Yoav Galai is an Israeli photojournalist who was embedded with the Israeli Defence Force during the 2006 conflict in Lebanon. During that brief war, his unit came under heavy fire. Galai's photos of wounded soldiers taken during the attack were widely published in order to support a range of agendas, yet nowhere was their true context revealed: that this was a friendly fire incident. The exhibition 'Beware the cost of war' is a reaction to that experience.
Last year the Polaroid Corporation announced it would terminate production of its 'one-step' photographic film. October 9 2009 marks the date when the final batch of Polaroid film will pass its 'use by' date. The Atlas Gallery is hosting 'Polaroid Exp 09.10.09', an exhibition to mark the twilight of this unique photographic era. From the landscapes of Ansel Adams, who was the first artist to be commissioned by Polaroid's inventor, Edwin H.
Swiss photographer René Burri is one of the longest-serving photographers in the distinguished agency Magnum, which he joined in 1959. He is most famous for his photographs of Picasso and Che Guevara. Along with his photojournalism of Brazil and Vietnam, his work represents a journey through the major events of the second half of the 20th century.
If Britain is really heading for a new depression because of the Tories' monetary policies - as the economist David Blanchflower has been saying in recent days - then at least it's good news for photographers. They had a field day the last time round, in the years following the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
A glimpse of the work of the great photographer who died on October 7 in New York. Some are among those being auctioned at Christie's, New York on October 8
A giant baobab tree sculpture is erected outside the Southbank Centre in London. The installation, entitled Under the Baobab, is made from brightly coloured fabrics from around the world and is part of the centre's Festival of the World exhibition.
