Culture
The radical history of LGBTQ protest art
How to make a difference — Born out of repression and adversity, queer art has always been about stepping outside the comfort zone and searching out other ways of being. Now, its politically charged legacy is being celebrated in a new book.
Written by: Miss Rosen
At the rodeo with New Mexico’s extreme bull riders
Wild things — Lili Tanner’s photographs give a glimpse inside the world of Navajo cowboys, as they gear up for one of their biggest – and most dangerous – events of the year.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Portraits of America’s ‘plain ordinary working people’
A Kentucky story — After discovering a collection of Walmart employee headshots taken in 1986, photographer Daniel Kraus embarked on a project exploring small-town life in America – through the prism of one of its most recognisable institutions.
Written by: Niall Flynn
Miami Beach, captured in its hedonistic heyday
Vice City — From 1988, British photographer Barry Lewis spent seven years documenting the iconic coastal strip – and its eclectic cast of colourful characters.
Written by: Niall Flynn
Two years on: a photographic tribute to Standing Rock
‘The fight isn’t over’ — Photographer Ryan Vizzions looks back on one of the largest protest movements in American history: what’s changed since, and what he hopes will come next.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Loose is a zine dedicated to making it up as you go along
Young, wild and free — Now onto their third issue – which launches with a party at London’s 71a Gallery – the team behind the DIY art and photography publication remain committed as ever to living loosely.
Written by: Niall Flynn
The eerie impact of humanity on nature, in photos
Reading the landscape — Beauty, tragedy, and farce: in a new project, photographer Otto Olaf Becker examines the complex relationship between mankind and the environment.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Inside the final years of Robert Mapplethorpe’s studio
Monochrome meditations — The iconic photographer’s old studio manager, Suzanne Donaldson, remembers his final years: ‘It wasn’t like he was gathering followers. He was trying to express himself.’
Written by: Miss Rosen
Luminous portraits of NYC’s new young icons
Kids in America — Having moved to New York from a small town, Ethan James Green knows what it’s like to feel like an outsider. In his first monograph, he channels that to capture the city’s next generation – a network of young free spirits unafraid of individuality.
Written by: Huck
Rosalind Fox Solomon’s surreal shots of American life
Another world — The photographer’s black and white portraits expose the complexities of human psychology, race and religion.
Written by: Miss Rosen
