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Roger Tooth

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Roger Tooth is the Guardian's former head of photography

October 2022

  • Eamonn McCabe, March 2001

    Eamonn McCabe obituary

    Award-winning photographer and picture editor with a unique way of seeing and framing the world

April 2022

  • Labour MP Tony Benn, right, with union leader Peter Heathfield, on a march in support of sacked mineworkers in 1985

    Frank Martin obituary

    Guardian photographer who captured most of the main events and notable people from the early 1960s to the late 90s

November 2017

  • Award-winning photographer David Levene has revealed an unparalleled cross-section of the urban 21st century over more than a decade documenting how people live and work in 70 cities

    City: the remarkable urban photographs of David Levene - video

    Award-winning photographer David Levene has revealed an unparalleled cross-section of the urban 21st century over more than a decade documenting how people live and work in 70 cities

    Video9:51

August 2017

  • Mark Wohlwender built a comprehensive website aimed at online photographic education.

    Other lives
    Mark Wohlwender obituary

    Other lives: Accomplished photographer and picture editor

December 2016

  • TOPSHOT - A massive explosion guts Mexico's biggest fireworks market in Mexico City, on December 20, 2016. The explosion killed at least 31 people and injured 72, authorities said. The conflagration in the Mexico City suburb of Tultepec set off a quick-fire series of multicolored blasts that sent a vast cloud of smoke billowing over the capital. / AFP PHOTO / Jose Luis TOLENTINOJOSE LUIS TOLENTINO/AFP/Getty Images

    Photos of the day
    Best photos of the day: Santa window cleaners and grazing camels

    The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including colourful ice in China and the Aquabike World Championships
    Gallery15

June 2015

  • Oil on canvas,

    Students express
    Students' end of year artwork – our favourites so far

    As part of our Students Express series, we asked you to share your end of year artwork with us. The Guardian’s picture editor Roger Tooth selects some of his favourite contributions submitted before 26 May

    Gallery13

March 2015

  • Jalada Prasad, a six-month-old male Indian one-horned rhino runs around his enclosure on his debut to the public at Alipore Zoological Garden in Kolkata, India.

    Photos of the day
    Photo highlights of the day

    Gallery12
  • One of the photos in La Ville Noire - The dark heart of Europe series by Giovanni Troilo.

    Photography blog
    Are the World Press Photo awards straying too far into art?

November 2014

  • Image of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko taken during Philae's descent

    Pictures of comet surface are a miracle, but photographically disappointing

    Guardian head of photography says pictures from Rosetta space probe lack beauty of earlier pioneering space images

July 2014

  • MH17 passengers' belongings

    Graphic content: when photographs of carnage are too upsetting to publish

    The onslaught in Gaza and the MH17 crash scene in Ukraine have generated thousands of images, many of which show the gruesome reality of the violence. How does Roger Tooth, the Guardian's head of photography, decide whether or not to use such images?

    • Warning: this article includes graphic images some readers may find disturbing

June 2014

  • The terrifying rise of Isis: $2bn in loot, online killings and an army on the run

    They're too extreme for al-Qaida, they boast of their brutality and they have forced the Iraqi government on to the defensive. How did the insurgent group rise to such terrifying power?

May 2014

  • Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Princess Tower - the worlds tallest residential building at 1,350ft - before getting his camera out to take this stomach-churning picture.

    Daredevils over Dubai - in pictures

    A Russian daredevil photographer has captured some vertigo-inducing selfies and stunning views - while standing on the top of some of Dubai's skyscrapers.
    Gallery8
  • A fire that started near CSU San Marcos burns near homes in San Elijo Hills, San Diego.

    Wildfires in California - in pictures

    Several wildfires have hit the San Diego area of California this week. Fires began erupting on Tuesday amid high heat, extremely low humidity and gusty Santa Ana winds. By Wednesday, nine fires were burning.
    Gallery10

    • Photos of the day
      Photo highlights of the day

      Gallery17

    • Indian election results - in pictures

      Gallery10

    • Photos of the day
      Photo highlights of the day

      Gallery20

April 2014

  • Daily Mirror front page

    Photography blog
    Mirror's weeping child picture is a lie and smacks of lazy journalism at best

    Paper's use of stock shot of American child to illustrate splash about food banks in UK is betrayal of its photographic heritage
  • A flamingo at Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) in Washington, Tyne and Wear.

    Photos of the day
    Photo highlights of the day

    The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world
    Gallery16
  • Activists of BUND and Campact ecological associations carry a giant head featuring German Chancellor Angela Merkel

    Photos of the day
    Photo highlights of the day

    The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world
    Gallery17

March 2014

  • A spaniel plays in snow in Nenthead on the Cumbria and Northumberland border.

    Photos of the day
    Photo highlights of the day

    The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world
    Gallery11
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