New York

Memories from a Lower East Side photo booth
Photography

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

Bruce Gilden’s unseen photos of New York in the ’80s
Photography

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 visual history of the Lower East Side
Photography

A visual history of the Lower East Side

Centre of resistance — Photographer Karen O’Sullivan remembers the neighbourhood’s gritty, pre-gentrification glory days.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Roberta Bayley, the queen of punk, on New York’s raw years
Music

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.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Lost in the streets: a visual love letter to New York
Photography

Lost in the streets: a visual love letter to New York

Bright lights, big city — In his debut monograph, photographer Jonathan Higbee explores surreal moments in his adopted hometown – a place that’s captivated him since he was a child.

Written by: Huck

A tribute to New York’s DIY basketball scene
Photography

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.’

Written by: Miss Rosen

The strength and struggle of black artists in America
Art

The strength and struggle of black artists in America

Soul of a nation — Gallerist Linda Goode Bryant broke convention by injecting race, politics and identity into the New York art scene, pushing the boundaries of creative expression into new and uncharted waters.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Ed Grazda’s portraits of pre-gentrification New York
Photography

Ed Grazda’s portraits of pre-gentrification New York

No man’s land — The photographer captured life on the Bowery, when manufacturing was still done in Manhattan industrial lofts: ‘the street was free, it was a different world.’

Written by: Miss Rosen

Arlene Gottfried’s scenes of New York nightlife
Photography

Arlene Gottfried’s scenes of New York nightlife

After dark — In the new exhibition, Arlene Gottfried: After Dark, the artists takes us into the nightclubs, strip joints, dive bars, and drug dens of the ’70s.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Claw Money is New York City's First Lady of graffiti
Photography

Claw Money is New York City's First Lady of graffiti

'I'm the Claw!' — One of the few women in a male-dominated scene, Claudia "Claw Money" Gold has been tagging the streets of New York for three decades.

Written by: Miss Rosen

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