Inside Oregon’s only locked psychiatric facility for women

Ward 81

In 1976, Mary Ellen Mark was given unique access to Oregon State Hospital to photograph life on the high security Ward 81, creating a nuanced and compassionate portrayal of female mental health patients.

Art & Culture

Surreal shots of everyday life in Berlin

Radical normality

In his new book 'Berlin Pictures', photographer Mark Steinmetz explores the singular energy of the German capital – a place where money, history and love combine in bizarre and beautiful ways.

Art & Culture

Men go through heartbreak too

Mandem United

Read an exclusive extract from Iggy London's 'MANDEM', an electric new anthology on Black masculinity that digs into everything from role models to the mother-son relationship to handling a broken heart.

News & Politics

Tenants are being left out in the cold by the cladding crisis

'We want our homes back'

When Grenfell-style cladding was removed from a Salford tower block in 2020, tenants had no idea it would take years to replace. With authorities passing the buck, residents of Holm Court have now spent three winters without insulation.

Art & Culture

Intimate photos of love and loneliness in rural Russia

Years like water

Exploring a world that doesn’t fit into the neat narrative of "Putin’s Russia", photographer Nadia Sablin takes a decade-long look at a small village and its inhabitants, institutions, nature, and mythology.

Art & Culture

Meet the ‘Atlantic cowboys’ of the Faroe Islands

Boy zone

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.