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A joyous portrait of Notting Hill Carnival in 1974
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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A portrait of a deeply divided North Carolina community
Culture

A portrait of a deeply divided North Carolina community

Our town — Photographer Michael von Graffenried made a series of four trips to New Bern to create a series of panoramic images over a 15-year period. The result is an empathetic call for increased integration and understanding at a pivotal moment in American history.

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Ming Smith’s lyrical portrait of Black America
Culture

Ming Smith’s lyrical portrait of Black America

Breaking boundaries — A new exhibition of the African-American photographer’s pioneering work celebrates an artist who, over her five-decade-long career, has always followed her instinct over the status quo.

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