Donald Judd

 Donald Judd, 100 untitled works in mill aluminum, 1982-1986, aluminum, 41 x 51 x 72 inches each, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX

 Donald Judd, "15 untitled works in concrete," 1980-1984

Foxfire- Confession of a Girl Gang

photos from various sites

1940s American Teenager

Read an interesting article about the phenomenon and whereabout the start of youth culture. http://life.time.com/popular-culture/teenagers-a-1944-photo-essay-on-a-new-american-phenomenon/?iid=lf%7Cmostpop#2

"Gang of teen-agers push boyfriend's model T to get it started. Car is 17 years old and can hold 12 boys and girls. Favorite ride is out to football game."

"Listening to records at Lemeke's record store occupies at least one afternoon a week. The girls spend one to 2 1/2 hours listening to two dozen records, end up by buying one or, at most, two."

Midwestern teenage girls, 1944 

Teenage girls at a football game, Missouri, 1944

"Necking in movies is absolutely out. Any girl who does is the object of endless catting and is put down as trying to act older or sophisticated, which is highest offense among teen-agers."

"The evening phone call is ritual, performed here by Nancy Hamel. Most calls are so long that girls squirm into wonderful variety of stances, postures and attitudes while never once losing the thread of conversation."

"The standard dress for school is a plain shetland sweater and a woolen skirt."

"Babysitting is the teen-agers' way to augment their $2-$3 weekly allowance which must cover lunches, movies, sodas, records. Their rates are $.25 an hour before midnight, $.35 an hour after."

"One girl usually stays overnight with hostess after a hen party. No girl can bear to be alone after a gab fest so teen-agers wheedle twin beds for their rooms to accommodate guests."

all photos are from LIFE 

Mike Brodie and his exploration with youth train-hopping subculture

so hopeful and free yet searching for that unknown seems to be scary at the same time

all photos from mikebrodie.net

Ryan McGinley

Hauntingly beautiful photographs by Ryan McGinley, one the first photographer to explored youth subculture as subject for his work.

"Photography is about freezing a moment in time; McGinley's is about freezing a stage in a lifetime. Young and beautiful is as fleeting as a camera snap--and thus all the more worth preserving."
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1810317,00.html#ixzz2Tqk0RM2F

all photos taken from http://ryanmcginley.com