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David Levene

David Levene is a freelance photographer and film-maker who has worked with the Guardian since 2001

July 2024

  • Burna Boy plays the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury Festival.

    The Guardian picture essay
    Shangri-La, stetsons and SZA: Sunday at Glastonbury – a photo essay

    The Guardian’s visuals team wrapped things up at Worthy Farm in style, capturing Shania Twain, Nia Archives, intimate family photos with Burna Boy – and a certain football game

June 2024

  • Fans watching the Last Dinner Party at Other stage.

    The Guardian picture essay
    Coldplay, Cyndi Lauper and the Red Arrows: Saturday at Glastonbury 2024 – a photo essay

  • Seventeen pose for photograph beside the Pyramid stage.

    Backstage at Glastonbury with K-pop sensation Seventeen – in pictures

  • A couple embrace during the seven-minute silence held by performance artist Marina Abramovich at Pyramid stage.

    The Guardian picture essay
    Peace, love and K-pop: Glastonbury kicks off for 2024 – photo essay

  • Backstage during dress rehearsals

    The Guardian picture essay
    Love, laughs and lavish designs: The Merry Widow at Glyndebourne – photo essay

May 2024

  • Behind the magic
    David Copperfield ‘was in my nightmares’: the women alleging sexual misconduct - video

    A Guardian US investigation is reporting allegations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behaviour by illusionist David Copperfield. Testimonies from two women, both of whom are portrayed by actors, describe their alleged experiences and the impact it had on their lives

April 2024

  • THRESHOLDS at the German Pavilion & La Certosa.

    A lost astronaut, looted treasure and a hit naked Turk: the 60th Venice Biennale – in pictures

  • A couple embrace under a Mount Fuji cherry tree at the National Trust’s Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire

    Blooming lovely: spring cherry blossom – in pictures

March 2024

  • Behind the scenes with Sarah Jessica Parker as she prepares for her role as KAREN NASH / MURIEL TATE / NORMA HUBLEY in Plaza Suite at the Savoy Theatre, London. London. Photograph by David Levene 25/2/24. Additional processing by David McCoy, Guardian Imaging.

    Fake noses, lucky tokens and a bed of nails – Sarah Jessica Parker, Joseph Fiennes and other stars reveal their secret dressing room routines

  • WNO rehearsals for Death in Venice

    ‘We’re all agog’: Behind the scenes at Welsh National Opera’s Death in Venice – in pictures

December 2023

  • Guardian and Observer charity appeal 2023
    How refugees fleeing war, genocide and revolution find hope in the UK – video

    How refugees fleeing war, genocide and revolution find hope in the UK
  • The first European performance of the Gospel Messiah with Marin Alsop and the BBC Concert Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Chorus and the London Adventist Chorale at the Royal Albert Hall on 7 December 2023

    The Guardian picture essay
    Hallelujah! The Gospel Messiah comes to the UK – a photo and audio essay

    Handel with Hammond organ and hand claps. Scatting and swing. Five saxophones – this is Messiah, but not perhaps as you know it. Marin Alsop’s Gospel Messiah had its European premiere at the Royal Albert Hall on 7 December, ahead of a broadcast on BBC Radio 3
    • The age of extinction
      The Winterkeeper: a lifetime spent protecting the wilderness

    • The Guardian documentary
      The Winterkeeper: protecting the US’s last great wilderness

    • Nuclear Leaks
      Nuclear Narnia: why is Sellafield Europe's most dangerous industrial site?

November 2023

  • A costume fitting for Katherine Kingsley who will play the Grand High Witch. The costume department at the National Theatre, during the creation of the National Theatre's newest production The WItches. London. Photograph by David Levene 21/9/23

    The Guardian picture essay
    Motorised mice and hideous death masks: bringing The Witches to life on stage

  • The last days of autumn at Westonbirt Arboretum

    The Guardian picture essay
    Colours of autumn at the National Arboretum – picture essay

September 2023

  • Bouncing Narratives by Norweigan duo Roza Moshtaghi and Shahrzad Malekian

    Greenwich + Docklands International Festival – in pictures

    Greenwich+Docklands International Festival’s full 2023 programme showcases world-class theatre, art installations, spectacle and dance in locations across London

August 2023

  • J'Ouvert celebrations

    J’Ouvert celebrations at Notting Hill carnival – in pictures

    J’Ouvert marks the start of the carnival in west London, with revellers coming out early in the morning to dance, drink and cover each other in oil, paint and powder

June 2023

  • Joe Rush at Carhenge, Glastonbury 2023.

    The Guardian picture essay
    Keep it wheel: Carhenge returns to Glastonbury – photo essay

    In the week of the summer solstice, mutoid metal guru Joe Rush has re-created his tribute to the ancient site of Stonehenge – and explains why he hopes it will inspire a new generation of environmental activism
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