Miss Rosen
Resilience and resistance during The Thatcher Years
The iron reign — Photojournalist Paul Pickard’s new book revisits English Midlands life during ’80s, when he was on the frontlines recording news and key events, as tensions between people and authority came to a head.
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Surviving one of the world’s deadliest wildfires, in photos
The Fumes of Mars — Katerina Angelopoulou was visiting friends when the tragic 2018 Attica inferno broke out. Her new book tells a collective story, as she and thousands of others have tried to make sense of it since.
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Motoyuki Daifu’s chaotic vision of the Japanese family home
My family is a pubis — Growing up in a cramped, working-class household, the Japanese photographer decided to turn his camera onto his own surroundings. His new monograph explores tensions in the traditional family unit, but also the importance finding one’s place within it.
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Remembering Fietas, Johannesburg’s vibrant neighbourhood ripped by Apartheid
Fragments of Fietas — In the ’70s, South African authorities forcibly removed non-white people from the western suburb, now known as Pageview. Enraged, photographer David Goldblatt documented its erasure.
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The abandoned church at the heart of London’s ’80s nightlife
Limelight — Set on Shaftesbury Avenue, the club was a weekend destination for the city’s celebrities and stars, but also folks looking for a good night out. In-house photographer David Koppel’s new book and exhibition revisits its heyday.
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Eerie, strangely evocative photos of container ships at sea
Cargo — Global cargo ships are the lifeblood of modern globalisation and neoliberalism. Richard Misrach’s new photobook focuses the lens on their presence, hiding in plain sight.
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Remembering Clark Henley’s ’80s cult classic The Butch Manual
The New Drag — The playful book is back in print more than 40 years since it was first published. We revisit its gender-subverting fun and lasting influence.
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Inside the bedrooms of American youth during the ’80s and ’90s
Teenagers in Their Bedrooms — Before the turn of the millennium, photographer Adrienne Salinger noticed that a creative, opinionated cohort were underrepresented in wider conversations – Gen X teens. Pictured in their home sanctuaries, they form a luminous portrait of subcultures and styles of the time.
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How Santa Monica Blvd inspired queer classic film Hustler White
Baal — Rick Castro’s new exhibition explores his journey from photographing male sex workers in LA to creating one of the most shocking LGBTQ+ films of all time.
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Psychedelic scenes of America’s Wild West
Frontier — As the artist behind the myth-building Marlboro ads of the ’80s and ’90s, Jim Krantz has spent decades crafting Hollywood worthy cinematic photographs. His new photobook explores his work in shaping the rugged individualism of cowboy imagery.
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