Known for his portrait and landscape work, Kander has a meditative approach in his London studio – and a profoundly subjective take on making images. Alice Zoo goes to meet him 1854.photo/3TNPjTx

Portrait of Humanity closes today! Get your work in front of industry leaders and don’t miss the chance to be featured in the dedicated photobook or to be exhibited internationally. Enter now:
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📷️: Gabrielle Motola, Portrait of Humanity Vol. 5 shortlist

Established in 2013, Kyotographie is now one of the biggest photofestivals in Asia. This spring it returns for its 12th edition with 13 exhibitions themed around ‘Source’ 1854.photo/43vAZSM

Time is running out! There’s just 24 hours left to enter Portrait of Humanity Vol. 6, an international award that celebrates the essence of humanity through photography. Enter now: 1854.photo/3JbV3Ak

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At a time of division and demonisation, Akin James draws on his own heritage to embrace the city’s diversity 1854.photo/3UbC67c

In a new exhibition the National Portrait Gallery, the of works by Julia Margaret Cameron and Francesca Woodman are brought together across time and space 1854.photo/3J7kqmw

Final week to enter Portrait of Humanity Vol. 6! Reach a worldwide audience and join hundreds of others in telling the story of our age through the Portrait of Humanity award. Enter now: 1854.photo/3VGFl7L

© Nasrah Omar, Portrait of Humanity Vol. 5 shortlist

Carlos Saavedra’s combination of archival, documentary and staged images respond to a fatal volcanic eruption which could’ve been anticipated 1854.photo/3xhTPAK

Ana Norman Bermúdez incorporates Vietnamese Hmong embroidery into portraits of 12 women from the community, a collaboration championed by asylum NGOs 1854.photo/4akQH5b

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A new travelling show explores what it means to be a working-class photographer documenting the working-class experience in post-Thatcher Britain, featuring JA Mortram, Ewen Spencer and Elaine Constantine 1854.photo/3VsXQfH

Final 2 weeks to enter Portrait of Humanity Vol. 6! “Portrait of Humanity gives a moment of realisation that your work touches others in a special way, and that you are on the right path as a photographer.” - Andris Dzeguze. Enter now: 1854.photo/498U1zx

📷: Andris Dzeguze

From Sheffield to Peckham via Tokyo, Johny Pitts is tireless in his search for life in all its complexity. His next journey is to the heart of ‘future nostalgia’. We catch up with him at his London studio 1854.photo/3vbNWEF

A new version of Richard Billingham’s pioneering family project ‘Ray’s a Laugh’ raises the same old questions around access, class and sensation. Gordon MacDonald considers its relevance today 1854.photo/3TLKSZ4

Just a few weeks left to enter Portrait of Humanity! 200 images will be shortlisted and featured in a photobook published by Bluecoat Press, while 30 winning images and three bodies of work will be showcased internationally. Enter now: 1854.photo/3VpbjFc

📷: Cameron McNee

Ahead of a new show pairing Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron, we get to know the National Portrait Gallery’s senior curator of photographs Sabina Jaskot-Gill 1854.photo/3TKtKD6

Join us on April 20 for a one-day introductory workshop led by industry experts Simon Bainbridge and Colin Pantall and tailored for photographers keen to sharpen their writing skills. Learn more:
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How do you picture a crisis that is engulfing all of society? That was the question facing Dia Mrad when he returned to Lebanon in 2019. ‘Utilities’ shows Beirut’s suffering through its architecture 1854.photo/3TGYlR1

With over 100,000 people awaiting an autism diagnosis in the UK, Harley Bainbridge spent time with one family navigating the highs and lows of the system 1854.photo/49NdF5h

Featuring artists from across the world, ‘Acts of Resistance’ at South London Gallery surveys lens-based activism beyond straight documentary 1854.photo/3PjZn3R