Category: Features
Photo: ©Jamil GS. D’Angelo, Harlem, July 1995 The untimely death of Michael Eugene Archer, better known to the world as D’Angelo, on October 14 marks the passing of not just a man but an era unto itself. In his 51 years on earth, D’Angelo created just three albums — Black Sugar (1995), Voodoo (2000), and […]
Prospect Park, 2010 © Jamel Shabazz, 2025 Fifty years after Jamel Shabazz first started making photographs, he returns to his roots with Prospect Park: Photographs of a Brooklyn Oasis, 1980 to 2025 (Prestel) — the place where it all began. As a young boy first learning the landscape of Red Hook, Brooklyn, during the 1960s, […]
Since its invention in 1839, photography has been the handmaiden of empire, wrapping notions of conquest, colonization, and exploitation under the guise of “civilization.” Endlessly reproducible, the photograph appeared to the unassuming eye as objective fact, its very proliferation embedding itself in collective memory as unassailable truth when in fact it could be readily used […]
Photo ©Mark McEvoy In 1987, the British Conservative Party trotted out their election manifesto, introducing a Community Charge (“Poll tax”) wherein citizens were required to pay the state for local government services. It was a desperate play to shift the tax burden onto the poor, and in direct contraction of the party’s 1979 manifesto, which […]
By the 1970s, Jamaica had become the voice of resistance calling out the evils of Babylon. With the explosion of reggae, roots, rock steady, and dub, the music followed the diaspora as it spread around the globe, dominating the underground scenes in global capitals including New York, London, Toronto, and Tokyo with the arrival of […]
Bob Marley, Lyceum Theater, London (July 1975) | © Dennis Morris Hailing from Jamaica, photographer Dennis Morris arrived in London at the age of 5 as part of the Windrush Generation that rebuilt the UK after World War II. The family settled in the city’s East End at a time when local businesses openly posted […]
Blaine Dever prepares for the bareback competition at the 8 Seconds Rodeo | 📷: 8 Seconds Rodeo With Beyoncé hitting the trail this spring, Western culture is booming and photographer turned rodeo boss Ivan McClellan is making sure Black cowboys don’t get left behind with the 8 Seconds Rodeo. Founded in 2023, the 8 Seconds […]
Before dispensaries started pushing designer strains in bougie glass jars like it was Sephora for potheads, New York’s weed scene ran on grit. Dealers sold their flowers in whatever cheap plastic baggies they could score that were stamped with everything from cartoon characters to knockoff logos. Now that elected officials are busy arguing where to […]
Smoke Break | U.S. Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, Cuba (2014) As the wheels of the small charter plane touched down at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in occupied Cuba, photographer Debi Cornwall stepped inside the dark heart of American empire. Military officials checked her passport and her papers without leaving a trace. “For the purposes of […]
Boy with Afro on Bicycle in front of Trash Cans, (1975). Gelatin silver print. The New York Historical, Gift of Sally Klingenstein Martell © Estate of Arlene Gottfried Back in January 2004, photographer Bruce Davidson unveiled prints from his fabled Subway series at Hermes on Madison Avenue. Amid the din of champagne glasses and chattering […]
