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Putland, who died this week aged 72, was said to have snapped every major musical star from A-Z. Here’s a selection of images from a new book that pairs images of the many stars he captured over his 50-year-career with his own memories
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Scotland’s Photograph Album: The MacKinnon Collection celebrates Scottish life and identity from the 1840s through to the 1940s. The photographs were amassed by collector Murray MacKinnon and illustrate a century of dramatic transformation and innovation
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British colonial anthropologist Northcote Thomas took thousands of photographs and sound recordings of men, women and children in west Africa between 1909 and 1915. Here’s a selection of the original images, unseen for over 100 years
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Photographer Lee Bey’s new book Southern Exposure celebrates the often-overlooked architecture of Chicago’s South Side, an area known as a place of abandonment and violence
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Terry O’Neill helped capture an era of cultural and social revolution in Britain. Here is a selection of some of his images of stars from film, music and fashion
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Bushfires in New South Wales, protests in Chile and Iraq, escalating violence in Hong Kong and floods in Venice – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week
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The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world
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Flood photographer Gideon Mendel visited the South Yorkshire village
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Photographer Diana Bagnoli finds out how Coke has become a key part of indigenous ceremonies and a staple source of hydration
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Photographer Chris de Bode, working with Save the Children, decided to try to capture a dream in a photo
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For many protesters in Hong Kong, identity is entwined with surveillance and their masks shield them from the dangers of government identification. Curious about the young demonstrators behind these masks, Associated Press photographer Felipe Dana set out to take portraits of them
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Funfairs are a loud and colourful reminder that summer has come to an end and, for many poorer families, one of the few affordable public entertainment events of the year
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Thousands trek to Sorte Mountain each year to perform fiery rituals in tribute to the goddess
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