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Evocative scenes of Coney Island in the ‘70s

America’s Playground — Photographer Hazel Hankin remembers spending the summer of 1977 strolling the Brooklyn entertainment destination's boardwalk, photographing the people and sights that caught her eye.

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A kaleidoscopic portrait of New Orleans Mardi Gras ‘79

Fat Tuesday — Photographer Harvey Stein recalls visiting America‘s most famous street carnival, where he created a dazzling series of street portraits focusing on the highly-individualistic art of face painting and mask making.

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A photographer’s elegy to the evolution of Drum and Bass

Who say reload — Eddie Otchere remembers photographing the UK’s rave scene from the inside, and how a generation of young people built their own clubbing paradise in defiance of authority.

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Photos capturing the soul of Notting Hill in the ‘70s

Community spirit — A new book revisits Philip Wolmuth‘s photographs of West London during a turbulent decade for the area, relating a vision of community photography with social justice at its core.

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Photos capturing the blissful hedonism of ‘90s rave culture

Pure ecstasy — Tony Davis discusses his candid shots of unbridled joy from Britain’s clubbing golden era and what his photos mean to a generation of ravers looking back on the nights that defined their youth.

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Captivating scenes of trans life across America in the ‘80s

Celebrating gender expression — For four decades, photographer Mariette Pathy Allen compassionately documented the transgender community, celebrating the profound humanity of those living outside the gender binary and their hidden worlds.

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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.

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  • 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.

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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.

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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.

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