As a defining documentarian of the 1980s and early 1990s American punk underground, Naomi Petersen’s photography provides a vital, unvarnished look into an era of musical rebellion. Serving as the resident photographer for the highly influential independent label SST Records, Petersen captured some of the earliest and most iconic images of bands like Black Flag, Minutemen, and Sonic Youth. Her raw, intuitive aesthetic perfectly mirrored the kinetic, anti-commercial ethos of her subjects. By utilizing the gritty urban landscapes and crowded, low-rent clubs of the era as her backdrop, Petersen’s archive stands as an essential, deeply authentic historical record of the alternative rock scene