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Fierce and fantastic, the artists who make up the collective Drag Syndrome explain why performing helps them express who they really are

After getting to know the domino-playing locals in Gillett Square, Roland Ramanan began photographing their world of music, romance and hardship

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

Rising star of fashion photography Arielle Bobb-Willis creates her playful, exuberant scenes in public across the US – and doesn’t want her models to look ‘too cool’

From drag queens without costumes to wrestlers touching each other tenderly, these monochrome images wowed the judges

Spectres of real-life horrors haunt Raphaël Neal’s uncanny self-portraits – from a femme fatale covered in cockroaches to a leading man with blood-covered hands

Ghouls in Y-fronts and ghostly bums feature in Ken Werner’s vintage Halloween pictures, taken between 1976 and 1980 at San Francisco’s outrageous outdoor parties

After escaping civil war in Nigeria, the ‘outsider’ photographer moved to the UK to capture Black queer self-expression. A new exhibition explores his legacy

A Saigon cheerleader, a goal-hanging dad and a 90-year-old party princess make up the subjects of this year’s most forward-thinking portraiture award

The acclaimed photographer spent two decades photographing his hometown of Buffalo, New York – capturing its ‘quiet resilience and strange beauty’