Writing | Art & culture
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Photography on the Piers: 1970s NYC
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Against the grimy backdrop of economic stagnation and lawlessness, an opulence of opulence of artistic and sexual freedom flourished.
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Rinko Kawauchi
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Each winter, the skies above Brighton's shores fill with thousands of migrating starlings as they return to warmer climes.
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Ebb and Flow: Liverpool's Chinatown
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Europe’s oldest Chinatown tells a slightly different story to that of its vibrant counterparts around the world.
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Daido Moriyama
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Beneath the glaring advertisements and high rise complexes, Daido Moriyama wanders through the hot, crowded streets of Tokyo, attempting to capture a slice of its sensory overload.
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Onna no ko shshinka: Japan's 'girlie' photography
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When Canon launched its New Cosmos of Photography award to the Japanese public in 1991, it asked, “What can we do through photography?”
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Through the looking glass
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Is it possible to look at a photograph and not wonder, “what is it?” The postmodern authority of perception, in all its subjective glory, might prevail, yet we still peer deep inside images to try and decipher what exactly lies within.