Isaac Muk
'Hyper-American' photos of life in rural Texas
Edward Thompson's portraits of Texas Hill Country during the George W. Bush years are both timeless and deeply personal.
Written by: Isaac Muk
The rise and fall of Wales’ most idiosyncratic newspaper
A new exhibition tells the story of ‘The Dynamic,' a free and uncompromising community paper published in Abertillery, through the lens of former staff photographer Sebastián Bruno.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Radical portraits of LGBTQI+ people around the world
Robin Hammond's polaroid series highlights queer people in countries where their identities are criminalised. The results speak to experiences of discrimination and violence, but also perseverance and hope.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Photos celebrating indigenous Bolivian women in extreme sports
Photographer Celia D. Luna documents skaters, wrestlers and mountain climbers who also identify as 'cholitas' – a once derogatory term for indigenous women who endured decades of discrimination, but have come to represent an integral part of Bolivian national identity.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Photos capturing life in the aftermath of the Iraq War
The cost of war — Twenty years on from the beginning of the US-led invasion, Moises Saman's photographs show the scale of the destruction and loss faced by Iraqi civilians – as well as their resilience.
Written by: Isaac Muk
In photos: the glorious heyday of the Empire Roller Disco
On one night in February 1980 Photographer Patrick D. Pagnano captured the heart of New York at the Empire Roller Disco. A new book of the same name brings those photos to the world after being lost to archives for close to 40 years writes Isaac Muk.
Written by: 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
