Miss Rosen

Revolutionary portraits of Black life in apartheid South Africa
Photography

Revolutionary portraits of Black life in apartheid South Africa

Back in print six decades after it was originally banned, ‘House of Bondage’ revisits the seminal body of work that saw photographer Ernest Cole exiled from his homeland.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Remembering the radical women of New York's Photo League
Photography

Remembering the radical women of New York's Photo League

A new exhibition revisits the work of Sonia Handelman Meyer and Ida Wyman, who devoted themselves to social justice and chronicling daily city life as part of one of the most progressive art collectives in US history.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Hedonistic photos of club nights around the world in the 90s and 00s
Photography

Hedonistic photos of club nights around the world in the 90s and 00s

“We wanted to do club photography like it was war photography.”

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Celebrating life on the streets of the Bronx
Photography

Celebrating life on the streets of the Bronx

Curated by photographer Rhynna M. Santos, 'Everyday Bronx' captures heart and soul of the borough where hip-hop was born.

Written by: Miss Rosen

A revolutionary history of the women written out of punk
Books

A revolutionary history of the women written out of punk

Jen B. Larson's 'Hit Girls: Women of Punk in the USA' is a captivating compendium of nearly 100 all-female or female-fronted bands from 1975–1983, immortalising the lives and legacies of those often written out of history.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Vivid portraits of Atlanta in the mid-90s
Photography

Vivid portraits of Atlanta in the mid-90s

Photographer Barry Lewis captures the rapid growth and stark inequality of Atlanta around its hosting of the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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A photographic celebration of love in the Middle East
Photography

A photographic celebration of love in the Middle East

Collecting images taken by a range of photographers between the late 1960's and early 2022, 'An Archive of Love' searches beyond the unrest for manifestations of love in all its forms.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Larry Sultan’s surreal scenes of 1980's SoCal suburbia
Photography

Larry Sultan’s surreal scenes of 1980's SoCal suburbia

Revealing the idiosyncratic flow of ordinary life, Sultan's portraits of his parents in the 1980's captured the American Dream and revolutionised narrative photography.

Written by: Miss Rosen

In photos: the golden age of New York City's graffiti scene
Art

In photos: the golden age of New York City's graffiti scene

Photographing works everywhere from subway cars in Brooklyn to buildings in The Bronx, Martha Cooper immortalises an often overlooked art form in its 1980's heyday.

Written by: Miss Rosen

90s skate prodigy Brandon Turner on addiction and recovery
Skate

90s skate prodigy Brandon Turner on addiction and recovery

Living the dream soon turned into a nightmare for skater Brandon Turner. Yet Turner eventually found a route to recovery and redemption through skateboarding.

Written by: Miss Rosen

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