Angela’s Ashes is one of the greatest memoirs of our age, as author Frank McCourt recounts a childhood of poverty and pain in Limerick, Ireland, during the 1930s and 40s. Since its release in 1996, this bittersweet book has struck a chord with people worldwide, through an extraordinary telling that allowed readers to create their own visual representation of the places and events as described by the...

Newark in the 1970s was synonymous with urban despair. The riots of 1967, sparked by television news broadcasts of a clash between African Americans and police in the Fourth Ward, left the city in shambles with 26 dead; 15,00 wounded; 1,600 arrested, and $10 million in property damages. More than a thousand businesses were torched or looted, including 167 groceries, most of which would never reopen. Newark’s reputation...

 
JDL and Grandmaster Caz at Club Negril, 1981.
Photograph by Joe Conzo.

Almighty KG of the Cold Crush Brothers at Harlem World, 1981.
Photograph by Joe Conzo.

Little Crazy Legs strikes an impromptu pose during Wild Style shoot, Riverside Park, 1983.
Photograph by Martha Cooper.

High Times Crew breaking outside police station, Washington Heights, Manhattan, 1980.
Photograph by Martha Cooper

JDL at Skatin’ Palace, 1981.
Photograph by Joe Conzo.

As time passes, history reveals itself in the...

 
Bruce Springsteen, 2005

Tupac Shakur, 1993

Neil Young, 2007

The photographs of Danny Clinch combine a raw immediacy and elegance of composition that makes them unforgettable. Within each photograph is an eternal rhythm that flows when artists come together in the creation of art. Each photograph is a collaboration between photographer and subject that reverberates beyond the frame, drawing the viewer into the experience and making it come alive once again.

The silence of the still image all but evaporates in “Walls of...

“Jules Aarons, Morton Broffman, and Joe Conzo belong to an illustrious tradition of photographers deeply aware of their moment and surroundings who actively engaged with their communities to present their relative histories, capturing moments of social activism, and inspiring change,” observes Sergio Bessa, Director of Curatorial and Education Programs at The Bronx Museum of the Arts, which is...

The veil hides, just as it reveals, a deeper side of the woman beneath. It speaks without words, letting us know that she who wears the veil is a Muslimah. In celebration of these women who sparkle across the cityscapes of the world, Sara Shamsavari presents London Veil | Paris Veil | NYC Veil, a series of street...

For 25 years, Toby Old has had a photographic dialogue with Times Square--at different times of the day, in all lights, and during all seasons, with its multitude of events, parades, theater, sports, sex shops and industries. In the tradition of Weegee, Robert Frank, and Diane Arbus, Old’s photographs capture a strange and wonderful world. Drawn to the visually compelling and frenetic energy of the Crossroads of the World, Old has an inimitable way of...

Wyatt Gallery, a person not a place, is an award-winning photographer who uses his photographs to raise awareness and support for communities damaged by natural disasters. His books, which include Tent Life: Haiti (Umbrage Editions) and #SANDY (Daylight Books) have provided Gallery with the opportunity to give back to the community in a positive and empowering form.

The recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to...

Janette Beckman spent the summer of 1983 in Los Angeles, staying in the home of a good friend who was then managing the pop group, The Go-Gos. While in town, she came across a newspaper piece on the East L.A. gang scene; the story had no photographs, so Beckman took to the streets to see for herself. Although she was warned against visiting the area by...

 
Black Garden (an offering)

Unrevealed, Site 4 (Colored “Cribs”), 2009

Unrevealed, Site 3 (Ladder), 2009

Unrevealed, Site 2 (Red Masthead), 2009

Unrevealed, Site 3 (Footprints), 2009

Though the Xinjiang region of Western China is a cultural crossroads of historic importance, scholars and journalists have often been denied access to the area since it was annexed by China in 1949. It is with great care, luck and determination that Lisa Ross was...

 
Celia Cruz and Tito Puente, Lehman College, 1982.

Joe Cuba and Charlie Palmier, Tito Puente Scholarship Gala, 1981.

Eddie Palmieri, New York Casino, 1980.

Tito Puente and Machito, 116th Street Old Timers Day, 1979.

Ray Baretto, Beau's Restaurant, Bronx, 1984.

Born and raised n the Bronx, Joe Conzo bore witness to the radical changes that affected his community during the...

An Austrian-born multimedia artist, explorer, and organizer, Luks Birk spent his late teens and early twenties as a journalist for Austrian and German media. Plagued by a sense of stagnation in his central European home, Birk relocated to Beijing, where he encountered a group of like-minded young creatives also aiming to craft their better selves through development of their own artistic work. Inspired by his new surroundings and friends, Birk endeavored to communicate his feeling...

B.B. King

Jeanne Darling

Willie Mitchell's Royal Studios

Syl Johnson

Mickey Gregory

Memphis soul is the sound of Soulsville, USA. It is the sound of the South, of a shimmering, sultry style and an unstoppable force, which is the beating of the human heart in rhythm with the drums. It is the melodic sensation of horns playing in unison, of...