As a woman in '90s punk photography, she worked harder. Now her SoCal archive debuts

"As a 6-year-old, St. Thomas used to go out on school nights and hang out at seedy music venues with her dad to watch bands like Motörhead and TSOL. In 1991, when she was in sixth grade, she casually picked up a camera to shoot a political rally at Los Angeles City Hall, where L7 and Red Hot Chili Peppers were performing."

"The SoCal native went on to shoot revered acts like the Ramones, Johnny Thunders, and Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead, capturing many private moments with musicians off stage too. St. Thomas has compiled these and countless more images in her latest book, "Subject: Punk," a collection and chronicle of her punk rock photography from the '90s to the present. The book, which published its second edition in October, also"

Maggie St. Thomas grew up attending punk shows in Southern California with her father, spending school nights at seedy venues from age six. She picked up a camera in 1991 at a political rally at Los Angeles City Hall and discovered a passion for photography. Over the next decades she devoted herself to shooting punk performances and film rolls, photographing acts such as L7, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Ramones, Johnny Thunders, and Lemmy Kilmister. She captured many private offstage moments and assembled photographs, music journalism, and interviews into Subject: Punk, whose second edition appeared in October and features interviews with Wayne Kramer, Markie Ramone, Johnny Ramone, and others.

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