Culture
Introducing Magnum's Graduate Photographer Award winners 2016
The future of photography — Post-war Bosnia, Parisian Banlieues, sculpture, sexualised selfies and the American West are some of the subjects explored by the recipients of this year’s Magnum Graduate Photographers award.
Written by: Josh Gabert-Doyon
BlackBlock: New zine capturing BMX in striking black and white
Zine Scene — Photographer Joe Williams’ BlackBlock zine connects riders in the UK’s South West with the emerging scene in Latvia.
Written by: Alex King
How Magic Mushrooms could hold the key to curing depression
Are hallucinations the secret to happiness? — New research shows psilocybin, the active ingredient in Magic Mushrooms, to have huge potential for treating depression.
Written by: Alex King
Photographer documents man’s destruction of the natural world
Wild beasts reduced to ghosts in the city — Photographer Nick Brandt’s epic panoramas in Inherit The Dust highlight man’s destructive presence in places animals used to roam.
Written by: Alex King
The London artists fighting anxiety and self-doubt
Black British Girlhood on the power of collectives — As founding member of a collective celebrating overlooked social narratives, Bekke Popoola believes that strength lies in numbers.
Written by: Jason Nico-Annan
How Lucia Griggi chased deadly waves to become one of the world’s best surf photographers
Into the deep — Waves as big as tower blocks and the beach patriarchy could not stop surf photographer Lucia Griggi from becoming one of the best in the world.
Written by: Nina Zeitman
The young photographers turning their solo journeys into a collective mission
Kōan Collective — Documentary photography can be a lonely business, especially in the first stretch of your career. But these four friends - Alex Potter, Amanda Mustard, Allison Joyce and Cooper Neill - have found a way to work together while fostering their unique visions. Here, Alex Potter talks us through the journey that brought them together.
Written by: Alex Potter (intro)
Why bringing instant photography back is not Impossible
Oliver Blohm on how post-Polaroid is relevant in 2016 — In 2008 Polaroid were on the verge of burying instant film when Impossible stepped in before the last nail went in the box. With no clear formula to follow, the Impossible Project has kept the spirit and nostalgia of Polaroid alive. Instant photographer Oliver Blohm tells us how the I-1 camera is putting the modern into the old.
Written by: Hanna Duggal
The Caribbean Windrush generation share what they brought to England
Stories in a suitcase — Nottingham’s SKN Heritage Museum holds a two-day celebration of Caribbean culture in Brixton, London on 21-22 May.
Written by: Alex King
On tour with Fat White Family: A photo diary
Bar hopping, party crashing ...and jammin' with Lady Gaga — Photography student Alec Castillo asked if he could shoot one of the most unpredictable groups in the world: London's Fat White Family. But when they let him join their US tour, the experience proved a lot more than he bargained for.
Written by: Alec Castillo
