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.
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Photos of rural love in ’90s Ireland
Cork City singles — In 1992, photographer Kevin O’Farrell headed to Lisdoonvarna, on the country’s west coast, to capture a month-long matchmaking festival.
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A grassroots guide to surviving the patriarchy
From the ground up — In the ’70s, the bestselling New Woman’s Survival Catalog drew attention to the power of local activism.
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Surreal shots of sex, death and mysticism in Mexico
Enter the cucaracha — In his latest project, La Cucaracha, photographer Pieter Hugo attempts to unravel the country’s most compelling mysteries.
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A visual history of the Lower East Side
Centre of resistance — Photographer Karen O’Sullivan remembers the neighbourhood’s gritty, pre-gentrification glory days.
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The countercultural power of American pulp fiction
Mid-century rebellion — Popular mid-century paperbacks would often tackle radical issues shunned by the high-brow mainstream, disguising them in accessible language and compelling plots.
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How webcams revolutionised pornography and sex work
Content life — A new exhibition examines how cam culture changed the way we communicate, and sparked a new wave of online content.
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Roberta Bayley, the queen of punk, on New York’s raw years
She Just Takes Pictures — In the ’70s, Roberta Bayley moved to the city and bought a camera. Within a year, she was capturing icons like Iggy Pop, Blondie, the Sex Pistols and X-Ray Spex.
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A tribute to New York’s DIY basketball scene
Take your shot — Photographer Larry Racioppo spent the ’90s capturing the city’s makeshift streetball courts: ’the closer I looked, the more interesting they became. Many are really a form of folk art.’
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The woman who transformed photography in the ’30s
Remembering Dora Maar — For decades, Dora Maar was known primarily for being Picasso’s muse and mistress – in fact, she was a revolutionary in her own right.
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