Culture
The androgynous wrestler who inspired glam rock
Merchant of Menace — David Bowie copied him. Jimmy Savile got battered by him. Wrestling never saw anything like him, before or since. This is the story of Exotic Adrian Street, a flamboyant brawler who blurred the lines between athlete and artist.
Written by: Cian Traynor
A visual history of resistance in New York City
People power — For decades, photographer Builder Levy has used his camera to address systems of oppression and injustice in the US: ‘The humanity I was seeing and trying to capture in my pictures – I looked at as a way of countering negativity.’
Written by: Miss Rosen
The life and times of a café society call girl
Susi Wyss explains it all — ‘Acid, mescaline, S&M, and paddling pools’: sex worker Susi Wyss shares her stories from Europe’s most decadent era.
Written by: Miss Rosen
The history of art and rave culture in ’90s Poland
140 beats per minute — This week, the Tate Modern is celebrating the aesthetics of the country’s rave scene, with an evening of films focused on the movement‘s key figures.
Written by: Eric Thorp
Up close and personal with the women of the Yakuza
Partners in crime — For her series I give you my life (命預けます), photographer Chloé Jafé infiltrated the infamous Japanese crime syndicate, capturing the often overlooked lives of Yakuza wives.
Written by: Eva Clifford
The style & grace of London’s white garment churches
Congregation — Sophie Green’s new book documents the world of London’s Aladura Spiritualists – a community of churchgoers who’ve created an intimate social space in the English capital.
Written by: Jacob Charles Wilson
Vintage shots of Boston’s red light district
From the ’70s and ’80s — For the first time in three decades, photographer John Goodman uncovers his shots of the city’s ‘Combat Zone’.
Written by: Miss Rosen
A hallucinatory trip around Europe, in photos
Debauchery days — Osvaldo Chance Jimenez has spent 16 years in the notorious NYC graffiti crew Peter Pan Posse. In a new book, he shares a treasure trove of shots from the road.
Written by: Miss Rosen
A colourful ode to Albanian womanhood
Tales of lipstick and virtue — In her ongoing photography project Tales of Lipstick and Virtue, Anna Ehrenstein pays tribute to the extreme, hyper-feminine aesthetics of her home country.
Written by: Geralda Cela
Photos of teenage life in post-Brexit Belfast
Wee Muckers — Photographer Toby Binder has been documenting the lives of Belfast’s youth ever since Brexit began to unravel. By embedding himself on either side of historic dividing lines, he found that these teens have more in common than they might realise.
Written by: Cian Traynor
