Through the Lens: Untold Stories

Mozambique photographer Amilton Neves Cuna has documented the Grand Hotel in Beira – and what its different uses say about the history of his country.

Jamel Shabazz captured dazzling photos showing the street fashion and energy of the New York subway.

Federica Valabrega photographed Orthodox Jewish women around the globe for her project Daughters of the King. She describes capturing hidden lives in the latest Through the Lens film.

Magnum photographer Cristina de Middel’s Gentleman’s Club project reveals the clients of prostitutes. In this video, she explains why – and how – she created the series.

Magnum photographer Olivia Arthur spent time in Saudi Arabia in 2009 and 2010. Her project Jeddah Diary offers a glimpse at lives rarely seen in public.

Paz Errázuriz documented people on the margins during the Pinochet regime in Chile. She describes how she operated under the radar, turning photography into political resistance.

Russian photographer Elena Chernyshova explores what it’s like to live in a city 400km north of the Arctic Circle.

Aged seven, photographer Diana Markosian was taken to California by her mother, without saying goodbye to her father. Almost 20 years later, she travelled to Armenia in search of him.