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The Nightlife Outlaws of East Los Angeles

Club Scum, a monthly party that embraces punk and drag, is a distillation of the fringe-friendly gay underground on the Eastside.

Sally Soames, Fearless Photographer With Personal Touch, Dies at 82

In taking portraits of the famous — Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery and Rudolf Nureyev among them — she made them relax. In war zones she was unflinching.

Critic’s Pick

The Photographer Who Found His Power in Shades of Gray

Roy DeCarava famously turned Harlem into his canvas, but there is much more to see — and feel — in his new retrospective.

Jill Freedman, Photographer Who Lingered in the Margins, Dies at 79

She immersed herself in the rougher precincts of American life for months at a time, portraying their denizens as noble but not necessarily heroic.

Gianfranco Gorgoni, Artistic Photographer of Art, Dies at 77

He captured masters at work and documented the creation of Land Art like Robert Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty.” For one book, he teamed with Fidel Castro.

The Motorcycle Whisperer

Hugh Mackie represents a dying breed in the five boroughs: bikers.

Critic’s PICK

He Captured a Clandestine Gay Culture Amid the Derelict Piers

Alvin Baltrop’s photographs of the abandoned Hudson River piers and the people who populated them in the 1970s and ’80s have been all but ignored. Until now.

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Hard Truths, Photography and Why We Should ‘Never Look Away’

An exhibit of award-winning New York Times photography is in Australia for the first time. The images present us with an opportunity — if only we’ll engage.

Black Beauty: Photography Between Art and Fashion

As fashion week arrives, a look at young image makers offering a broader view of black lives, in all their diversity.

Goodbye to Another New York Summer

The season of the city’s streets belonging to us is coming to a close.