Original Observer photography: March 2016
Laura Mvula, Brian Eno, Grimes, Jerry Hall and Bagpuss all feature in this showcase of the best photography commissioned by the Observer
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Laura Mvula was photographed in London to go with an interview in the magazine
Photograph: Julian Broad/The Observer
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Laura Mvula
Photograph: Julian Broad/The Observer
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British expats and tourists outside one of the many British bars in Benalmádena on the Costa del Sol, Spain, from where the expats spoke of their concerns about the upcoming EU referendum
Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer
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Costume designer Jenny Beavan won an oscar for her work on Mad Max: Fury Road. She was interviewed in the magazine
Photograph: Phil Fisk/The Observer
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Film director Ben Wheatley was interviewed by Mark Kermode in the New Review ahead of the release of the film High Rise. He was photographed at the Barbican in London
Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer
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The rain pours down at White Hart Lane during the Premier League match between Spurs and Arsenal in north London
Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Observer
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Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, Jess Phillips, was photographed at home to accompany an interview in the magazine
Photograph: Phil Fisk/The Observer
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Actor Paapa Essiedu spoke to the New Review about playing Hamlet for the RSC, growing up in London and tokenism in the theatre
Photograph: Katherine Anne Rose/The Observer
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Rough sleepers in London told their stories to the New Review
Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer
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Photographer Richard Billingham, with Benefits Street reality TV star ‘White Dee’ Kelly, in front of Addenbrooke Court tower block, Cradley Heath, Birmingham, where he grew up. Billingham spoke to the New Review about the film he has made of his life which features Dee as his mother
Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer
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Co-creator of Bagpuss and the Clangers, Peter Firmin was photographed at his studio near Canterbury in Kent for an interview in the magazine
Photograph: Pål Hansen/The Observer
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Author Sara Baume was photographed in west Cork as part of a feature in the New Review about what it means to be young and Irish today
Photograph: Patrick Bolger/The Observer
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Jerry Hall arrives at St Bride’s Church in Fleet Street, London for the celebration of her marriage to Rupert Murdoch
Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer
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Claire Boucher aka Grimes performing at the Brixton Academy in London, reviewed in the New Review
Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer
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Feminist, writer and activist Gloria Steinem was shot for This Much I Know in the magazine
Photograph: Richard Saker/The Observer
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England’s Anthony Watson beats the dive of Wales’s Liam Williams to score his team’s first try during the Six Nations international rugby union match at Twickenham in London.You can see more of Tom’s photos from the match here
Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Observer
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British citizen Babar Ahmad, who spent 12 years in prison in the US and Britain without being charged, told the story of his life to the Observer. He was photographed in Tooting, south-west London
Photograph: Richard Saker/The Observer
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Brian Eno photographed in front of one of his light installations at his studio in Notting Hill, London. He was photographed for This Much I Know
Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The Observer
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Baker Sarah Lemke shot at De Superette in Ghent, Belgium for the OFM 50 things we like about world food feature
Photograph: Joanna van Mulder/The Observer
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Chef Amandine Chaignot photographed for the OFM 50 things we like about world food feature
Photograph: Pål Hansen/The Observer
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