New York
At the Demolition Derby and County Fair in Upstate New York
Over the last two decades, photographer team Guzman have attended the fair with cameras in hand to crafting a portrait of community.
Written by: Miss Rosen
The photographer tracing the history of New York’s slave trade
Nona Faustine embarked on a journey into the past, traveling across New York City’s five boroughs and Long Island between 2012–2021 to create the new exhibition and monograph ‘White Shoes.’
Written by: Miss Rosen
Cinematic scenes of 1970s New York
With the publication of ‘New York 1978’, photographer George Wright looks back his glittering images of a city full of glamour and grit.
Written by: Miss Rosen
The 90s skate video that changed the face of counterculture
Eli Gesner and RB Umali look back on the cross-pollination of East Coast skateboarding, hip-hop, and graffiti for Zoo York’s seminal Mixtape.
Written by: Mackenzie Eisenhour
A 90s tale of sex, drugs and rock & roll in New York
In new book, The Ballad of Speedball Baby, Ali Smith revisits an era that glitters like shards of broken glass scattered on the sidewalk.
Written by: Miss Rosen
A vivid history of LGBTQ+ counterculture in 1980s New York
With the exhibition ‘Drag Show’, curator Paul Baker Prindle revisits this fabled chapter of LGBTQ+ history, celebrating the iconoclasts, radicals, and renegades who forged their own path during the height of the AIDS crisis.
Written by: Miss Rosen
An oral history of the Village Voice
The paper, which was the first to cover hip-hop, the avant-garde art scene, and the AIDS crisis with urgency and seriousness, is now immortalised in a new book by ex-staffer Tricia Romano.
Written by: Josh Jones
A raw journey into America’s rebellious youth culture
Wesley Knoll’s newly published photobook ‘Fading Smile’ is an unflinching window into life as a young person in the USA.
Written by: Isaac Muk
In photos: the last of New York’s pigeon racers
A chance encounter with a stalwart of New York's past saw photographer Taylor Chapman delve deep into the dying subculture.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Documenting the vibrant frontages of New York’s last remaining ‘mom-and-pop’ stores
After the closure of a local store, photographers James T. and Karla L. Murray set about capturing shopfronts across the city, documenting the very fabric of the place.
Written by: Isaac Muk
