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David LaChapelle – October 2004 Issues tackled in the show include gender, wealth, consumerism, the environment, protest and identity building Photograph: pulsar/David LaChapelle

Iggy Pop, Soldier, 1979 ‘I remember this being an exhausting session in a hire studio in Notting Hill Gate, working alongside Al McDowell and Chris Pring of the design group Rocking Russian. Constantly more resources had to be obtained to…

Indian members and supporters of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community take part in the New Delhi Queer Pride Parade Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images

‘The parrot with its squinting eye half-open was the beginning of the project; a “tropical” symbol for colours. It was later coloured by a person with colour blindness, not aware of which colours she was using yet applying them quite…

Lloyd Mitchell preparing vegetables for his entries in the flower show, Dolton, August 1982 By confining himself mostly to a radius of 10 miles from his home, Ravilious was able to develop an intimacy with his subjects.

Moscow, Russia Communist supporters attend a rally marking the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images

Afghanistan, September 2012 Gulbadeen was injured by a landmine when his truck tried to cross into Pakistan. He waits for a bus to Herat province near his home

Face-painted revellers parade through the streets of Lewes in East Sussex Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images

Algeria Images like this were often found on postcards.

Kathmandu, Nepal Sona was celebrating Holi when this picture was taken.