Miss Rosen
Photos of life in the shadow of an American power plant
In North Carolina, people are living near to Duke Energy’s Belews Creek Steam Station, where toxins are pumped into the air, water, and soil. Photographer Will Warasila reflects on his time getting to know the residents, the landscape, the structures of energy and power.
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A visual exploration of female neurosis in horror films
Through stills, anecdotes and film criticism, a new book examines the portrayal of women’s destructive emotions, reframing it as a challenge to patriarchal structures.
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On the frontlines of AIDS activism in 1990s New York
Meg Handler’s photos capture diverse groups of New Yorkers coming together for the collective cause of civil rights.
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Mitch Epstein’s evocative portrait of 1970s America
Alternating between colour and black-and-white, the photographer chronicled sexual liberation, economic crises and the repercussions of the war in Vietnam.
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Celebrating Tony Vaccaro’s cinematic photography
A new exhibition is marking the photographer’s 100th birthday with a look back at his extraordinary career.
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A glimpse inside America’s trans community in the ’70s
Photographer Jeffrey Silverthorne always treated his subjects – often those living on the margins of society – with empathy and respect.
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How Vivian Maier transformed street photography
Little-known during her lifetime, Maier is now recognised as one of the great American photographers of the twentieth century.
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Inside the American town burning since 1962
In the ’80s, photographer Renée Jacobs touched down in Centralia, a small Appalachian mining town approaching its final chapter due to the slow creep of an unstoppable fire, blazing 300 feet below ground.
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Chris Killip’s groundbreaking portrait of the North
Whether it was seacoalers in Northumberland or the miners’ strike, the photographer was always fully immersed in the story he sought to capture.
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Photos of Tibetan nomads on the ‘roof of the world’
A new photo series documents tribes preserving the environment through simple, sustainable practices in central Asia.
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