Photography
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That's me in the picture That’s me in the picture: Markiyan Matsekh plays the piano for riot police in Kiev, 7 December 2013
‘I took off my coat and started playing Chopin. It was about -15C, and my fingers could barely move. Not my best performance’ -
Yaowawit school in Thailand, a positive legacy that remains 10 years on from the devastating Boxing Day tsunami
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Tech Monthly asked readers to join in the GuardianWitness photography project and share their temperature photos. Here are some of our favourites
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The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world including protests about the Eric Garner decision, a cold and tired owl and the Orion spacecraft
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We asked you to share your photos of the iconic landscapes as part of GuardianWitness’ bi-weekly readers’ assignment. Here is a selection of our favouritesReaders’ assignment: public transport
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A headless statue from the Parthenon marbles, also known as the Elgin marbles, is being loaned by the British Museum to the Hermitage in St Petersburg
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Landscape photographer who specialised in austere images revealing the impact of development on the American wilderness
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You’ve sent in some great assignment ideas for GuardianWitness so we’ve started a bi-weekly series based on your best suggestions
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The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world
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My best shot Philippe Lopez’s best photograph: a procession after Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines
‘I didn’t want to interrupt. They were thanking God no one in their village had died’ -
A surrealist advert of Hepburn before she shot to fame, Steve McCurry’s famous green-eyed girl, and Ol’ Blue Eyes on stage at the Royal Albert Hall. Today’s trailblazing pictures range from the 1950s to the 90s
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Brick by brick, the Guardian Australia photographer pieces together some of the most riveting moments of the past few weeks in the upper house
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Picturing place Dubai's Palm Jumeirah islands only look like palm trees from space – but that doesn't matter
Picturing place: The man-made islands of Palm Jumeirah appear to grow out of the coastline when viewed from space – this just amplifies the development’s significance to our built environment
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A selection of popular cinemagraphs used in the series Last Bites in the Guardian’s Cook section.
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Zanele Muholi’s portraits of post-apartheid sexuality join Nikolay Bakharev’s shots of swimmers in an eclectic, political selection
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The pictures that changed photography Nudes on sand and Ansel Adams: the pictures that changed photography – part three
Today’s selection of groundbreaking images comes from the interwar period, with glamorous propaganda shots, farmers in the Great Depression and moonrise in New Mexico as seen by the king of landscapes -
Exhibition of famously glamorous film star shows Hepburn from first appearances at Ciro’s nightclub, which is now part of gallery
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Yahoo-owned photography site is playing by the copyright rules, but its decision not to share revenues is sparking a debate
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What’s the best night you’ve had this year? Share your photos and stories via GuardianWitness
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The pictures that changed photography Bodybuilders and angels: the pictures that changed photography – part two
A popular Russian wrestler, a Sri Lankan centenarian and the pioneer of hidden cameras all play a part in some of the most revolutionary images ever taken. Today’s selection runs from the 1870s to the first world war -
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As the year draws to a close, take a trip down memory lane and share your nostalgia-themed art
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A new exhibition in Los Angeles brings together the work of Bruce Davidson and Paul Caponigro, who travelled to Ireland and the UK as outsiders
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Picturing Place: From John Snow’s Cholera map to Le Corbusier’s plan for a contemporary city and Moose’s ‘clean graffiti’ – images shape our ideas and precipitate change, for better or worse
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Street thugs were often the dominant characters in commercial Iranian cinema - especially in the decade before the revolution. The love interest was either pure and veiled, or unveiled and up to no good. ShahreFarang has this collection of art gracing the record sleeves of FilmFarsi music
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The pictures that changed photography From Queen Victoria to a hippo: the pictures that changed photography from the 1820s to the 1870s
All week we’ll be bringing you the most revolutionary photographs ever taken, by the biggest names. Today, it’s the birth of photography, with the earliest heliograph, scandalous nudes and the first ever manipulated image -
The Red Hot 100 exhibition challenges social stigma towards ‘gingers’ by celebrating the modern-day, red-haired male
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Review The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip review – a survey of photographers’ journeys
David Campany’s study of the great photographic odysseys across America points to a country more indistinct than ever, says Sean O’Hagan -
Whilst England’s players arms are raised in triumph after beating Australia 26-17 to win the Cook Cup, the supporters in the grandstand mimic their pose as they attempt to record the event on their smartphones
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US photographer Glen E Friedman witnessed the rise of hardcore punk and the golden age of hip-hop. He chooses his favourite shots and tells Killian Fox the stories behind them
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American photographer Glen E Friedman witnessed the births of skateboarding culture, hardcore punk and hip-hop. He talks to Killian Fox about being in the right place at the right time
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Wherever you are in the world, we’d like to see your pictures of ‘decoration.’ Share your best photos via GuardianWitnessReaders’ pictures on the theme of ‘bright’
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For this week’s photography assignment in the Observer New Review we asked you to share your photos on the theme of ‘bright’ via GuardianWitness. Here’s a selection of our favourites
Framing the debate The touching hug photo from Ferguson protests is a blatant lie