America
How graffiti managed to take over the art world
Beyond the streets — A new show explores the evolution of street art, featuring hundreds of large scale works by over 150 contemporary artists.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Photos of Houston's famed Fourth Ward in the 1980s
Heart and soul — In 1985, photographer Elbert D. Howze captured the residents of Freedmen’s Town, a community founded in 1866 by people liberated from the shackles of chattel slavery.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Offbeat crowd shots from New York’s biggest gigs
Close encounters — In a new series, photographer Jeff Mermelstein captures the chaos of Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Centre: ‘There’s a Barbra Streisand aesthetic, a Stevie Wonder aesthetic, a Jay-Z aesthetic and a Barry Manilow aesthetic.’
Written by: Miss Rosen
An outsider’s perspective on a typical American family
Ribs and rockets — In an evocative new project, photographer Alice Schoolcraft travels from Sweden to Washington state to meet her unknown relatives.
Written by: Eva Clifford
Behind closed doors with Andy Warhol’s right-hand man
American high life — Bob Colacello was embedded in US high society. Throughout the late ’70s and early ’80s, he photographed some of pop culture’s most significant figures: from artists to politicians, designers to film stars.
Written by: Huck
‘Within me, there’s an addict and a saboteur’
Jenny Lewis goes it alone — After weathering one of the toughest storms of her life, the singer is back with a new album. She talks love, loss, and the importance of optimism.
Written by: Benjamin Cook
Unearthing the old business cards of Chicago gangs
Almighty and Insane — Used in the 1960s and ’70s, these discreet slips of paper served as the ultimate status symbol for gang members across the city.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Vintage shots of Boston’s red light district
From the ’70s and ’80s — For the first time in three decades, photographer John Goodman uncovers his shots of the city’s ‘Combat Zone’.
Written by: Miss Rosen
At the rodeo with New Mexico’s extreme bull riders
Wild things — Lili Tanner’s photographs give a glimpse inside the world of Navajo cowboys, as they gear up for one of their biggest – and most dangerous – events of the year.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Portraits of America’s ‘plain ordinary working people’
A Kentucky story — After discovering a collection of Walmart employee headshots taken in 1986, photographer Daniel Kraus embarked on a project exploring small-town life in America – through the prism of one of its most recognisable institutions.
Written by: Niall Flynn