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Photography on Retrofuturista: Interviews, Essays, and Galleries

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Retrofuturista conducts in-depth interviews with photographers who shaped visual culture: from the rock archives of Bob Gruen and Masayoshi Sukita to the punk documentation of Ebet Roberts and Alison Braun, and beyond into art, skateboarding, ecology, and found photography. New features added regularly.

Photography Interviews, Galleries & Books

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Charles Peterson, the Photographer Who Made Grunge Visible, Interview

Roger Ballen, 2024

Roger Ballen on Repression, Chaos, and the Limits of Consciousness

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Becoming the Subject: The Photographic Psychological Experiment of Waring Abbott

Waring Abbott interview

Waring Abbott: How a Jazz Musician Became the Visual Archivist of Rock’s Loudest Decade

Fun City Ibiza Exhibition

The Sixth Contrast Ibiza Festival: Allan Tannenbaum’s “Fun City” Debuts in Spain

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Allan Tannenbaum on SoHo in the 70s, John Lennon’s Final Days, and What Happened to New York’s Creative Soul

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Albert Watson: Half a Century of Precision, Cinematic Soul and Presence

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Max Vadukul on Asymmetry, and Why Black and White Is Not a Style Choice but a Way of Thinking

Bob Gruen photography interview

Rock ‘n’ Roll as Seen from the Inner Circle: Bob Gruen Interview

Ebet Roberts 2017 profile pic from Farm Aid 72

Before the Legends Were Legends: Ebet Roberts on the New York Punk Years

Erik Kessels Photography

Erik Kessels on Found Photography, Family Loss, and the Images Nobody Notices

JENNYBROUGH HERMES

The Role of Light, Shadow, and Narrative Structure in Jenny Brough’s Images

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Frank Kunert Builds Miniature Worlds That Reveal Society’s Hidden Absurdities, Interview

The Best of Frank Kunert

Frank Kunert Miniature Photography Spans Three Decades of Constructed Reality

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Interview with Mike O’Meally: The Photographer Who Shot Skateboarding’s Soul

Jimi Hendrix

Through the Lens of Gered Mankowitz: Sound Captured in Light

Paulina Guilmoth interview

Paulina Guilmoth Captures Ethereal Rituals in Rural Maine

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A Lifetime Behind the Lens with Chris Cuffaro’s Photographic Archive

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British Subcultures and Human Stories Seen through Derek Ridgers’ Lens

Alison Braun

Interview with Alison Braun on Shooting in the Dark from Inside the Punk Scene

Brian Garrity

Brian D. Garrity Photographs Alternative Music’s Raw Essence

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Interview with Steve Gullick on Music Photography and His Visual Approach

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How François Brunelle Uses Photography to Question Identity and Similarity

Jim Naughten stereoscopic photography interview

Jim Naughten Talks Surreal Ecological Art and Substantive Matters

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Brian Aris Reflects on a Lifetime of Photography

Enchanted Bamboo Forest

Kei Nomiyama: Environmental Science Through the Lens, Interview

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From Reality to Dreams: Catching Beauty & Imperfections, Interview with Anders Andersson

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The Iconic Rock Photography of Masayoshi Sukita, Interview

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Interview with Janne Parviainen the mind behind Stunning Light Painting

Cesar Charlone

Interview with Film Director and Cinematographer César Charlone

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