America
Capturing the underworld of 1940s New York
Weegee’s adventures — Photographer Weegee would spend his nights roaming the city, documenting its secrets, subcultures and forgotten inhabitants.
Written by: Miss Rosen
A sweeping portrait of life in the American South
Revelations — A new exhibition promotes the region’s forgotten photographers, featuring work from the early 1900s to the present day.
Written by: Miss Rosen
How one photographer shared America’s untold stories
Remembering Jill Freedman — Driven by empathy for victims of injustice, Jill Freedman used her camera to give a voice to the voiceless.
Written by: Miss Rosen
The highs and lows of Las Vegas life
Welcome to the springs — In her new project, The Springs, photographer Hayley Austin peeks beneath the neon façade of Sin City.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Memories from a Lower East Side photo booth
Rainbow shoe repair — A new exhibition brings together a series of community portraits taken at a local store between the late ’80s and early ’00s.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Vintage scenes of life at an American summer camp
From Cape Cod to North Carolina — Photographer Mark Steinmetz spent 11 years working in camps across the US, from the shores of Cape Cod in Massachusetts to the smoky mountains of North Carolina.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Bruce Gilden’s unseen photos of New York in the ’80s
Lost and found — In his new project, Lost and Found, the legendary street photographer pays tribute to a city that was ‘rough, raw, violent and filthy’.
Written by: Miss Rosen
A photographer’s road trip through the heart of America
Be the cowboy — After falling victim to a violent assault, BMX rider Sandy Carson left his native Scotland for the US. It was there, travelling the breadth of the country, that he found a home in photography – capturing American life with an outsider’s eye.
Written by: Sandy Carson
The weird world of purebred dog shows
‘It gets very emotional’ — How the other half live: photographer Dolly Faibyshev captures the kitschy canine bliss of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
Written by: Miss Rosen
The garden project exposing the fault lines of US justice
Inside the prisoner’s apothecary — The Prisoner’s Apothecary is a mobile healing unit bringing natural medicines to communities impacted by mass incarceration.
Written by: Miss Rosen