Photography at first sight

Miss Rosen

Miss Rosen is a New York-based writer focusing on art, photography, and culture. Her work has been published in books and magazines, including Time, Vogue, Aperture, and Vice, among others.

Lou Reed, Alien, 1974 © Dustin Pittman

The Gritty Glamour of Dustin Pittman

December 5, 2023

Willie Christie: Fashion & Fantasy

November 28, 2023

Los Angeles 2016 © Miron Zownir

An Unsparing Look at the Brutality of Fascism

November 27, 2023

Larry Fink’s Penetrating Portrait of Class in America

Larry Fink, Photographer of the American Society, Dies at 82

November 26, 2023

Fashion Shoot, Brixton Market, London, 1973. © Armet Francis, Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London. Supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund

“The Black Triangle” of Armet Francis

November 23, 2023

The Invisible Man With a Camera in Hand

October 17, 2023

Photogramme gélatino-argentique orotone © Zana Briski/Avec l'aimable autorisation d'Edwynn Houk

Zana Briski’s Intimate Encounters in the Wild

September 28, 2023

© Madame Yevonde

“Be Original or Die”: The Radical Art of Madame Yevonde

September 27, 2023

Bar et restaurant turc Cascade

Hustling Polaroids in Amsterdam’s Red Light District

September 26, 2023

Allen Ginsberg Snapped by W.S. Burroughs, 206 East 7th Street Rooftop, Fall, 1953 © Allen Ginsberg, courtesy of Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles

Allen Ginsberg’s Lifelong Love Affair with the Muse

September 15, 2023

Richard Avedon’s Trailblazing Portrait of the American West

September 1, 2023

Artiste de cirque © Andy Summers

The Rock Star Who Toured the World Camera in Hand

August 16, 2023

Daniel Brown, Collection du studio Holsinger. © Bibliothèque des collections spéciales Albert et Shirley Small, Université de Virginie.

African American Life by Rufus Holsinger

August 14, 2023

© 2022 by Lola Flash, Believable by Lola Flash is Published by The New Press

How Lola Flash Transformed the Language of Sexuality, Race and Gender

August 11, 2023

Unknown American. Susanna at Casa Susanna, gelatin silver print, 1964-1969. Collection Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. Purchase, with funds generously donated by Martha LA McCain, 2015. Photo © AGO.

Inside Casa Susanna

July 12, 2023

Gregory Crewdson. Woman at Sink, Cathedral of the Pines series, digital pigment print, 2014. Courtesy of the artist.

Gregory Crewdson: Quiet Desperation

July 11, 2023

Lost Photos from the 1971 Glastonbury Festival

June 22, 2023

Locals Only © Hugh Holland

LA’s Legendary ‘70s Skate Scene

June 14, 2023

Newspaper, Artist Unknown, Courtesy of Primary Information.

Revisiting Peter Hujar’s Underground “Newspaper”

June 12, 2023

June Afternoon, 1980 © Stanley Stellar

New York: Queer Love on the West Side Piers

June 8, 2023

© Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange: Alone in the City

May 17, 2023

Andy Warhol, New York, with Liz Taylor’s portrait in Fred Hughes’ red studio, 1986. © Muna Tseng Dance Projects Inc, courtesy of Yancey Richardson Gallery

Tseng Kwong Chi’s Iconic Portraits of Art Stars

May 10, 2023

The Drawer © Vince Aletti

Vince Aletti on the Transformative Power of the Printed Image

April 28, 2023

Questlove, New York, New York, 2011 © Anthony Barboza

In the Eyes of Anthony Barboza

April 13, 2023

Artworks by John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres, 42nd Street Art Project with Creative Time, 1993.

The People of the South Bronx

April 5, 2023

Brigitte Lacombe, Patti Smith, New York, NY, 2014. © Brigitte Lacombe

The Transformative Power of Portrait

April 3, 2023

Tom Wood, Pink Lipstick, from the series Looking for Love, 1983 C-print © Tom Wood, Courtesy Augusta Edwards Fine Art, London, UK

Let’s Celebrate The Photography Show!

March 30, 2023

© Pierre Fatumbi Verger 500 Fifth Ave., Manhattan, New York

Pierre Verger, the Traveller

March 24, 2023

Raekwon & Ghostface, NYC, 1995. © Jamil GS

Hip Hop’s Golden Anniversary

March 8, 2023

© Carolina Arantes

Coming of Age

March 1, 2023

Salutions des Sapeurs du night-club, Kinshasa, 1950-1965

Revue Noire, History of African Photography

February 22, 2023

Gabriella Angotti-Jones: I Just Wanna Surf (Copyright © Gabriella Angott-Jones, 2022)

I Just Wanna Surf

January 26, 2023

© Janette Beckman

Janette Beckman’s East Side Story

January 20, 2023

© Steve Schapiro

Andy’s Pop Life

January 19, 2023

© Shannon Taggart

Exploring the Connections Between Photography, Feminism & the Occult

January 13, 2023

Jubilee Street Stepney, Londres 1977, année du jubilé d'argent de la Reine et de la plus grave récession depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale. © Syd Shelton

How Rock Against Racism Turned the Tide Against Fascism in the UK

January 12, 2023

Walkin', 1977 © Marilyn Nance / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Revisiting FESTAC ‘77, the Landmark Pan-African Festival

January 11, 2023

© André Saraiva

Inside the World of Legendary Parisian Icon, Mr. A

January 9, 2023

Activist Bev Grant Revisits America’s Radical Past

January 4, 2023

From The Crime Show at ABC No Rio, 1982. Photo by Harvey Wang

ABC No Rio: New York’s Free Spirit

December 15, 2022

Eye Body: 36 Transformative Actions for Camera, 1963 Gelatin silver print, printed 2005 61 × 50.8 cm Photograph by Erró Courtesy of the Carolee Schneemann Foundation and Galerie Lelong & Co., Hales Gallery, and P.P.O.W, New York and © Carolee Schneemann Foundation / ARS, New York and DACS, London 2022 Photograph Erró © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2022

How Carolee Schneemann Used Her Body as a Tool of Subversion

December 12, 2022

Dominique, Galia, Jean Charles, Monsieur Fred, Stella, Anonymous, Paris. Cafe Society Series, Kodak Instamatic. 3.5 x 4.5 in. © The Estate and Archive of Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos

Antonio’s Extravagant Explorations of Gender and Identity

December 8, 2022

Diana Vreeland in her New York apartment decorated by Billy Baldwin, 1979. Archival Pigment Print Mounted on Aluminum. © Courtesy of the Horst P. Horst Estate and The Art Design Project Gallery

How Horst P. Horst Used Photography to Shape the Styles of the Times

December 5, 2022

Senga Nengudi performing Air Propo at JAM, 1981. Courtesy Senga Nengudi.

The Black-Owned Gallery that Transformed the NY Art Scene in the ‘70s & ‘80s

November 24, 2022

© Sola Olosunde

Transforming the Streets of New York into a Photo Studio

November 23, 2022