MICK MCSHANE is roused by a band whose socialism laces every line of every song with commitment and raw passion
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LYNNE WALSH’S choice are photographers prepared to focus on the outcomes of the politics of exclusion
(L to R) Juliette Pavy: Spiralkampagnen, 2024. An X-ray showing an IUD – more commonly known as a ‘spiral’ – used during the Greenlandic forced contraception campaign (Spiralkampagnen) from 1966 to 1975; Sebastiao Salgado: Ethiopia, 1984. Draped in blankets to keep out the cold morning wind, refugees wait outside Korem camp. Ethiopia.
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ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition
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THIS is an eclectic showcase of talent, with a few hefty themes emerging, including mankind’s hand in the immolation of our beautiful planet.
Another thread, with some gut-punching images, is the ubiquitous violence against women and girls, and the soaring power of sisterhood, as female photojournalists focus on telling their sisters’ stories.
The star of the show, in many ways, is the amazing Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado, recipient of this year’s Outstanding Contribution to Photography.
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