How do you discover the most interesting work in the world today? Here are ninety-two makers producing remarkable work right now, spanning thirty-three countries, six continents and a multitude of important topics: a truly global snapshot of the medium at its best in the twenty-first century.

Since 2004 LensCulture has sought out the most interesting practitioners working worldwide, and it is still a joy to find pictures that feel completely new, fresh, energised, surprising and relevant. Yet of the billions made every day on the planet, which ones deserve our attention? For this volume more than forty experts who deal with the medium every day of their lives combed through thousands of submissions.

“It always amazes me that just when I think there is nothing left to do, someone comes along and puts the medium to new use, and makes it as profound and as moving and as formally interesting as any other.” — Chuck Close