Today’s selection is a photo from Ian Teh.

‘Luxury massage parlour. Hunchun, China’ is part of his ‘Chna: Undercurrents’ project.

Today’s selection is a photo from Paul Graham.

Taken from Graham’s ‘Troubled Land’ series, the photo shows a kerb, painted in loyalist colours, arching towards a fiery, glowing horizon. The images are not the usual explicit images of conflict. They depict what at first glance appear to be unassuming landscapes, but which, on closer examination, show evidence of the troubles.

Today, a fantastic image of a French Restaurant Interior from Joel Redman.

For more, take a look at Joel’s portfolio site.

Some intriguing photographs from Anthony Marchetti. His series, Apartments for Rent, depicts suburban apartments at the time between one tenant moving out and another moving in.

The apartments are, by and large, rather empty, but it is the small number of items left by the outgoing occupants that provide enough material to stimulate the imagination.

The UK’s drinking culture has been the subject of much media and photographic coverage. Peter Dench’s series ‘drinkUK’ casts a sometimes witty and sometimes shocking eye over the issue.

The series, and several others well worth a look, can be found on his website.

The Telegraph is featuring some images from ‘The Londoners Through a Lens’ exhibition at The Getty Images gallery.

The image below is particularly striking:

Apparently it shows a “wire cage which East Poplar borough council in London proposed to fix to the outside of their tenement windows, so that babies could benefit from fresh air and sunshine”.

It seems that attitudes towards child care and health and safety were so very different in 1934!

Nguan’s street photography is dense with colour and content. Unlike much of this type of work, which concerns itself with ‘the moment’, Nguan’s work has a more considered feel. I particuarly like the Shibuya and Coney Island shots, three of which are previewed here.

Nguan

Apologies for the delay between POTD postings. Nova towers has been struck by the flu pandemic, but one course of antivirals later we are now back up and running.

Today’s pick of the day is ‘Days With My Father’ by Phillip Toledano. It is a series many of you may already be familiar with, but for the uninitiated, it documents Toledano’s relationship with his father after his mother’s death. It’s a particularly poignant piece, a beautiful mix of low key imagery and narrative. I defy anyone to view it and remain dry-eyed.

Click on the image to view the series, or follow the link below. Note that the easiest way to navigate is to use the up and down keys to scroll through the images.

Days With my Father by Phillip Toledano

Sarah’s work first came to my attention about 6 months ago, I think it was through Flickr that we ‘met’. Her ‘Of Land and Sea’ series really struck a chord with me, having spent many family holidays as a child in Cornwall, these images seemed so real and honest.

I am going to contact Sarah to see if there is a possibility of Nova selling one of her images, as they are just stunning. But don’t just take my word for it, go and check out her site.

Sarah Amy Smith

© All images copyright of Sarah Amy Smith

Tim Porter’s ‘Paradise: The Gardens of Tokyo’ explores the Japanese capital’s green spaces, and demonstrates you don’t need colour to bring them to life.

The image above is ‘Cherry trees near the main pond. Fall 2000′. From ‘Mukojima Hyakkaen (Garden of a Hundred Flowers)’.

Paradise: The Gardens of Tokyo.