Photography

Masters of the world can wobble wildly when prodded hard from below – when, for example, a brushfire of derision and anger makes Facebook cancel its last announcement. See the sudden swirl of events. Facebook bans a famous war picture of a naked Vietnamese girl fleeing US napalm attack from its pages. The Norwegian writer of the news feature related to it protests and gets dumped from the site for his pains. Norway’s prime minister is similarly treated. But the battling editor of Aftenposten, writing a “Dear Mark” front-page letter, finally wins a full Zuckerberg retreat in a mumble of words about “adjusting our review mechanisms”. So much for the laughing cavaliers of Silicon Valley, looking arthritically bureaucratic. Thanks for waking up “dear Mark”. But there’s a lasting point here that must come and come again. Facebook, though now the biggest carrier of digital news on Planet Earth, says it isn’t an editor or publisher, … [Read more...] about Face it, Mr Zuckerberg, you’re a news editor too

Unsurprisingly, here at Guardian Cities we love urban photography – and Instagram is nothing short of a treasure trove when it comes to that. Our account features photographers from all around the globe that are just as obsessed with cities as we are we – and capture their urban surroundings in beautiful and fascinating ways. Here is just a small selection of our favourite images from the last year, though it’s by no means an exhaustive list. If you love documenting your city on Instagram, share your pictures using the hashtag #guardiancities and we’ll feature some of the best on our feed. Get snapping! Tbilisi, Georgia @oheleno took over our account for one week to showcase her adopted city of Tbilisi. “Tbilisi has many beautifully dilapidated staircases,” explains Helen. “I’ve spent hours, days even, photographing them. If you ever come to Tbilisi I highly recommend you just open the door and have a look inside.” Hong Kong, China … [Read more...] about The best city photographers on Instagram – from Lagos to Lisbon

We looked high and low on Instagram to find some of the best city photographers across the US – from New York and DC to Seattle and LA. Here are some of our favourite finds – but we know there are a lot more out there! If you’re an urban Instagrammer in the US, tag your photographs with #guardiancities and we will feature a selection of great city shots on our @guardiancities feed. San Francisco, California @juliegeb feels that San Francisco is full of colours and decorative details, and her images finds magic in the apparently mundane. “I like taking pictures of the urban walls that are a background to our life on the street. My aim is to show the beauty that is living in the most commonplace of objects - doors and windows, or an interesting detail on a building.” Cincinnati, Ohio @nickdewald is an architect and developer who spends his time working on renovating vacant and crumbling buildings. “For whatever reason I feel compelled to capture the … [Read more...] about The best urban Instagrammers in the US

Coleen Rooney has started Xmas early with the annual family photoshoot. No doubt the family brought Christmas to their household a month early as a welcome relief after being swept up in the Rebecca Vardy scandal. The mother-of-four, 33, took to Instagram to proudly show off her son's cute Christmas-themed shoot with Grace Kellie Photography. Coleen dressed her boys Kai, 10, Klay, six, Kit, three, and Cass, 21 months, in matching red PJs with their names embroidered across the chest. The four boys posed with a traditional Christmas nutcracker to set the scene of their adorable photographs. Each of the boys also took turns on posing with Santa Claus. Another joyous snap showed the kids crowded around a copy of The Night Before Christmas for their bedtime reading. Despite it being a month early, the Rooneys looked like they were in the full swing of the festive spirit and ready to kick start Christmas. Piers Morgan vows to repair Rebekah Vardy's image after Coleen Rooney drama This … [Read more...] about Coleen Rooney starts Christmas in November with snaps as they escape Vardy scandal

One is a rackety motorised horseless carriage with a top speed about the same as a fit human runner, the other purports to be a “self-driving, self-flying” taxi which some would like to believe will be the future of cars. Both vehicles will be part of a major exhibition later this year telling the story of the automobile, the V&A has announced. The museum said the show would position the car as the dominant design object of the 20th century – one which accelerated the pace of progress like no other. Brendan Cormier, a senior design curator at the V&A, said it was a particularly timely moment to exhibit cars given their potentially uncertain future. He said: “We’ve been talking to a lot of car manufacturers who say they can’t imagine what a car might look like in 10 years … even two years is difficult to imagine. We’re at this incredible fork in the road.” He added that this made it a good moment to look back over 130 years … [Read more...] about V&A car exhibition to mark ‘most important 20th century object’