Culture, Photography, Women we love

Media studies made sexy

Media studies made sexy

Not a day seems to go by without a new photo of Jordan receiving a “saucy massage” from an unsuitable suitor appearing on our front pages. Katie “Name Your” Price could learn a thing or two from original bombshell Brigitte Bardot, who had to contend with the paparazzi in its earliest guise, as a new photography exhibition reveals. [Read more...]

Art, Photography

The biggest solo photography exhibition ever?

The biggest solo photography exhibition ever?

As well as photographing the cover of our upcoming November issue, Rankin will also be one of the issue’s guest editors. There’s still time to catch his massive museum-sized Rankin Live exhibition which features more than 600 images taken throughout his career in the monster 22,000 square foot setting of the Truman Brewery. www.rankinlive.com runs until September 18 at 85 Brick Lane, E1 6QI

Art, Culture, Photography, Style

A masterclass in the art of styling

A masterclass in the art of styling

To lots of men, the idea of a “stylist” is deeply confusing. For some, it’s synonymous with “wife”, “girlfriend” or (whisper it) “mum”, while for the fractionally more enlightened it might conjure images of Gok Wan poking a bony finger into a spongy thigh. Heroically, a new show at The Photographer’s Gallery in London, which looks at the 25-year career of legendary menswear stylist Simon Foxton, proves that it is more of an art form than many might have realised. [Read more...]

Art, Culture, Photography

Anguished faces of the Armed Forces

Anguished faces of the Armed Forces

The recent deaths of soldiers in Afghanistan bring a tragic poignancy to a new exhibition of works by photographer Alastair Thain at Imperial War Museum North, which opens tomorrow. [Read more...]

Photography, Sport

A photographic tour de france

A photographic tour de france

The Tour de France begins tomorrow with a 15km time trial in Monaco, before the real hard work begins – a total of 3,445 km in three gruelling weeks. Paul Smith and quarterly cycling magazine Rouleur have collaborated for an exhibition of photographs depicting life around the world’s toughest race. Rouleur Cycling Images opens today at Paul Smith Globe, Terminal 5, Heathrow and runs until July 26.

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