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Sarah Gilbert

Sarah Gilbert is features picture editor for the Guardian.

  • Brothers Johnson perform on stage in New York in 1976 (Photo by Richard E Aaron/Redferns)

    Under the mirrorball: the kings and queens of disco – in pictures

    Disco brought together music, fashion and nightlife in a cultural phenomenon that conquered the world. In A Night at the Disco by Alice Harris and Christian John Wikane, the stars of the scene are documented in photos spanning the 1970s
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  • Ministry magazie cover Credit: Soulla Petrou/Photo North Festival Sophie Ellis-Bextor

    Photo North Festival 2026 – in pictures

    Photo North puts photography centre stage in Leeds – established and emerging talent will participate in reviews, exhibitions and discussion during the festival, which runs 13-15 March and aims to encourage artists in every corner of the country
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    In your face: Close-up Photographer of the Year Awards 2026 – in pictures

    Animals, insects, flora and fauna – the world photographed in close-up in the annual competition dedicated to micro and macro photography. Cupoty 7 was won by underwater photographer Ross Gudgeon, triumphing over 12,000 entries from 63 countries
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  • Aliens - invasive species by Erik Irmer, published by Fotohof Edition Raccoon cubs at the animal rescue centre run by veterinarian and animal rights activist Mathilde Laininger 2022

    Aliens: the spread of invasive plants and animals across Europe – in pictures

    Erik Irmer has been documenting the spread of invasive plant and animal species that disrupt native ecology across Europe. He focuses on humans’ interactions with these plants and animals. Aliens is published by Fotohof
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  • Flames engulf bamboo scaffolding across multiple buildings at Wang Fuk Court housing estate, in Tai PoA man reacts, as smoke rises while flames engulf bamboo scaffolding across multiple buildings at Wang Fuk Court housing estate, in Tai Po, Hong Kong, China, November 26, 2025. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

    Pictures of the year
    The photographs that defined 2025 – and the stories behind them

    The wars in Ukraine and Gaza and the migrant crisis continued, and demonstrations became ever more violent. But there were also incredible moments of sporting glory and light relief. Photographers recall the moments when they took these era-defining photos
  • Brigitte Bardot wearing a light blue off-the-shoulder dress

    Brigitte Bardot – a life in pictures

    The French actor Brigitte Bardot has died – we look back at her life, relationships and films
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  • Self-portrait, digital collage from the project Titled ALLEGORIA, by Artist Omar Victor Diop, 2020 RPS Award for achievement in the Art of Photography

    Royal Photographic Society award winners 2025 – in pictures

    The world’s longest running photography awards recognise significant bodies of work, with the most prestigious honour – the RPS centenary medal – this year going to British photographic artist Susan Derges
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  • Dan Robbins3441127 Dan Robbins, a volunteer diver who recovered 38 bodies from the SS Eastland, 1915

    The man who shot Al Capone: Jun Fujita’s Chicago – in pictures

    Disasters, riots, gangsters and construction … early 20th-century Chicago is seen here through the lens of the pioneering Japanese-American photojournalist, poet and artist Jun Fujita
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  • A wild boar and Lech Wilczek in a hunting lodge in Poland

    Reconciliation in focus: from Cortona on the Move – in pictures

    In a world beset with conflict, the 15th edition of Cortona on the Move photo festival focuses on reconciliation – personal, social and political. Exhibitions are spread across the ancient Tuscan hilltop town, featuring 76 artists from around the world. Come Together runs until 2 November
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  • Husnah Kukundakwe during an early swim training at the Elite Swim and Gym pool in Kampala, Uganda. Husnah was born with a congenital limb impairment that left her with no right lower arm.

    Firestorms, county fairs and chimp hospitals: winners of the All About Photo awards 2025 – in pictures

    The Mind’s Eye was the theme for the 10th edition of the All About Photo awards. The competition attracted thousands of entries from 40 countries and was won by Dutch photographer Marijn Fidder
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  • David Beckham, for Boss.

