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The NYC doctor changing lives by removing gang tattoos for free
From teardrops, swastikas and gang insignia to fresh starts — Dr David Ores is on a quest to change lives by removing bad tattoos from former gang members, ex-convicts and victims of human trafficking - free of charge.
Written by: Alfred Rinaldi
Legendary NYC photographer Ricky Powell looks back on three decades of hustling
"Thirty years of pro photos on a hangout tip" — A walk-and-talk with photographer Ricky Powell, the New York City busboy who took over the downtown scene.
Written by: Alex King
Skate photographer Pep Kim’s journey from Seoul outsider to NYC big dog
See it, shoot it, keep it moving — Skateboarding is all about 'the tour', landing in some exotic locale and letting curiosity lead the way. But when photographer Pep Kim swapped South Korea for the States, it was the fabled kerbs of NYC that felt foreign and brand new.
Written by: Anthony Pappalardo
The time New York's early-90's club kids met Joan Rivers
"Meet five people with a dream, and a wardrobe from hell" — Buried in the deeper recesses of YouTube is a 1993 appearance on The Joan Rivers Show by an array of iconic New York club kids, a couple of years before the scene imploded in bloody violence with the now infamous murder of Andre 'Angel' Melendez. Leigh Bowery, Amanda Lepore and Kabuki Starshine are just some of the NY legends talking the scene and parading their pioneering fashion on daytime TV.
Written by: Adam White
DIY communities of 1980s California, through the eyes of filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin
French New Wave meets West Coast sun — A new exhibit at London's Raven Row Gallery explores the shifting nature of community in the late 20th Century. Among the experimental film and video on show are three films by the surreal, genre-bending documentarian Jean-Pierre Gorin, whose exploration into makeshift communities in 1980's America formed his influential 'California trilogy.'
Written by: Adam White
Video: No-bullshit New Yorkers searching for solitude in the madness of the Big Apple
In glorious black and white — Inspired by everyday, take-no-bullshit New Yorkers who hustle through life and fight to survive, documentarian Alexander Hankoff has launched NYChapters, a new short film series about New Yorkers finding their own small spaces of peace and creativity.
Written by: Adam White
Video: Snowboarding through New York in a snowstorm
Being pulled by a Jeep — An incredibly risky and enjoyable stunt from filmmaker Casey Neistat.
Written by: Joshua Gabert-Doyon
In Pictures: New York City's long-lost graffiti culture
Subway Art — Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant were among the first professionals to seriously document the burgeoning graffiti scene in New York City - one that created havoc for panicked city officials but went on to define an era. Their resulting 'graffiti bible', Subway Art, has just been reissued.
Written by: Adam White
The couple that turned a DIY web series into a breakout comedy hit
Meet High Maintenance — Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfield are the masterminds behind the web series High Maintenance, about a New York pot dealer and his eccentric, generally unhinged clientele. A runaway success on Vimeo, their own HBO series is coming in 2016.
Written by: Samantha Maine
Video: War photographers reveal the long-term trauma of their difficult profession
"A death unrecorded is a death forgotten." — A six-part short film series explores the long-term psychological effects of documenting moments of conflict, from the civil war in Syria to domestic violence in New York.
Written by: Adam White
