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Legendary rock photographer Lynn Goldsmith has teamed up with Patti Smith for Before Easter After, a new collection of unseen photographs of Smith from the mid-to-late 1970s. Published by Taschen, the expansive collection documents Smith’s career following the release of 1975’s Horses, 1976’s Radio Ethiopia and her ultimate rise to …

San Carlos, California, 1977: After his father abandons the family, gay teenager James Oseland moves to the San Francisco suburb with his shattered mother. He dodges bullies in AC/DC t-shirts, anxiously grinds his teeth and finds comfort in Joni Mitchell, whose voice “sounded smoky and world-weary as she sang that …