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
A journey through the ever-shifting state of motherhood
Bower Bird Blues — Motherhood, of all the stories we possess, is perhaps the most well-known. But for photographer Ying Ang, no corner of culture – no books, films or art – captured the implosion that transformed her world. It demanded a new way of seeing.
Written by: Ying Ang
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
A portrait of teenage resistance in Brazil
When it breaks, it burns — In 2015, photographer Alicia Esteves captured São Paulo’s revolutionary student riots, when local teens broke in and occupied schools to prevent their closure.
Written by: Miss Rosen
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
Unpacking the legacy of photographer Ernest Cole
One of the best — Lindokuhle Sobekwa, a rising star of South African photography, pays tribute to the storyteller who inspired him most.
Written by: Lindokuhle Sobekwa
Black and white photos of pre-gentrification Hackney
From the archive — During the ’70s and ’80s, Neil Martinson used his camera to document the community he grew up in, creating a vivid portrait of east London – before it changed forever.
Written by: Huck
A humorous look at Japanese family life, in photos
No place like home — For over a decade, photographer Motoyuki Daifu has been documenting the lives of his loved ones, seeking out quiet moments of magic among the mundane.
Written by: Motoyuki Daifu