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Pink and blue planet: the kids whose obsessions go too far

JeongMee Yoon has photographed the world's least gender neutral kids for The Pink and Blue Project to show how stereotypes pervade

Iran

Tehran's street life

French photographer Boris Le Montagner captures daily life in the Iranian capital
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Michael Putland: 50 Years on the Road

The music photographer has shot some of the most historical moments in popular music's history, here are some highlights
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Which photobook would the world's best photographers grab in a fire? Nan Goldin, Martin Parr and more pick their favourites
Street photography

Garry Winogrand

As the first retrospective in 25 years opens, we highlight some of the best images of an American master

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Sport picture of the day: home straight silhouette

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This silhouette creates a striking image as horse and rider soar over a fence on the home straight during the Avalon Surfacing Handicap Hurdle race at Exeter racecourse
Victims of Syrian regime honoured at DC's Holocaust museum

A video installation of images smuggled out from Syria puts them in the context of the 20th century’s greatest atrocity, and the impact is profound, reports Raya Jalabi
Lost in a spin: readers' photos of labyrinths and mazes - in pictures

We asked you to share your photos of mazes and labyrinths as part of GuardianWitness’ bi-weekly readers’ assignment. Here is a selection of our favourites
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Photography then and now

The western front in 1917-1919 and now – interactive

Bomb damage in Paris, the Meuse-Argonne offensive by US troops, the destruction of Ypres and the creation of the Cenotaph in London ... archive photographs of significant events of the first world war in Belgium, France, Ireland and England are matched with the locations today
The western front in the first world war and now – interactive

Archive photographs of significant events of the first world war in Belgium, France and England are matched with the locations today
The ruins of Verdun, 1916 … and now – interactive

A French soldier walks in the ruins of Verdun in 1916 – the latest from our weekly series of interactive photographs to mark the centenary of the first world war
Reims cathedral is bombarded in April 1917 … and now – interactive

The city of Reims is bombarded on 30 April 1917 – the latest from our weekly series of interactive photographs to mark the centenary of the first world war

Sean O'Hagan on photography

Garry Winogrand: the restless genius who gave street photography attitude

Garry Winogrand pounded the streets of America every day of his life photographing reluctant subjects – and he left behind 6,500 undeveloped films when he died. A powerful new retrospective makes sense of the torrent of imagery by the prolific American master, writes Sean O’Hagan
Photographer’s Paradise: Turbulent America 1960-1990 review – an eye for the surreal and the surprising

Jean-Pierre Laffont’s photographs of the United States capture a nation undergoing an extraordinary transformation, writes Sean O’Hagan
Camera shy: the religious community that shuns the limelight

Bolivia’s Mennonites have forsaken the modern world, but Jordi Ruiz Cirera’s new book of striking portraits captures the beauty of their austere lives, writes Sean O’Hagan

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'I don't know how to get better': Laia Abril shows the hell of eating disorders

Sean O'Hagan: The Spanish photographer's sombre photobook The Epilogue tells the story of Cammy Robinson, who died at 26 as a result of bulimia
Latitude Festival - in pictures

Latitude in Suffolk has a reputation as a relaxed, family friendly festival, as David Sillitoe found when he dropped in to shoot these photos
War games: the strange story of Léon Gimpel and the Parisian street kids

In 1915, photographer Léon Gimpel directed a gang of street children and created surreal tableaux that mirrored the realities of war raging elsewhere on the continent, writes Sean O'Hagan
Diego Maradona against Belgium: the real story behind the famous image

Jonny Weeks: It is one of the most famous sports photographs of all time but have we been duped into liking that photo of Maradona?
Vanessa Winship: the great, unsung chronicler of the world's outsiders

From Mississippi to the Black Sea, Winship's poetic, masterful photographs show how hard it is for people to belong ... so why don't British galleries acknowledge her as this large Madrid retrospective does? She deserves it, writes Sean O'Hagan

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The young wrestlers of Havana, Cuba – in pictures

About 20 children are learning to wrestle under the watchful eye of former wrestler Michael Guerra
Haunting homes: Ohio's abandoned country houses – in pictures

Cleveland photographer Johnny Joo has documented a series of discarded properties in the midwest state, offering an eerie glimpse into America’s decaying heartland
The vivid colours of Rabat - in pictures

The vivid colours of Rabat

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Fashion fetish: unseen Guy Bourdin

His erotic images were a staple of French Vogue for more than 40 years and changed fashion photography forever
Jane Bown: turning the lens on Britain's shyest photographer

The veteran photojournalist had a story to tell – and it took her friend and assistant Luke Dodd to persuade her to tell it
A Scottish tall storey

Since 2007, Glaswegian photographer and film-maker Chris Leslie has been documenting the city's disappearing areas

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Editors' picks

Pink and blue planet: the kids whose obsessions go too far

Tehran's street life

Michael Putland: 50 Years on the Road

Top of the shots

Garry Winogrand

Most recent

Sport picture of the day: home straight silhouette

Victims of Syrian regime honoured at DC's Holocaust museum

Lost in a spin: readers' photos of labyrinths and mazes - in pictures

Photography then and now

The western front in 1917-1919 and now – interactive

The western front in the first world war and now – interactive

The ruins of Verdun, 1916 … and now – interactive

Reims cathedral is bombarded in April 1917 … and now – interactive

Sean O'Hagan on photography

Garry Winogrand: the restless genius who gave street photography attitude

Photographer’s Paradise: Turbulent America 1960-1990 review – an eye for the surreal and the surprising

Camera shy: the religious community that shuns the limelight

Photography blog

'I don't know how to get better': Laia Abril shows the hell of eating disorders

Latitude Festival - in pictures

War games: the strange story of Léon Gimpel and the Parisian street kids

Diego Maradona against Belgium: the real story behind the famous image

Vanessa Winship: the great, unsung chronicler of the world's outsiders

Eyewitness

Eyewitness: Tanzania

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My best shot

Sharon Lockhart's best photograph: blind girls reading braille

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The young wrestlers of Havana, Cuba – in pictures

Haunting homes: Ohio's abandoned country houses – in pictures

The vivid colours of Rabat - in pictures

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Fashion fetish: unseen Guy Bourdin

Jane Bown: turning the lens on Britain's shyest photographer

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