Community power — In 1982, photographer Judah Passow spent two weeks in Belfast documenting Divis Flats, which at the time, was deemed the worst public housing in Europe. What he found was a group of residents whose humanity prevailed amid poverty and strife.
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Picturing resistance — From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, a new book considers the crucial role of photography as a weapon in the fight for freedom and justice.
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British summertime — Through the 80s and early 90s, photographer Barry Lewis would routinely make the trip from Blackpool to London, soaking in the sun and sand with liquid lunches, to evenings spent in Ronny Scotts and the Groucho, capturing the many characters he encountered along the way.
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‘Everyone was a star‘ — Photographer Andé Whyland remembers capturing candid portraits and dancing alongside the luminaries of downtown New York's club scene, among them Keith Haring, Grace Jones, Lady Bunny and Ru Paul.
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Unexpected beauty — Photographer Tatsuo Suzuki discusses his compelling portraits of contemporary Tokyo, and finding fascination and tensions in the mundane.
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Disco inferno — In the 1970s, photographer Meryl Meisler led a double life, working a regular job by day, and by night, as a hostess on NYC's hedonistic club scene. Her book SASSY '70s comprises photos she captured of the nights' debauchery.
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West Coast dreaming — In her early 20s, photographer Mimi Plumb returned to her childhood home to document a generation of disaffected youth growing up amid the drought-ridden California landscape.
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Disco queen — A new exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary reveals how renegade Grace Jones subverted Western archetypes of Black women and gender binaries.
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‘It’s all energy‘ — Adger Cowans, who helped found the Kamoinge Workshop, reflects on his mentor and legendary photographer Gordon Parks, and imbuing his art with feeling.
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Disco ephemera — Posters for New York's legendary club nights designed by the likes of Keith Haring, David LaChappelle, and Jenny Holzer were once distributed and produced en masse, and have since become valued works of art.
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