Maggie St. Thomas’s punk photography archive “Subject: Punk” documents three decades of rare SoCal moments with iconic bands including the Ramones and Motörhead.

As a woman in male-dominated concert photography, St. Thomas had to work harder than men to be taken seriously and gain credibility in the punk scene.

An unconventional childhood attending punk shows with her father sparked St. Thomas’s lifelong mission to document SoCal’s most pivotal musical moments.

Maggie St. Thomas had an unusual childhood that led to a lifetime of documenting rare moments in punk rock history.

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 cam

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