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Close-up view of a woman in a vintage pose, with flowing hair and an outstretched hand, set against a hazy, scenic background.
© Peter Palladino, courtesy of the Peter Palladino Archive.

Remembering Holly Woodlawn, Andy Warhol muse and trans trailblazer

Love You Madly — A new book explores the actress’s rollercoaster life and story, who helped inspire Lou Reed’s ‘Walk on the Wild Side’.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen
Crushed Burger King cup, playing card, caution tape on cracked pavement.

This photographer picked up 1,000 weed baggies in New York and documented them

0.125OZ — Since originally stumbling across a discarded bag in Brooklyn, Vincent ”Streetadelic” Pflieger has amassed a huge archive of marijuana packaging, while inadvertently capturing a moment as cannabis went from an illicit, underground drug to big business.

  • Culture
  • Isaac Muk
An older man standing in a room with ornate curtain and rug.
Tabriz, Iran. 2012 © Miriam Stanke

The intricate, intimate interiors of Middle Eastern homes

Living Rooms — Drawn from photographs made over the span of three decades, Middle East Archive has compiled a photobook that explores the insides of homes across the region, spotlighting its family intimacy and hospitality.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

The Changing Face Of Brooklyn, New York’s Most Colourful Borough

After three decades spent capturing stories around the world, Magnum Photographer Alex Webb finally decided to return home to Brooklyn – a place that champions chaos, diversity and community spirit.

  • Vans
  • Alex Webb / Magnum Photos
Black and white image of subway carriage interior with sleeping man seated on bench

The mundane bliss of New York’s subways in the ’70s

NYC Passengers 1976-1981 — During a very different decade in NYC, which bounced between rich creativity and sketchiness, photographer Joni Sternbach captured the idiosyncratic isolation found on its rail networks.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen
Two people of unidentified gender intimately embracing and kissing on a bed.

Spyros Rennt captures connection and tenderness among Berlin’s queer youth

Intertwined — In the Greek photographer’s fourth photobook, he lays out spreads of togetherness among his friends and the German capital’s LGBTQ+ party scene.

  • Culture
  • Isaac Muk
Surfers against sewage protest box floating in water with people swimming around it.
© Alex Brown / Surfers Against Sewage

The rebellious roots of Cornwall’s surfing scene

100 years of waveriding — Despite past attempts to ban the sport from beaches, surfers have remained as integral, conservationist presences in England’s southwestern tip. A new exhibition in Falmouth traces its long history in the area.

  • Sport
  • Ella Glossop
A group of people, likely children, sitting around a table surrounded by various comic books, magazines, and plates of food.
© Michael Jang

How the ’70s radicalised the landscape of photography

The ’70s Lens — Half a century ago, visionary photographers including Nan Goldin, Joel Meyerowitz and Larry Sultan pushed the envelope of what was possible in image-making, blurring the boundaries between high and low art. A new exhibition revisits the era.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen
Couple sitting on ground in book-filled environment

The British intimacy of ‘the afters’

Not Going Home — In 1998, photographer Mischa Haller travelled to nightclubs just as their doors were shutting and dancers streamed out onto the streets, capturing the country’s partying youth in the early morning haze.

  • Culture
  • Ella Glossop
Black and white image of people in traditional Japanese dress, some holding fans, with dramatic lighting.

See winners of the World Press Photo Contest 2025

A view from the frontlines — There are 42 winning photographers this year, selected from 59,320 entries. 

  • Photography
  • Zahra Onsori

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