Miss Rosen
Inside a vibrant '90s Kingston dancehall community
No Gyal Can Test — Photographer Akeem Smith, who grew up between Brooklyn and Jamaica, has spent much of his life chronicling the creative spirit of dancehall and his archive forms a love letter to the culture that raised him.
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Vintage portraits of Harlem street style
Hustle and bustle — Photographer Martine Barrat remembers New York at the height of the crack and AIDS epidemics and the dignity of communities fighting to survive.
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Photos exploring the cost of the American dream
Welcome to Santa Barbara — When photographer Diana Markosian was younger, her mother whisked her away from Moscow to America to start a new life. In a new book, Markosian pieces together those memories.
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Coming of age in 70s rural Scotland
Passing Place — In a new book, photographer Sandy Carson captures landscapes and intimate scenes of daily life, combined with archive photos, in a moving visual ode to his mother.
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Tender portraits of Black life in Houston’s Fourth Ward
Past and present — Photographer Earlie Hudnall Jr. has spent more than 40 years documenting the resilient communities which make up Houston's Third and Fourth Ward, a place where former slaves settled after the Civil War.
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The intimate stories behind Terry O’Neill’s iconic portraits
From Bardot to Bowie — O'Neill, who died almost a year ago, was one of the first photographers given access to unsupervised celebrity culture and his natural charm brought out the best his subjects.
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Capturing 1980s Belfast at the height of the Troubles
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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How photography shaped US protests over half a century
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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A riotous journey from Soho to Blackpool and back again
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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Hedonistic nights in 1980s New York’s East Village
‘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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