Sean O’Hagan
Sean O’Hagan writes about photography for the Guardian and the Observer, and is also a general feature writer
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Imperial War Museum, London
The exhibition exploring 30 years of strife has plenty of atmosphere and features voices from all sides but lacks clarity of purpose -
Nick Broomfield’s new documentary recounts the life and death of one of rock’s most tragic characters
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Katherine Turczan grew up in the US listening to her family of Ukrainian exiles talk about home. In the 90s, she finally visited the country, taking gentle, bucolic pictures that now feel tragic
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She fled rural Ireland and hit the Big Apple just in time to capture Lydia Lunch, James Chance and the post-punk scene take off. Now back in her home country, she relives those turbulent years
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In the 1980s an unknown photographer from New York travelled through the US capturing life in black communities. Now these mostly unseen pictures have made him a star
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The writer uses her own story of emigration, uncertainty and alcoholism as one thread in a wider historical tapestry
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4 out of 5 stars.
Deutsche Börse photography prize review – stern heroes, uncanny hybrids and a missing person
4 out of 5 stars.Black history and identity loom large in the work of Samuel Fosso and Arthur Jafa while Frida Orupabo offers strange, hybrid creations and Bieke Depoorter faces an ethical dilemma
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Forty years after she began taking pictures of her seven children, Nolan’s striking images are being published. Here the 79-year-old reveals how the gift of a camera transformed her life
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Oscar nominee Cate Blanchett reflects on her life-changing role in Tár (ms), food writer Bee Wilson investigates the real impact of energy drinks on consumers (ms), and David Robson on what a ground-breaking study says about our power to shape our future selves (ms)Podcast
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The actor’s role as an abusive maestro is her most powerful yet. The Oscar favourite discusses fame, missing Australia and the strong reactions Tár has provoked
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The British photographer reflects on trying to capture the mystery of the Radio 4 staple in his classic photobook, now expanded and updated
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It ran for a decade and infuriated the rightwing press, giving a voice to marginalised Britain. Now a new show is celebrating the extraordinarily prescient Open Door series
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A Chris Killip retrospective, Vivian Maier’s hidden archive and the artist who tried to rename a Swiss mountain – here are the standout photographic exhibitions of the year
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Cutting up works by male photographers, impressionistic visions and tributes to lives spent chasing art through a lens, this year’s photobooks were unmissable
‘A total perfectionist’: the understated, underrated photography of Evelyn Hofer