Isaac Muk
Inside the factories and tower blocks of industrialised China
In his new photobook Common Dreams, Kai Löffelbein was able to gain entry to the factories at the heart of China's rapid modernisation. Here Isaac Muk speaks to the photographer about the lives, hopes and humanity of those he encountered.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Vibrant portraits of cosplayers in everyday places
In 'Kids of Cosplay', photographer Thurstan Redding dives into the underground yet hugely popular subculture to illuminate the people beneath the costumes.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Photos of what San Francisco really looked like in the '60s
Believing the media’s representation of the Haight-Ashbury district during the hippie movement to be exaggerated and overly negative, Elaine Mayes sought to photograph the true face of counterculture in the 1960s.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Meet the 'Atlantic cowboys' of the Faroe Islands
Photographer Andrea Gjestvang documents the changing face of masculinity in a territory built on traditional gender roles, but whose women are emigrating in large numbers.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Snapshots of London life one train stop at a time
Between 1998 and 2010, Simon Wheatley rode the old Silverlink line across London's northern inner-suburbs. The photos compiled in his new book 'Silverlink' are a love letter to the city's rich cultural diversity, but they also tell a story of social polarisation, rail privatisation, and the emptiness of the Blair years.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Surreal shots of everyday life in Berlin
In his new book 'Berlin Pictures', photographer Mark Steinmetz explores the singular energy of the German capital – a place where money, history and love come together in bizarre and beautiful ways.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Portraying three generations of poverty in England
In 1992, photographer Craig Easton was dispatched to Blackpool to meet the ordinary people demonised by Conservative Party policies and rhetoric. There he got to know the Williams family, whose lives he would document over the next 14 years.
Written by: Isaac Muk
A love letter to North London’s Latin village
Photographer Silvana Trevale and stylist Daniela Benaim capture the heart and soul of Seven Sisters indoor market, which stood for years as a bustling hub and vital resource for the area’s Latinx community – until property developers swept in.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Inside the UK’s only licensed bare knuckle fight club
Bradford-based photographer John Bolloten captures the brutal world of bare knuckle pit fighting in the north of England.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Capturing the impacts of wildfires and flooding globally
Since 2007, Gideon Mendel has made 20 trips to document floods in 13 countries. The result is an alarming record of what has already been lost to the climate emergency.
Written by: Isaac Muk
