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The rogue runners taking on New York state

400 miles. Three days. Welcome to Southbound 400.

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  • Sarah Kearns

In photos: the golden age of New York City's graffiti scene

Photographing works everywhere from subway cars in Brooklyn to buildings in The Bronx, Martha Cooper immortalises an often overlooked art form in its 1980's heyday.

  • Art
  • Miss Rosen

Photos capturing the stillness amid the chaos of street life

Moment of calm — Puerto Rican photographer Paola M. Franqui, AKA Monaris, describes her method of using image-making as a way of finding the beauty in mundane everyday life.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

Hedonistic nights in 1980s New York’s East Village

‘Everyone was a star‘ — Photographer Andé Whyland remembers capturing candid portraits and dancing alongside the luminaries of downtown New York's club scene, among them Keith Haring, Grace Jones, Lady Bunny and Ru Paul.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

Capturing the secrets of the New York City subway

Underground photography — For two decades, Patrick Cashin worked as the MTA’s official photographer, documenting the ins and outs of one of the world’s busiest transit systems.

  • Photography
  • Jonathan Smith

A photographer’s lifelong love affair with Coney Island

‘Seedy, funky, dangerous’ — The New York neighbourhood has always been irresistible to street photographers – particularly Harvey Stein, who has been shooting there for over five decades.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

Claw Money is New York City's First Lady of graffiti

'I'm the Claw!' — One of the few women in a male-dominated scene, Claudia "Claw Money" Gold has been tagging the streets of New York for three decades.

  • Photography
  • 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.

  • Photography
  • Huck

The diversity of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, in photos

NY state of mind — In Deep Park, photographer Bruce Polin celebrates the characters of New York City’s Prospect Park, exploring how humans create their own private spaces within larger communal ones.

  • Photography
  • Niall Flynn

Chris Stein of Blondie talks shooting NYC’s ragged heyday

Point of View — As a founding member of the new-wave stalwarts, the Blondie guitarist was an integral part of New York’s golden age. Now, in a new book, he remembers documenting the whole thing on camera.

  • Photography
  • Niall Flynn

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