When Colin Garratt went to photograph the traditional sentinels of the British countryside, he found they ranged from the dapper to the downright sinister. “They are not from the anaesthetised world of the craft fair”, says Colin Garratt, “but are the direct descendants of the ancient spectres which have haunted the landscape for centuries”. The Scarecrow Exhibition is at Geddes Gallery, London, from 25 to 30 March. (Photo by Colin Garratt)

Irene Bowker, 88 years old at the Punk Rebellion festival at The Winter Gardens, talks to a woman with a tatooed head and mohican haircut in Blackpool, Lancashire, UK on August 6, 2015. A clash cultures at the famous seaside town of Blackpool as punks attending the annual Rebellion festival at the Winter Gardens come shoulder to shoulder with traditional holidaymakers. (Photo by MediaWorldImages/Alamy Stock Photo)

Grafitti by the illusive artist Banksy adorns the levee wall in the Lower Ninth Ward on August 29, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. New works by the artist, whose paintings are also sold in galleries, have been popping up throughout New Orleans coinciding with the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Goats covered with cloth are tied next to a hut on a cold winter morning in New Delhi on December 26, 2023. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)

American model Kaia Gerber wears a creation as part of the Prada Fall/Winter 2022-2023 fashion collection, unveiled during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, Thursday, February 24, 2022. (Photo by Luca Bruno/AP Photo)

Red-crowned cranes, dancing gracefully in the snowy fields, spread their wings and perform a “courtship dance” at the feeding area of the ”Tsurui Ito Red-crowned Crane Sanctuary” in the village of Tsurui, in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on February 15, 2025. (Photo by JIJI Press/AFP Photo)

German film actress Lilly Krug, daughter of Veronica Ferres and Martin Krug, attends the screening of “Armageddon Time” during the 75th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 19, 2022 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters)

Before sunrise there is a “Turneresque” sky over the abbey at the picturesque Wiltshire, England market town of Malmesbury on June 11, 2023. (Photo by Terry Mathews/Alamy Live News)