NEGATIVES: A Photographic Archive of Emo is a thoughtfully constructed hardcover time capsule of the emo music scene as it was from 1996 to 2006, featuring never-before-seen photographs and never-before-told stories from key emo musicians, photographers, and icons.

While the term emo has become a familiar label, there was a time when that wasn’t the case. In the early 2000s, the previously underground emo scene was put on the map, and the term and sound of the genre morphed into something new. Today, the musical and cultural impact of this movement is alive and well, responsible for some of the biggest and most influential acts of the 21st century, from Jimmy Eat World to My Chemical Romance; the emo label has been reclaimed by those who can’t imagine life without it.

Through rare and never-before-seen photographs, author and photographer Amy Fleisher Madden, founder of Fiddler Records (Dashboard Confessional, New Found Glory, and more), lovingly pieced together this moving archive of the second and third waves of emo.

With a foreword by Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional and revealing essays from Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance), Geoff Rickly (Thursday), Norman Brannon (Texas Is The Reason), Matt Pryor (The Get Up Kids), Jesse Johnson (Motion City Soundtrack), Andrew McMahon (Something Corporate + Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness), and Bob Nanna (Braid), as well as insights and bite-sized narratives from photographers and other musicians of the era, this heartwarming time capsule expounds an extraordinary moment in music history—a scene that gave life to not only numerous big names but also to an everlasting sonic style.