LensCulture’s group exhibition at Photo London featured the work of 60 remarkable photographers, May 10-14, 2023. Here’s a view of selected work, and links to all 60 participating photographers.

In portraits suffused with surrealism, Cathy Cone’s multi-layered images play with the transformative nature of photographs, inviting us to see the world anew.

In his deceptively simple photographs, Valery Poshtarov pushes against the narrow confines of modern masculinity to capture moments of tenderness between fathers and their sons.

A powerful outdoor exhibition in London reflects on the manifold ways the climate emergency is affecting communities across the world—and how we can visualize these urgent stories of devastation.

Shooting from the heart—without looking through her viewfinder—Mikiko Hara’s luminous photographs teeter between private and public life, exploring what it means to use a camera as a way of being in the world.

Troy Williams’ intimate portraits of characters he meets in his New York neighborhood are immersed in the spirit of belonging and freedom found on downtown city streets.

Here is a preview selection of photographs that will be on display at Photo London this year May 10-14, 2023.

Using photography to come to terms with a concussion, Jacob Black’s images teeter between clarity and confusion to explore the dreamlike way he sees the world post-accident.

David Aruquipa Pérez’s images of Las Chinas Morenas highlight an often-overlooked fight for queer liberation
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Interrogating the unseen infrastructures that govern our lives, Trevor Paglen’s technology-driven practice has led him to deserts and oceans across the world, and even into space.
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Exploring self-presentation and gender representation, Fosso was awarded the £30,000 prize for the retrospective Samuel Fosso at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
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With Scotiabank’s CONTACT Photography Festival underway this month, Naomi Skwarna unpicks the artists, places, and ideas behind the outdoor programme, from utopic posters to North African billboards
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Shot over two decades, Thatcher’s Children follows two generations of the Williams family, let down by the systemic failure of successive governments’ social policy
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Martin Parr is this year’s Master of Photography, the Nikon Emerging Photographer Award returns with an exciting shortlist and a new Hahnemühle Student Award is announced
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Following those who have endured years of domestic servitude in the Middle East, A Life After Kafala unearths tales of strength and resilience as exploited workers return to their homeland and families
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Following her time as Kyotographie’s artist in residence, the Spanish photographer reflects on childhood, adulthood and differing customs
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