The 1990s
Image of a Decade
The visual story of a decade that continues to resonate today. From global upheavals to the proliferation of the internet, the 1990s are more relevant than ever. A visual celebration of a seminal decade. As the Cold War ended and a new millennium approached, grunge, hip-hop, and rave exploded in popularity as teenagers and twenty-somethings searched for something real, something more meaningful. Ostentation was out. Authenticity was in. And so, we had the first flashes of reality TV, the O. J. Simpson trial, the rise of surveillance culture, and the internet. We had early wake-up calls to the world of social media as The Truman Show and The Blair Witch Project exploited the emerging visual language of DIY video content. We heard…
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October 7, 2025Henry Carroll is the author of fourteen books including the Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs series, which has sold over one million copies across twenty-two languages. He is also the author of Photographers on Photography, the Photographs That Make You Think series, and The 1980s: Image of a Decade. Originally from London, Henry now lives in Los Angeles.
