Miss Rosen
A lyrical portrait of Black America in the 20th century
Soul of the country — A new exhibition brings together the work of Roland L. Freeman, a documentarian whose photos capture the joyous spectrum of rural and urban Black American life during the 1960s, ’70 and ‘80s.
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A photographer’s poetic vision of America in the ‘80s
On the road — A new exhibition brings together photographs from Stephan Erfurt taken during his time traversing the US in an old VW camper in 1988.
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A joyous portrait of Notting Hill Carnival in 1974
Dancing in the streets — Photographer Chris Miles recounts capturing the annual event in the ‘70s, and its vital legacy of community activism and resilience born out of oppression and prejudice.
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A kaleidoscopic history of the queercore scene in the ‘90s
Punk revolution — A new book is celebrating queercore, which brought together music, zines, photography, art, film, writing, performance art and style, and the people on the inside of the movement who made it an underground phenomenon.
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Vintage portraits of Illinois students in the 1970s
After class — Former teacher Alan Moss recalls photographing Hughes-Quinn Junior High – a school in a troubled area with an often misunderstood student body.
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A portrait of American street life in the analogue era
Headed west — A new book brings together photographer Paul McDonough’s vibrant scenes of Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, Portland, and New Orleans, as well as on the road, to offer an elegiac topography of the late 20th century.
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A joyous portrait of Wigstock in the 1980s and ‘90s
Breaking taboos — Photographer Rafael Fuchs recounts attending the annual drag-a-thon, which offered space for celebration at the height of AIDS crisis.
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Photos capturing the beauty and brutality of street life
Concrete jungle — Over the past six years, Suzanne Stein has photographed the streets of New York as a way of shedding light on stories that largely go unseen.
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A photo exploration of the evolving American landscape
New frontiers — A new book featuring work from the likes of Dawoud Bey, William Eggleston and Dorothea Lange unpacks the role photography has played in shaping our ideas about conservation, expansion and exploitation of the environment.
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Photographer Chester Higgins‘ African American odyssey
The Indelible Spirit — A new exhibition celebrates the photographer‘s early work, and shows his unwavering commitment to capturing the complexities of Black life across America.
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