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The River Thames: a photography special

London’s main waterway has shaped the city over thousands of years. We invited six photographers to interpret it in their own way — as community, as industry and artwork

© Kalpesh Lathigra

‘Water is a constant presence’: life on London’s Isle of Dogs
In an area where Canary Wharf looms large, Cian Oba-Smith finds a strong and diverse community
London’s silver highway: photographs of the Thames at work
These archive images vividly capture the imperfect beauty of the river in the industrial age
Tidings: fragments of London’s past
‘For a few hours at low tide you step into an elemental landscape of mud, water, sand and stone’
The river: a liquid history
From the tidal Thames to the Mississippi, rivers have been essential to human progress
Go with the flow to unlock London’s landscape
Tracing tributaries of the Thames inspires Sayako Sugawara’s photography
My studio on the shore: making art on the Thames
Angela Blažanović assembles and arranges discarded objects into temporary sculptures that capture our impact on the environment

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