Culture
Letizia Battaglia: the Sicilian woman who shot the mafia
Horror on film — The photographer spent years chronicling the mafia’s brutal reign over Sicily during the last half of the 20th century.
Written by: Miss Rosen
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
Photos of Oauhu’s North Shore – a surfing mecca
Hold your breath — For 10 years, Vava Ribeiro has captured one of surf’s most mythical spots – a stretch of coast in Hawaii that has captivated him since he was a kid.
Written by: Jamie Brisick
The heaven and hell of being a teenage girl, in photos
Re-Visions — In a series of staged images, American photographer Marcia Resnick travelled back in time to recapture her childhood in ’50s New York.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Behind the walls of Brazil's secretive gated communities
This side of paradise — Photographer Giovana Schluter grew up uneasy in one of Brazil’s many private neighbourhoods – artificial worlds built for the middle classes. So years later, she returned to a manufactured enclave just like the one of her youth, hoping to get to the heart of their emptiness.
Written by: Benjamin Cook
A dreamy road trip through the Mississippi Delta
William Eggleston’s snapshots — Throughout the ’70s, photographer William Eggleston captured the rural towns of the American South, where he took colour, concept and composition to new heights.
Written by: Miss Rosen
The West Midlands scrub that became a teenager’s paradise
Life on the Cracker — Photographer Laura Pannack meets the young community of The Cracker, a forgotten wasteland tucked between two housing estates in Tipton.
Written by: Geralda Cela
Intimate shots of the London Underground in the ’70s
Mind the gap — Between 1970 - 1980, photographer Mike Goldwater wandered the ‘labyrinthine’ system under the city, documenting people as they travelled from place to place.
Written by: Huck
Mitch Epstein on capturing the real America for 50 years
’There’s a kind of madness’ — Since the age of 16, photographer Mitch Epstein has been documenting the complexities and contradictions of the United States.
Written by: Miss Rosen
The anti-fascist artist who used his work as a weapon
One man’s war — An impassioned communist radicalised at the end of World War I, John Heartfield created subversive photomontages to combat Nazi propaganda in ’30s Germany – landing him on the Gestapo’s most-wanted list in the process .
Written by: Miss Rosen
