America
A photographer's psychedelic trove of countercultural magic
The Family Acid — After a stint in the Vietnam War, Roger Steffens dedicated himself to a free-spirited, drug-fuelled life on the fringes of society. Luckily for us, he photographed the whole thing.
Written by: Niall Flynn
America on edge: surreal shots from the Cold War era
Dark days — In a recently uncovered project, photographer Mimi Plumb captures the political anxiety that swept through ’70s America.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Powerful portraits of black resistance
Joy, defiance & protest — From the Million Man March to #FeesMustFall, photographer Adreinne Waheed has dedicated her life to celebrating the ‘beauty and resilience’ of African American culture.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Inside Simone de Beauvoir’s America
A photographic journey — A new show documents American life in the ’40s, as seen through the eyes of the young writer and intellectual.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Seven iconic looks from this year’s Saintly City Cat Show
America’s finest — Photographer Andreanna Seymore heads to Minnesota’s annual cat-themed extravaganza: ‘It felt like Disney gone wrong. These house cats were about to murder each other.’
Written by: Miss Rosen
Boots Riley is Hollywood’s new disruptor in chief
Truth to power — With his debut feature Sorry To Bother You, the rapper turned filmmaker is responsible for 2018’s most brazenly original slice of cinema: a seething take on class, race and identity in Corporate America. The good news is that he’s only just getting started.
Written by: Niall Flynn
Up close and personal in Steven Hirsch’s New York
City creatures — The street photographer captures the city’s most curious characters in his latest series, Creatures.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Surreal snapshots of everyday Los Angeles
Plastic fantastic — Street photographer Isaac Diggs captures a city at odds with itself, using a wide array of formats to explore the complex and layered nuances of LA life.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Identical Strangers: the secret triplets that stunned the world
Strange but true? — Three Identical Strangers is a new documentary that tells the strange story of American triplets separated at birth – how they found each other, and the dark reason why it happened in the first place.
Written by: Thomas Curry
‘Artists make work because they have to. It’s survival’
Black in America — Artist Hank Willis Thomas explores black identity and representation; using art to probe who we are, how we came to be and what is important.
Written by: Miss Rosen
