Photography
The LA punks throwing ‘Covid-safe’ backyard shows
Party on — Last summer saw a string of raucous outdoor gigs in Los Angeles. Many attendees wore masks and at some of the shows, there were temperature checks before entry – critics say they’re being reckless, but they claim they’re just keeping their scene alive.
Written by: Nat Kassel
Detroit’s defiant underground activists of the ‘60s and ‘70s
Motor City — A new exhibition brings together lesser-seen works from the archive of Leni Sinclar, which chronicle Detroit‘s counterculture and struggles for justice.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Gordon Parks’ luminous photos of Black American life
Resist to exist — A new exhibition celebrates the life of one of the most pioneering photographers to have lived, whose work offered an intimate portrait of the complex realities for Black Americans between the ’40s and ’70s.
Written by: Miss Rosen
The project reviving Beirut’s forgotten trans history
Treat Me Like Your Mother — Combining studio shoots, interviews and archival imagery, a new book documents the untold stories of 11 trans women living in Beirut and rewrites the queer history of a war-torn city.
Written by: Gunseli Yalcinkaya
Photos of New York’s drag explosion in the ‘80s
Absolutely dragulous — Drag performer Linda Simpson remembers capturing her friends on wild, hedonistic nights out in New York East Village’s underground bars.
Written by: HUCK HQ
An unflinching portrait of the women’s liberation movement
Truth to power — For the past half-century, photographer Donna Ferrato has been on the frontlines of women’s rights protests, documenting fierce political battles and the hidden world of domestic abuse.
Written by: Miss Rosen
A colourful celebration of Glasgow in the ‘70s and ‘80s
Spirit of the city — Photographer Douglas Corrance, now age 73, remembers documenting scenes of daily life during a period in the Scottish city that saw urban decay give way to urban renewal.
Written by: Miss Rosen
An intensely personal portrait of LA’s goth and punk girls
What She Said — In a new book, photographer Deanna Templeton combines images she captured of young girls on the streets with her own painfully intimate diary entries to reflect on the emotionally fraught experience of being a teenager.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Photos capturing the banal eccentricity of English life
Being British — Barry Lewis discusses his new book, which brings together some of the photographer’s more quietly powerful images from 1975 to 2005 to celebrate the richness of a shared culture.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Photos envisioning a world free from injustice
Imagining utopia — Aperture‘s latest issue, featuring the work of photographers Tyler Mitchell, Sara Knelman and more, pictures a world without racism, homophobia, sexism and impending climate catastrophe to show that other ways of living are possible.
Written by: Miss Rosen
