Culture
Common Strangers brings together the best emerging skate photographers
Always pushing — Photographer and curator Lola Paprocka on how skate and DIY culture unites her showcase of emerging photographers.
Written by: Alex King
The world's best photographers share their most intimate images
Magnum: Up Close and Personal — Magnum Photos release 68 prints from their incredible roster of artists, on sale for just $100 each, contemplating the idea of intimacy.
Written by: Shelley Jones
Follow these photographers on Instagram to see the Ukraine conflict unfiltered
Another view of war — Photojournalist Anastasia Vlasova has documented the conflict breaking her country apart since she was just seventeen. Here’s who she follows on Instagram.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Ale Romo’s photography celebrates the liberating force of surf culture
Of Waves, Surfers and Wanderlust — Photographer Ale Romo wants us all to hit the road, chase waves around the globe and discover ourselves.
Written by: Sam Warner
Stuck between two evils: rethinking the Syria conflict
Tough questions, no easy answers — With ISIS on one side, the Assad dictatorship on the other, and the proxies of Western and Middle Eastern countries filling in the gaps, what hope is there for ordinary Syrians to live in peace?
Written by: Fiorella Lecoutteux
Photographers reveal the mysterious world of tax havens
The weird existence of the privileged one per cent — Tax havens are a secretive abyss, purpose-built to benefit multinational corps and confuse the average Joe. Paolo Woods reveals how he and Gabriele Galimberti found a way to expose the absurdity of our global economic system.
Written by: Paolo Woods
Skate video series Parisii maps each of Paris’ twenty arrondissements
Parisii XIV: The penultimate episode — Europe's top skaters leave their mark on every neighbourhood in Paris with a killer edit in each one.
Written by: Alex King
Follow these photographers on Instagram for another perspective on rural America
Beyond Appalachia — Photographer Roger May's crowdsourced Looking at Appalachia project reveals another perspective on a misunderstood region of the US. Here he selects his five favourite Instagrammers.
Written by: Alex King
Photographer Jenny Riffle on her Pilkington Prize winning image Snoqualmie Evergreens
100 Mile Radius — Photographer Jenny Riffle wins curator Stuart Pilkington’s latest competition, in which he encouraged photographers to look for captivating images in their own backyards.
Written by: Alex King
If You Leave photography magazine launch and showcase at 71a
See it here first — Contemporary photography blog If You Leave launch their new ‘PM’ magazine issue alongside a display of the best images from their 2014 Showcase.
Written by: Alex King
