Original Observer photography

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Original Observer photography
President Trump’s visit to Britain, the Great British Bake Off, Big Narstie and a sweaty
knight all feature in this showcase of the best commissioned photography in the Observer
in July 2018
Greg Whitmore
Main image: Photograph: Heather Favell for the Observer
Sat 4 Aug 2018 07.00 EDT
Robin Hodgson, 76, was photographed at his home in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, for a feature about
people who had been inspired to join a demonstration for the ﬁrst time in their lives by the visit to
Britain of president Donald Trump.
Photograph: Richard Saker for the Observer
Musician Charli XCX photographed for an interview in the New Review.
Photograph: Katherine Anne Rose for the Observer

A former White House stenographer, Beck Dorey-Stein, photographed at her home in Philadelphia
for an interview to mark the publication of her book From the Corner of the Oval.
Photograph: Christopher Lane for the Observer

Protesters gather in central London for the anti-Trump demonstration against the president’s
working visit to Britain.
Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer

Writer, lecturer and activist Ash Sarkar photographed in north London for the New Review after
clashing on TV with Piers Morgan whom she called an ‘idiot’.
Photograph: Antonio Olmos for the Observer

Floral prints for summer featured in the Observer Magazine.
Photograph: Heather Favell for the Observer

Paul Simon’s concert at the Manchester Arena was reviewed by Kitty Empire in the New Review.
Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer
‘When I’m romantic I’ll make minted lamb.’ Rapper and TV host Big Narstie spilled the beans in
My Life on a Plate in Observer Food Monthly.
Photograph: Alex Lake for the Observer

Protesters in Regent’s Park, London, jeer at the helicopter carrying Donald Trump to Blenheim
Palace for his dinner with Theresa May.

Comedians Natalie Palamides, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Alﬁe Brown featured in our pick of the
best comedy at the Edinburgh fringe festival.
Composite: Suki Dhanda and Dan Tuﬀs for the Observer

Spectators at the World Cup third place play-oﬀ between England and Belgium in St Petersburg,
Russia. Belgium won 2-0.
Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer

Shahmir Sanni, whistleblower on the overspending by the oﬃcial Brexit campaign, Vote Leave.
Shahmir, photographed in Brockwell Park, south London, talked to the Observer’s Carole
Cadwalladr about the subsequent upheaval in his life.
Photograph: Katherine Anne Rose for the Observer

The Great British Bake Oﬀ team, Noel, Sandi, Prue and Paul, photographed for the Observer Food
Monthly cover feature.
Photograph: Phil Fisk for the Observer

Choreographer Botis Seva, photographed in London, talked to the New Review about struggling
with fatherhood, why dancers are like football fans and taking hip-hop to Sadler’s Wells.

Actor Vanessa Kirby, photographed for an interview in the Observer Magazine to mark the release
of Mission: Impossible – Fallout.
Photograph: Dean Chalkley for the Observer

Fresh lobsters at the Hidden Hut on Porthcurnick Beach near Portscatho, Cornwall, photographed
for a feature in Observer Food Monthly about great places to eat outdoors.
Photograph: Adrian Sherratt for the Observer

‘This guy in the White House has given the green light for the Klan’: Spike Lee photographed in
his production oﬃces in Brooklyn, New York City, for an interview in the New Review.
Photograph: Shaniqwa Jarvis for the Observer

Christopher Hampson in his medieval knight’s armour at Warwick Castle where he teaches young
visitors the art of swordplay. He was photographed for a feature on working in the heatwave.
Photograph: Andrew Fox for the Observer

Maya Jama,, Radio 1 DJ and TV host, photographed in Camden, north London, for an interview in
the New Review.
Photograph: Suki Dhanda for the Observer

A mass demonstration in central London against Donald Trump’s visit to Britain.
Photograph: Andy Hall for the Observer

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