The man who shot a passenger plane in flight in the name of performance art
The things you could get away with back then…
Photographs
Hell on Wheels: Raw colour photos of New York’s subway in the 1970s and ’80s
Willy Spiller’s subway photography in Hell on Wheels.
Hairy moments: the profoundly powerful roots of women’s hair history
From ancient rituals to the feminist counterculture.
Boho Life: Photographs of a young Patti Smith (NSFW-ish)
When Patti Smith first met Judy Linn they were two young artists just starting out on their careers. It was one-nine-six-eight. Smith was a poet,…
Incredible photographs of L.A.’s punks, mods and rockers from the 1980s
Most journalists, bloggers, writers, and what-have-yous hope to find that one special thing very few people know about and get the opportunity to bring it…
Star-crossed Lovers: Intimate photographs of Marc Bolan and Gloria Jones
Marc Bolan said that from an early age he felt he was different from everyone else (don’t we all, dearie…). He believed, like say Churchill,…
Little Ziggy: Photographs of a young David Bowie
According to his parents David Bowie was a smart kid. He was rolling paper into a typewriter and tapping keys writing gobble-de-gook lines and even…
Medicine Women: Photographs of the pioneering students at the world’s first medical school for women
Though many women worked as nurses in hospitals and within the medical profession, it was deemed “inappropriate” for a woman to become a doctor. This…