China A Photographic Portrait at the City Art Centre is remarkable both in its scale and the insight it provides into the changing lives of the people of China. www.edinburgh.gov.uk/cityartcentre

Curated by Dawn Ades and Simon Baker, who were responsible for 'Undercover Surrealism' at London's Hayward Gallery in 2006, this exhibition exploring the defamiliarising effects of the extreme close-up in early 20th Century photography and film.