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.

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

I Just Wanna Surf

January 26, 2023

© Janette Beckman

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

Black Power and Pride on the Streets of New York

June 14, 2022

Chester Higgins

Following the Call: Celebrating the Spirit of Black Egypt

June 7, 2022

Frankie Perez

From the Bronx to the 2024 Olympic Games, Breaking Rises Again

May 30, 2022

David Castillo

A Photographic Celebration of Black Pride and Joy

May 26, 2022

Christopher Makos

Flesh, Fame, and Fantasy: Jet Setting Through the 1980s Art World

May 23, 2022

Energy, Intensity and Sensitivity: The World of George Tice

May 19, 2022

Mimi Plumb

A Dystopian Portrait of San Francisco at the Turn of the Millennium

May 16, 2022

The Photographer’s Hand: Rare Prints by Manuel Álvarez Bravo

May 13, 2022

Sandra Cattaneo Adorno

How Women Are Transforming Street Photography

May 5, 2022

Marcus Leatherdale, Who Photographed New York’s Downtown Art Scene, Dies at 69

April 29, 2022

Sophia Bramly

Revisiting the Early Days of New York Hip Hop

April 22, 2022

Nona Faustine

Revisiting New York City’s Role in the Slave Trade

April 21, 2022