America
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
Florida’s hardcore punk scene, captured in its wild glory
Some loud thunder — For the past three years, photographer Stefano Lemon has been documenting South Florida’s hardcore scene – an underdog movement that refuses to die.
Written by: Niall Flynn
Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and the rise of Mexican Modernism
Love revolution — A new exhibition celebrates the art, lives and love affair of the revolutionary artist couple.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Photos from California’s countercultural heyday
Alien days — Back in print for the first time since 1970, Dennis Stock’s California Trip serves as a radical visual history, depicting the Sunshine State at its heady peak.
Written by: Huck
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
The small coastal haven that became an outsiders’ paradise
Postcards from Provincetown — As a young photographer, Joel Meyerowitz spent his summers in an idyllic hideaway situated at the northern tip of Cape Cod – a place where lovers, artists and runaways could live freely, without restriction or judgement.
Written by: Benjamin Cook
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
Lyrical portraits of Omaha, America’s Heartland
Chasing the dream — Magnum photographer Gregory Halpern examines the myths around Manifest Destiny and the American Dream in his new series, Omaha sketchbook.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Happy accidents: revisiting the dreamy, DIY world of Bob Ross
Make your own art — The art instructor was a quiet and unlikely revolutionary, introducing the general public to the idea that they didn’t need to go to art school to paint.
Written by: Miss Rosen
50 years on: the enduring legacy of Young Lords Party
Puerto Rican activism — The activist group fought to empower Puerto Rican, Latinx and other colonised communities in the US. Half a century on, and their fight is far from over.
Written by: Miss Rosen
