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The sharp rise of video game photography

Point, shoot — As the entertainment medium’s fidelity levels increase and developers build more powerful tools, a growing community of gamers are pushing the boundaries of image making in virtual worlds. Vicky Jessop meets people at the forefront of the emerging artform.

  • Culture
  • Vicky Jessop
© Alan Lodge

Joyous photos from the heart of the UK’s radical free festival movement

Common Grounds — The photographer has been capturing British counterculture for the past half century. A new exhibition looks at his archive sitting at the intersection of music, community and grassroots protest.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen
© Darren Vargas

The lasting community legacy of a legendary Californian boxing gym

Moretón — Since opening in the ’80s, the Coachella Valley Boxing Club has trained multiple world champions, while providing a vital hub for local youth. In his new photobook, Darren Vargas documents its tight-knit, Chicano-led community, while also weaving a deeply personal story.

  • Sport
  • Jack Dennison-Thompson
© Melissa Auf der Maur

Inside the grunge golden age with Hole’s former bassist

My ’90s Rock Photographs — Melissa Auf der Maur’s new photobook is a sprawling visual memoir of her time at the heart of the US scene, from Tinker to The Smashing Pumpkins.

  • Music
  • Miss Rosen

Introducing ‘The Chaos Isles’, a new photozine by Huck and Yushy

Normal Island — From unlicensed raves to the solstice at Stonehenge, furries to giant vegetable growers, Yushy is one of the UK’s best lensmen of its wild side. ‘The Chaos Isles’ will be sent out exclusively to Club Huck+ members.

  • Culture
  • Isaac Muk

Signs of solidarity as London marks three years of genocide in Palestine

Never forget — 250,000 people gathered on Saturday as Israeli attacks have continued in Gaza and the West Bank. Daisy Schofield photographed the diverse people and placards in attendance.

  • Activism
  • Daisy Schofield

Landmark new exhibition is celebrating 50 years of female punk

God Save the Queens — The Museum of Youth Culture is bringing together rare photography, archive material and a one-night-only supergroup featuring members of X-Ray Spex, The Slits and The Raincoats.

  • Culture
  • Ella Glossop

Halcyon, end of summer days in ’80s Massachusetts

Bell Pond — Stephen DiRado’s new photobook is a nostalgic look at blissed out moments of young love, family and coming of age at a swimming pond in Worcester, Massachusetts.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

The groundbreaking photography of Gordon Parks

Voices in the Mirror — A new exhibition dives deep into the legendary lensman’s archive, who captured the Civil Rights Movement and Black America like no other.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen
“It’s been hard Anthony. I’ve a photo of you three together, and it’s not being disrespectful for you, you’re on t’ end, and I bent it over because it upset me that much I couldn’t look at that photo. And it’s the only photo I’ve got of you. Even now the photograph does upset me because it brings back awful memories of what your dad did to us. I mean I’m not ashamed of the photo.

Nick Danziger’s striking vision of everyday British life in the ’90s

The British 1994-1999 — The renowned photojournalist returned to his birth country on the cusp of the Millennium, capturing its contradictions with humour and wit.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen
Bronx, New York City, NY. July 20th 1972. Members of the New York street gang Savage Skulls. The trademark of the, primarily Puerto Rican, gang was a sleeveless denim jacket with a skull and crossbones design on the back. Based around Fox Street, in the popular South Bronx neighborhood, the gang declared war on the drug dealers that operated in the area. Running battles were frequent with rival gangs Seven Immortals, and Savage Nomads.

Photographing America’s 20th century rebels

Rebels With a Cause — A new monograph looks back at Jean-Pierre Laffont’s extensive archive documenting counterculture, art, activism and more, shaping the country as it is today.

  • Activism
  • Isaac Muk
© Melonie Bennett

A chaotic portrait of an ’80s American farming family

Holy Cow! — Melonie Bennett grew up on a farm in Maine in the ’80s, and documented her family’s idiosyncratic daily life. She presents those humorous, everyday memories in a new exhibition and photobook.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

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