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nostalgia
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2023Sabah Foster’s collages leave a longing for the good old days
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2019In her latest project, Beth Garrabrant recreates her personal Tweenage Landscapes
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2014Cait Oppermann revisits her childhood by photographing a mall ready for demolition
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2023An ode to family and community, Farid Renais Ghimas’ series depicts the act of return
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2017Photographer Jay Wolke remembers gambling spots in the US during the 80s and 90s
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2015Take a trip back to the good old days in Roger Steffens' book The Family Acid
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2026The World Bog Snorkelling Championships through the lens of Callum O’Keefe
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2021Derek Abella utilises illustration to tap into the universal language of nostalgia
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2015Nostalgia and modern life go hand in hand in the work of illustrator Janne Iivonen
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2018Fumi Homma's photographs will make you long for your early teenage years
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2025Margie Rischiotto’s practice is where internet core meets fever dream fantasy
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2018Play on Play on the nostalgic references that inform its forward-thinking practice
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2021Emily Graham captures the overgrown and nostalgic grasslands of her hometown, Rugby
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2014Illustration: These beautifully designed hygiene posters spark a wave of nostalgia
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2012Kristian Hammerstad's teen comic style is fantastically skewed-nostalgic
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2022Watch illustrator Lony Mathis draw your dream 00s bedroom, including the dog you were never allowed
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2021Shipei Wang’s paintings are inspired by nostalgia and magical realism
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2018Olimpia Zagnoli dreams of childhood summers in 80s Italy with Cuore di Panna
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2020Ikram Abdulkadir evokes the warmth and nostalgia of old family photographs in her powerful work
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2018Steven Bliss' distant yet familiar series, Boys
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2012Crowded locker areas and empty disco dancefloors — schooldays through the lens of Raimond Wouda
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2017Tiago Galo’s refreshing, travel-themed illustrations remind us of sunnier times
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2012Lana Del Rey pushes it further in this epic music video from director Anthony Mandler
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2016Photographer Chris Bethell travelled to America in search of his youth
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2018Jackson Joyce's melancholic illustrations inspired by childhood nostalgia
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2021Get nostalgic with these five websites inspired by vintage games
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2019Noughties teens from the UK, prepare to be overcome with nostalgia
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2019Emotive and pleasing, the work of illustrator Ema Gaspar comes littered with hidden messages
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2011Vintage American Illustration
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2018"It looks just the same as when I was a kid": Kristen Dobbin's oddly-timeless images of a Canadian-Estonian summer camp
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2019Japanese illustrator Sabu is influenced by the nostalgia of old adverts
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2014Photography: Mike Mellia captures scenes reminiscent of his late father
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2024Huilin Gui’s cosy, nostalgic illustrations play with perspective
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1815Wensbrief met een boer en zijn ganzen
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2013Olivia Bee's teenage dream of sun-dappled Americana
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20181 Shilling (1/-): classic football programmes for “communities that used to hang on every pass, save and goal”
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2014Illustration: Retro loveliness from brilliant Finnish illustrator Sanna Mander
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2019Photographer Michal Solarski replicates memories and experiences from his youth
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2025Andrew J Park’s paintings prompt personal reflection through VCR distorted nostalgia
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2018Supermundane comes over all nostalgic for latest series I Know It’s Over
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2014Lana Del Rey new video for Ultraviolence is out, and it's a big smoochfest
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2016Klaus Kremmerz' felt tip illustrations are filled with mature nostalgia
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2021Ochiai Shohei draws nostalgic objects that everyone will recognise
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2013Marc Martin's animal illustrations that'll take you right back to your childhood
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2016Emma Crockatt, an artist with an affable and nostalgic mix of work
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2019Cindy Sullivan captures the essence of her subjects in nostalgic family paintings
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2013Opinion: Why is it that we cherish TV graphics from our childhood?
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2018Adrian Kay Wong mixes the simplistic and sentimental in his nostalgia filled paintings
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2018Photographer Dham Srifuengfung's endearingly fabulous shoot starring his childhood nanny
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2020Rosie McGinn takes us back to the music of our teenage years with her new painted series, Cee Deez
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2023Caroline Mills sees her cartoon-filled marker pen drawings as a “diary of sorts”
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1975affisch, poster (1975)
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2013Photography: Ugne Henriko mimics photographs of her Mother 37 years ago
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2025Tamagotchi’s, football cards and keyrings: Childhood collections come alive in From Form’s Amsterdam Museum Night campaign
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2020Vanessa Lim pays tribute to the wonders of the corner shop in her nostalgic illustrations
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2025“The bittersweet experience of revisiting a place that once felt like home”: Mon Jajaja illustrates London
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2021“My art is like a sandcastle”: Sunjin Won on carving out her own distinctive style
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2017The suburban, Stranger Things-esque photography of Monty Kaplan
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2020With Mariah Carey and signed school shirts, Raw Youth Collage is a blast from the past
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2017Glossy nostalgia from fashion photographer Charlotte Wales
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2025Astrae’s nostalgic campaign for Nike steers clear of sleek sports advertising
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2023“My work is about losing control”: Thomas Bryson-King on his fun-filled animations
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2014Will Cotton's oil-painted sugary scenes are insanely beautiful
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2025“A dusting of love”: Matt Stetson creates mini portals to an almost utopian vision of the past
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2015Follow-up: On-air Look for TV Land by Roger
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2014Edwin Smith’s images evoke an England of long, long ago
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2017Every Sega Logo Ever
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2009OMG, Packard Bell is, Like, so Cool
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2018Ram Han’s work continues to rekindle images of childhood nostalgia
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2020Rosie May’s curiosity-driven practice is equal parts nostalgic and heartwarming
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2018Friday Mixtape: Benedikt Luft's mix of tunes from his teenage years
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2023Travel back to 1985 with Emily Stein’s utterly charming series, Show & Tell
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2012Monday Morning Music Video – Beautiful nostalgic imagery shot in a contemporary way
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2025Plastic and fantastic: The PP Model type family honours modelling kits (no assembly required)
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2017Bright visuals with a retro sheen from photographer Christopher Schoonover
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2025Codea’s new website and physical newsletter are a tribute to the lost purity of the internet
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2013Miscellaneous: Noir Lac's collection of picturesque video game scenery of yore
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2017Brooklyn-based Leesh Adamerovich’s nostalgic drawings of fruit, faces and places
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2013Miscellaneous: Ben Stott photographs one grandfather's matchbox collection
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2021Loc Huynh draws charming scenes inspired by his family history
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2011Patrick Chadwick: Memories Of Old Awake
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2021Adventure Time meets suburban life in Audrey Malo’s brilliantly kooky illustrations
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2022Riso vibrance and nostalgia makes Chutney Magazine a “nicely wrapped treat in your hands”
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2023O’shane Howard reimagines nostalgic moments from his childhood in Jamaica
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