It was celebrated in the nineteen-thirties, in Paris and New York, when it was photographed by Man Ray and Walker Evans.

NEWYORKER: Faces in Time

Ms. Benton compares his role to that of Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans and Ben Shahn, commissioned to document the need for New Deal farm programs in rural areas to which they were strangers.

WSJ: Roman Vishniac | Witness to Catastrophe | International Center of Photography | By William Meyers

This is as true of 20th-century stars like Walker Evans, Elliott Erwitt or Bill Brandt as it is of the early snappers, such as William Constable, who set up the first photographic studio in Brighton in 1841.

ECONOMIST: This show is a gem

Some follow a narrative of sorts, such as Will Berridge and Olmo Rodriguez Roces's article on Broadwater Farm, where the riots of 2011 began, through to Pio De Rose's play on Walker Evans's Beauties of the Common Tool, in which she photographs hidden cameras.

BBC: Twelve weeks to produce a magazine

Paul Emerick, Jamie Corsi, Ashley Smith, Phil Dollman, Gareth Maule, Alix Walker, Lewis Evans and James Harris have all signed contract extensions at Rodney Parade.

BBC: Dragons sign Mustoe and Gustafson

Nikki Walker, Duncan Jones, Ian Evans, Ben Lewis and Andy Lloyd remain long-term Ospreys casualties, while Jonathan Spratt and Gareth Owen should return in the new year.

BBC: Ospreys v Scarlets (Sat)

The Stade Francais number eight is added to Saturday's 22, along with Rob Dewey, Max Evans, Mark Robertson, Nikki Walker, Simon Webster, Kelly Brown, Geoff Cross, Alastair Kellock and Alasdair Strokosch.

BBC: Lineen unhappy with Parks jeering

The Ospreys won two of their three Magners League Welsh derbies with 10 players on their injury list, including internationals Shane Williams, Huw Bennett, Ian Evans, Duncan Jones, Nikki Walker and Andy Lloyd.

BBC: Ospreys set for assault on treble