1970s

Film

How radical health activists fought the 70s heroin epidemic

Dope is Death — A new documentary explores the legacy of a 1970s coalition of New York health activists and revolutionaries, among them Tupac's stepfather and The Black Panthers, and how they founded North America's first acupuncture detox clinic.

Written by: Daniel Dylan Wray

Culture

Heady nights working in '70s New York go-go bars

Disco inferno — In the 1970s, photographer Meryl Meisler led a double life, working a regular job by day, and by night, as a hostess on NYC's hedonistic club scene. Her book SASSY '70s comprises photos she captured of the nights' debauchery.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Photography

Adventures across Europe in the 1970s and ’80s

Sun-soaked snapshots — Photographer Sergio Purtell spent years travelling the continent at length, capturing a romantic world of motels, cafes, beaches and bars.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Photography

Bleak and beautiful: a visual history of Leeds

20th century portrait — After moving to the city in the 1970s, photographer Peter Mitchell began shooting its rapidly-changing urban landscape.

Written by: Zoe Whitfield

Photography

Capturing the underground hedonism of Studio 54

Sex, drugs and disco — Inspired by its diverse and decadent spirit, photographer Meryl Meisler spent years shooting at the New York club. Now, she’s dusting off her archive.

Written by: Miss Rosen

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

Photography

Documenting life on the fringes in Thatcher’s Britain

The enemies within — In the ’80s, photographer Richard Davis moved to Hulme – a neglected corner of Manchester – where he quickly fell in with a community of artists, punks and travellers.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Photography

Capturing the punks and poets of ’70s California

Breaking backstage — Throughout the decade, photographer Michael Jang made fake press passes to get access to gigs, conventions and Hollywood events.

Written by: Miss Rosen

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

Photography

Down and out in east LA: vintage shots of Chicano life

Edge of society — In the 1970s, photographer Wynn Miller joined the Arizona Maravilla gang: a disenfranchised community stuck on the margins of society.

Written by: Miss Rosen

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