80s

Photography

Intimate shots of life in ’80s Massachusetts

A family affair — Photographer Judith Black spent years capturing her experience as a single parent, celebrating everyday moments that otherwise go unnoticed.

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

Music

The secret life of a 1980s house music manager

New York underground — New York music manager Michele Saunders dusts off her three-decade-old photo albums to pay tribute to the city’s club scene.

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

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

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

A portrait of Los Angeles at the turn of the 1980s

Behind the glamour — In the exhibition Los Angeles Cibachromes, photographer John Humble peels back the city’s glitzy facade.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Photography

Photos of Houston's famed Fourth Ward in the 1980s

Heart and soul — In 1985, photographer Elbert D. Howze captured the residents of Freedmen’s Town, a community founded in 1866 by people liberated from the shackles of chattel slavery.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Music

Rip it up, start again: the fall and rise of Edwyn Collins

Back again — Despite suffering from two catastrophic haemorrhages in 2005, the post-punk pioneer is back making music as good as anything he produced before. He talks to writer Jeremy Allen about his road to recovery, Twitter, and the perils of wetting yourself in front of supermodels.

Written by: Jeremy Allen

Music

Forgotten shots of Europe’s underground music legacy

From the ’70s and ’80s — Freshly uncovered after two decades in storage, Bruno Stettler’s photography showcases the biggest stars of the 1970s and ’80s.

Written by: Miss Rosen

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