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.

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

Naima Green’s Intimate Scenes of Pleasure and Play

November 21, 2022

Cydni Elledge (born 1991) Facing Change: Davonte, 2016 Pigmented inkjet print Image 21 3/16 x 14 1/2 in. (53.8 x 36.8 cm) Sheet 26 1/4 x 18 1/8 in. (66.7 x 46 cm) Courtesy of the artist.

Pictures of The Soul

November 17, 2022

"Triple Exposure of Jack Frost with Orchid Filter” early 1960s. Digital C-print (Edition of 25), 15 x 15 inches (image). © Estate of James Bidgood, courtesy of CLAMP, New York.

How James Bidgood Inspired a Generation of LGBTQ Artists

October 24, 2022

New Orleans Icon Polo Silk Unveils His Legendary Photo Archive

October 21, 2022

© Angela Cappetta

This Family That is Not Mine

October 19, 2022

Elton John’s Elegiac Ode to Peter Hujar

October 14, 2022

Le train funéraire de Robert F. Kennedy : les gens se tiennent debout, regardent et saluent, 8 juin 1968

Bill Eppridge’s Vibrant Portrait of America in the 1960s

October 10, 2022

The Invisible Man Smokes 1997 © Rick Castro

Rick Castro’s Journey to Become the “King of Fetish”

September 30, 2022

Young girls in Mombasa © N.V. Parekh

The Mombasa Portrait Studio Heralding Kenya’s Independence

September 22, 2022

©BobShaw

A Warm and Whimsical Look at 1970s Texas

September 21, 2022

Jamel Shabazz

Jamel Shabazz on the Impact of Leonard Freed’s “Black in White America”

August 10, 2022

Mark Hunter

Party Like It’s Y2K: Scenes From the New Millennium

July 26, 2022

Jane Dickson

A Sizzling Portrait of Times Square in the 1980s

July 20, 2022

Donna Ferrato

Donna Ferrato’s Lifelong Campaign for Women’s Rights

July 12, 2022

Daniel Obasi

From Beyoncé to Burna Boy: Daniel Obasi’s Revolutionary Afrofuturism

June 29, 2022

Self-portrait with wife and models, Vogue studio, Paris 1981 © Helmut Newton

Exploring Female Power, Sexuality and Dominance

June 28, 2022

Thomas Hoepker Looks Back at Six Decades of Photojournalism

June 24, 2022

Revisiting the Wild Nightlife Scene of Late ‘90s UK

June 22, 2022

Tender Portraits of Black Girls Coming of Age

June 15, 2022