Photographer

The radical history of ’80s San Francisco, in photos
Photography

The radical history of ’80s San Francisco, in photos

Street life — Photographer Janet Delaney captured the city’s thriving public life – from parades and protests, to performances and beauty pageants – in the days before Silicon Valley.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Weird, wild and wonderful shots of everyday Cape Town
Travel

Weird, wild and wonderful shots of everyday Cape Town

The Travel Diary — In his ongoing photography project, Hometown Blues, Duran Levinson fuses portraiture and street shots to capture the day-to-day oddities of his hometown.

Written by: Duran Levinson

The photographer who helped define music's greatest icons
Photography

The photographer who helped define music's greatest icons

Shooting stardust — From Bowie to Gaga, Daft Punk to Snoop, Mick Rock has shot them all and lived to tell the tale – just about. Now that a film has been made about his life, he talks life after death, Phil Lynott's murder brag and Lou Reed's love of cats.

Written by: Cian Traynor

The awkwardness of becoming a teen, laid bare
Culture

The awkwardness of becoming a teen, laid bare

To Be Thirteen — In 2012, photographer Betsy Schneider documented 250 13-year-olds across America, capturing what it means to be on the cusp of adulthood. Now that the teens are about to graduate, those snapshots of transition are finally coming to light...

Written by: Betsy Schneider

When getting back to nature becomes a movement...
Outdoors

When getting back to nature becomes a movement...

A simpler way of life — After hitting the road as a directionless teen, photographer Antoine Bruy discovered a radical community living off-the-grid: a wave of people flocking to the wild, leaving the rat race behind.

Written by: Russ Slater

The poet and the photographer who discovered Brexit Britain in 2006
Photography

The poet and the photographer who discovered Brexit Britain in 2006

Destroying the Laboratory — Magnum photographer Mark Power collaborated with poet Daniel Cockrill to document the rise in English nationalism in between 2006 and 2010. With hindsight, the project appears like an eerie map of Brexit Britain.

Written by: Alex King

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