Last summer, I had the privilege of being a mentor along with Liz Helman, a photographer and picture editor, on the Young Photographers’ Association program. The brief was for the mentees to explore what “home” meant to them. London-based Charley Murrell was one of our group.

Her project was inspired by her flatmate who often dresses up in drag. Murrell wanted to depict like-minded drag devotees in their homes, dressed as both of their gender selves. By the end of the summer, editing the final 5 proved to be a challenge as Murrell had so much material. I think this edit proved the strongest. The YPA exhibited one shot from each submitted series from all their groups around the world at the Margaret Street Gallery in London for 10 days this past January.

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This stunning pastiche series of Dutch old master still life paintings was a collaborative effort by a Stockholm-based team; photographer Olivia Jeczmyk, stylist Joanna Laven and Fideli Sundqvist, a paper artist. Fideli can make pretty much make anything out of paper; a rock band doing a set, an exquisite meal, a bouquet of flowers. She also does lino-cuts and silhouettes too. Talented bunch, all at Agent Molly.

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I have long been a fan of Dutch photographer Corriette Schoenaerts‘ work and was struck by how she takes the primary colours and simple patterns of various national flags and reinterprets them in this series that was commissioned by the Dutch goverment for the new headquarters of Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency. I also love the choice of random objects used in her interpretation—just as long as they fit in colour and form, why not use a girl with loads of balloons and two front doors for Romania?

Schoenaerts also really relishes the challenge of working with different scales in large sets. The works are on permanent display in the main building of the new headquarters.

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As always, whilst you’re hunting for something, you inevitably stumble across something else that’s really great. I love this clever homage-to-Picasso fashion story by Eugenio Recuenco. The Spanish photographer is something of a renaissance man; besides photography, he is well versed in film and has even collaborated on an opera. He describes himself as a “pain in the ass who always insists on doing what he wants.” Fair play to you, Eugenio!

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First rule of Fur Club: don’t reveal your identity. Second rule of Fur Club: don’t talk to journalists.

British photographer Tom Broadbent has been getting to know various “Furries” throughout the UK for the last few years. Furries are everyday people, from bank managers to project managers to actors, who dress up in elaborate furry animal costumes and meet up to chat and hang out. Furry groups have been spotted walking around London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral and Millennium Bridge.

At Home With the Furries is Broadbent’s ongoing project, born from a desire to capture the personal, everyday side of their lives without breaking that first Furry rule. Broadbent plans to exhibit and publish this unique series, so keep an eye out for that.

Chil, a disco gryphon eats breakfast at home. Chil is a project manager who lives in Brighton with his partner, Red Russell.

Ashram, a dragon in his garden. Ashram is one of Zuki’s suits.

Broccoli, a pink boar works in fursuits for a living.

Isaambard Kingdom Brunel is a sheep who lives in Leicester. He works in IT systems.

Kreek and Quartermane are a woodland nymph and steampunk lion respectively. They live together in Brighton.

Rochelle is a cat. She lives in Leicester

Moon, a deer in her local woods in Sheffield.

Twinkie is a North American Sea Otter and when he’s not swimming and jet-skiiing he likes to go fishing.

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These ice cream vans no longer conform to EU regulations so English photographer Luke Stephenson decided to photograph them in order to preserve a little bit of childhood memorabilia before they go to the scrapyard. Sadly, the ice cream van drivers were too bashful to be included.

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San Francisco-based artist Jenny Odell’s medium of choice is Google, namely Google Earth and Google Street View. In this series she explores the way that satellite photography is actually very revealing about our humanity and the marks we humans have left on our planet. I just love how beautiful and fragile she makes everything seem.

Every Basketball Court in Manhattan

97 Nuclear Cooling Towers

144 Empty Parking Lots

10 Waterslide Configurations

120 Stadiums

1,378 Grain Silos, Water Towers, and Other Cylindrical-Industrial Buildings

77 Waste and Salt Ponds

104 Airplanes

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This intriguing series was created by John Ross who persuaded his models to lie naked in a mixture of flour and plaster of Paris on a large perspex sheet beneath which he then captured these images. They remind me of the Elgin Marbles or something equally ancient and Greek.

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I envy Thom Aitkinson for having had the privilege to take these pictures of some of the extraordinary items found in the Wellcome Institute. They make me think that the riproaring world of Tin Tin has come to life; I mean here is a pair of actual fakir’s sandals! I dread to think what a rectal tobacco resuscitator is (those three words shouldn’t really appear together in a sentence let alone describe a real object).

Fakir’s Sandals, 1871

Pair of Chinese Shoes for Bound Feet, 1870

European Executioner’s Mask, pre 1700

Preserved Tattoos, 19th Century

“Malleus Maleficarum” Witch-hunter’s Manual, 1494

Rectal Tobacco Resuscitator, 18th Century

Merman, 19th Century

Assorted Amputation Saws

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I love the irreverence behind the idea of making weapons from harmless materials, and so beautifully executed by the phenomenally talented duo Sam Hofman (photographer) and Kyle Bean (modelmaker) who have worked together on countless projects.

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