Time

Meet the Unsung Street Photographer of 1980s New York

To view Richard Sandler’s photographs is to look into the soul of a broken New York. From the pages of his new book, you can almost hear the rattle of the subway cars, the tap of high heels on ...
Artnet

In the 1980s, Photographer Ben Buchanan Captured the Late Nights of New York’s Downtown Art Scene—See the Raucous Images Here

The 1980s art scene, like many aspects of New York City life in that decade, is infamous for its wild parties, buzzy celebrities who palled around with A-list artists, and an aura of general glitz and ...
Curbed

Portraits of Joy: The 1980s Street Photography of Jamel Shabazz

Welcome to In Focus, a feature where writer Hannah Frishberg profiles some of the great street photographers of New York City's past and present. It's intriguing. It's real. There's just so much out ...
South Wales Argus

Photographs capture life in Newport during the 1980s

A university project captured life in Newport during the 1980s. The photographs were part of the 'Newport Survey,' a documentary photography project by students. Each year, students were assigned ...
Gothamist

Steven Siegel Tells Us About His 1980s Photography Days, And A Changing NYC

We recently rediscovered Steven Siegel's amazing archive of photos from old New York, specifically from the 1980s, and decided to ask him for his thoughts and reflections about his work as well as the ...
SFGate

Photographer captured the vibrant street life of the Mission in the 1980s

It would be easy to look at Janet Delaney’s photographs of the Mission District, taken in the 1980s when she lived above Cesar Chavez Street, and pine for a San Francisco that has disappeared. It ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

Photographer Divulges the Secrets Behind Iconic Image for Springsteen's 'Nebraska'

The iconic snapshot depicts a murky winter’s day in ... Nebraska, obviously. Right? The image’s creator, photographer David ...
The Washington Post

This photographer spent more than a decade traveling through Asia in the 1980’s: Here are some of his impressions

Edward Grazda’s new book, “Asia Calling: A Photographer’s Notebook 1980-1997,” (powerHouse Books, 2021) contains very few words. Rather, this is chiefly a book of Grazda’s impressions gleaned over a ...
Staten Island Advance

1980s Staten Island's time capsule: Photography of Christine Osinski

STATEN ISLAND, NY — For Christine Osinski, it wasn't easy moving to Staten Island in the early 1980s. When she realized she'd be trading her NoHo loft for a quiet cul-de-sac in New Brighton, the ...
Gothamist

Spend 17 Minutes In 1980s NYC With One Of The Decade's Best Photographers

In the 1980s, photographer Steven Siegel captured the city through its many layers of grit and gloom—from the subways to the burned out buildings to the abandoned waterfronts, the most striking images ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

RIT Photography Students Recapture the 1980s and Let the Good Times Roll!

It was a time when feathered hair, leg warmers and roller skating to songs like “Mickey” and “Jessie’s Girl” were all the rage. Who can forget the ’80s? Photography majors at Rochester Institute of ...