considered the external monitor the sole preserve of the videographer. They have been quite bulky of course, as well as expensive, and attaching one to your hotshoe doesn’t make your camera more easily hand-holdable. However, for tripod workers an external monitor several times larger than the screen of the camera can be a massive boon, especially for landscapers, macro shooters, still-lifers and architecturalists. Having a larger monitor to the side of the camera allows us firstly to get a better sense of our composition, but to also see more detail in the scene we are recording. Additional features in these monitors, such as focus peaking, can also help ensure the bits we want to be sharp actually are, and that the depth-of-field provided…

Kelly Beckta, Ontario, Canada About Kelly Kelly is a member of SheClicks, Sony Alpha Female, and Women Street Photographers. See more of her work at Instagram/kellybeckta.jpg and kellybeckta.com How did you get into photography? From the moment I picked up a camera as a child, photography became the lens through which I see the world. I’ve always felt like everything around me could be captured in a frame – moments, colours, emotions – all waiting to be preserved. There’s a certain magic in freezing time, holding onto a piece of the world that will never be the same again. Growing up, I was always drawn to old photographs, mesmerised by the stories they told, the memories they held; that fascination turned into a lifelong passion for photography. What do you…

Fujifilm’s new X-E5 is a flat-bodied, rangefinder-style mirrorless camera with a corner-mounted electronic viewfinder. Essentially, it repackages most of the technology of the SLR-shaped X-T50 into a smaller form-factor. In many respects, it can be seen as an interchangeable-lens version of the hugely popular X100VI – to the extent that it comes complete with a new slimline 23mm f/2.8 lens. The X-E5 follows on from the X-E4 which was launched at the start of 2021, but which disappeared from the market a couple of years ago. It’s fair to say that the X-E4 wasn’t universally well-liked, due to its over-simplified design and lack of any handgrip. But Fujifilm has addressed these criticisms and reinstated controls that went missing from the X-E4, including a physical AF/MF switch and clickable rear dial.…

THE ASSOCIATION of Photographers (AOP) is providing more information for photographers and filmmakers to help them to develop low carbon or carbon-free ways of working, along with tools that measure greenhouse gas emissions from a photography shoot or production. ‘One of our primary concerns is the environmental impact of generative-AI,’ notes Carol Sharp from the AOP Sustainability Group. ‘A number of academic studies point to the high energy needs and water use. The carbon impact of image-based generative-AI is substantial and undermines the technology sectors’ target of reaching net zero by 2030.’ In response, the AOP has produced an Easy Wins guide to help photography businesses to reduce their carbon footprint (you can download this from bit.ly/aopeasywins) along with a template for members to pledge to run a sustainable practice…

£40, Steidl, hardcover, 144 pages, ISBN: 9783969992319 This deep-dive through the back catalogue of Bruce Davidson’s enviable six-decade-long career is a must for all lovers of black & white and documentary work. Published by Steidl (www.steidl.de), all the work in the book has been previously unpublished and spans a timeline between 1957 and 1992, ordered chronologically. You get a real feel for the versatility of this Magnum legend, stretching all the way back to his earliest assignments to later pieces of work which became internationally recognised. As such, we see pieces from Brooklyn Gang (1959), work from his extensive coverage of the American Civil Rights movement in Time of Change (1961-1965) and slightly more recent pieces in Subway (1980) and Central Park (1992). If you’re a fan of American imagery,…

Amid the rocky hills and fertile plains of Sudan’s Nuba Mountains, a centuries-old tradition of wrestling continues to thrive, even as conflict tears the nation apart. Wrestling here is more than sport – it is identity, heritage and resistance. British photographer Tariq Zaidi’s latest series, captured in February 2025, brings this powerful cultural ritual vividly to life at a time when Sudan’s social fabric faces its greatest strains. Nuba wrestling is one of Africa’s oldest continuous sporting traditions, rooted in rites of passage, agricultural celebration, and spiritual devotion. Matches often coincide with key points in the farming calendar – after the harvest or during the dry season when communities come together to test strength and honour ancestry. Victory is simple: the first man to force his opponent to the ground…

● £100 ● uk.benroeu.com Most tripod heads fall into one of two camps, either ball-and-socket heads for photography, or pan-and-tilt heads for video. The Benro FS20PRO Hybrid Head aims to give the best of both worlds, by combining the two types. To understand how this works, let’s look at the construction. At the bottom, there’s a conventional panning base with its own lock. Next is an inverted ball-and-socket joint, with a tilt mechanism built on top of it. Finally, the camera clamp has its own panning mechanism. The tilt lock is placed on the left side, with the ball lock on the right. A short pan handle can be mounted on either side. On paper, this design has a lot going for it. Lock down the ball, and videographers can…