    David Beckham at 50: his gorgeous, outrageous life in 50 pictures

    One of the most photographed men in the world, he has gone from captain of the England football team to elder statesman. We look back at the red cards, redemption, scandals, fashion and family life
  • A child on a bike, Format.

    The best photography from Format 2025 – in pictures

    Conflicted – the tensions and contradictions that define the personal and the global – is the theme at Format, the revered Derby bienniale of contemporary photography
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  • A lone Trump supporter wrapped in an American flag stands before barricades at Trump's inauguration in 2016

    Trumpland: carnival to insurrection – in pictures

    Photojournalist JM Giordano has followed the rise of Donald Trump, from the carnival-like kick-off at his first rally in 2015, to the insurrection at the Capitol on 6 January 2021, when many thought his political career was over. Trump is unseen, but looms over Giordano’s new book, Trumpland, published by Nighted Life
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  • 2024 in Reuters Pictures<br>Soccer Football - Champions League - Round of 16 - Second Leg - Atletico Madrid v Inter Milan - Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain - March 13, 2024 Police officers on horses are seen outside the stadium before the match REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura SEARCH "REUTERS BEST 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Pictures of the year
    The photographs that defined 2024 – and the stories behind them

    It was a year of Olympic celebration but continued conflict across Gaza and Ukraine. Some even said the images of Donald Trump raising a defiant fist following an assassination attempt could have won him the election. From photos of nature in flux to the frontlines of war, here are the shots that resonated across the world
  • A triptych of images from Propagandopolis

    Propaganda: 100 years of fear, manipulation and persuasion – in pictures

    Drugs, war, apartheid and the environment are some of the themes covered in the book Propagandopolis, which charts a century of efforts to influence and control
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  • Baron Munchausen standing on a lunar landscape looking at a silhouette of the Earth, in Ray Harryhausen's proposed adaptation of the classic Rudolf Erich Raspe tale. A rare oil painting by Ray Harryhausen, who usually preferred the efficiency of charcoal and pencil drawings. A Gustav Dore inspired concept painting for this unrealised project, which Ray had considered at various points in his early career between 1938-1950. Test footage created for this project saw the Baron in conversation with a Moon Giant- the first and only time in his career that Ray attempted to synchronise dialogue with his stop-motion animation.

    Cyclops, Martians and Myths: the art of Ray Harryhausen – in pictures

    A free exhibition at Waterside’s Lauriston Gallery in Sale, Greater Manchester, examines the workings of Ray Harryhausen, one of the greatest animators in cinema history. Inspired by film-maker John Walsh’s book Harryhausen: The Lost Movies, it opens on 26 October
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  • Noel Gallagher in 2022

    Noel Gallagher: behind the scenes and on stage – in pictures

    As Oasis prepare to tour, photographer Sharon Latham unveils previously unseen photos of Noel Gallagher and his band High Flying Birds and talks us through life on the road with one of the world’s most successful artists
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  • PHest 2024, a photo festival in Monopoli, Bari, Italy

    Sea rescues and green revolution – southern Italy’s foremost photo festival – in pictures

    Monopoli, south-east of Bari, is home to PhEST, an ambitious photo festival that sees dozens of exhibitions and events take over the old town and features artists from around the world working in different media
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  • Staring into the Abyss, Hashem Shakeri’s project on the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan

    A world in motion: Bristol photo festival 2024 – in pictures

    The second edition of the showcase opens on 16 October with the theme ‘The World a Wave’. It features photographers from around the world investigating global flux in social, political and environmental issues
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  • Attica Correctional Facility, New York, 1972.

    Chess players, from orbiting cosmonauts to the Wu-Tang Clan – in pictures

    An incredible collection of photographs documenting the intersection of chess and culture is published by FUEL, in the year FIDE (the International Chess Federation) celebrates its 100th anniversary. Artists, actors, musicians and more all show their love of the most cerebral of games in Chess Players
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