Culture
The Russia you'll never see on postcards...
Street life, St. Petersburg-style — Award-winning photographer Alexander Petrosyan has spent decades discovering what makes his home town tick: the everyday comedy and drama of a city built on contradictions.
Written by: Cian Traynor
Director Anna Rose Holmer on her daunting film The Fits
A twisted tale — The Fits is the story about sisterhood you need to watch. Its co-writer and director talks about her fascination with dance, finding the real-life Cincinnati girl troupe that stars in it, and how magic happens in collaboration.
Written by: Marta Bausells
Shooting the Graffiti Trucks of Paris
Subverting the streets — For his latest zine photographer Marc Vallée took to the streets of Paris late at night, to capture the trucks that parade subversive graffiti throughout the city in an act of reclamation and defiance.
Written by: Dr. Oli Mould
What Dalston looked like in the 1980s
Same places, different time — In his new book, photographer Andrew Holligan captures a snapshot of Dalston, East London in the 1980s, a hub of diversity on the cusp of change.
Written by: Lidia Buonaiuto
Zydeco Cowboys: where hip hop partyin' meets country life
A world of Creole cool — In the Louisiana countryside, trail rides are blowing up: fusing zydeco music with rap, blending the old world with the new. But can traditionalists accept that you’ve gotta evolve to stay alive?
Written by: Gwendolen von Einsiedel
Documenting the violence facing Turkey's trans community
Trans House — Queer photographer Omer Tevfik has spent years documenting Turkey's trans community, and with a conservative government banning Pride celebrations and trans people being murdered in the street, the need for resistance and visibility has never been greater.
Written by: Lorena Rios
The Travel Diary: When Christians jump into the ice cold rivers of Belgrade
What you see along the way — When photographer Dan Sully found himself in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, he stumbled on an unexpected Christian tradition in the Danube's frozen waters.
Written by: Dan Sully
Meet the TV revolutionaries putting queer women of colour front and centre
Introducing 'Brown Girls' — Fatimah Asghar and Sam Bailey discuss their web series tackling love and friendship in Chicago's artistic and queer communities.
Written by: Marta Bausells
The queer tattoo artists reviving the craft's rebel roots
The power of ink on skin — When it comes to queer tattoo culture, the customer isn’t just another blank canvas. This is an empathetic exchange that allows non-conformists to express their identity on their own terms.
Written by: Amrou Al-Kadhi
A photographer's epic road trip from Scotland to Mongolia
Boys, bikes and bucket hats — It took 10,000 miles, 19 countries, 40 rolls of film, three deserts, two seas and a vintage car – but James Parker has pulled together a nuanced photo project around ideas of masculinity.
Written by: Cian Traynor
