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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

The instrument makers taking DIY music to a whole new level

What does it take to construct a modular synth? How do you turn a block of wood into a double bass? Here, four craftspeople explain why they chose to rip up the rulebooks and build their own music-making machines.

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  • Daniel Dylan Wray

The Bootleg Toymakers Creating Collectables For A Mashed-Up Generation

Driven by a desire to destroy and rebuild, a new generation of comic, film and music obsessives are creating twisted tributes to their favourite pop culture moments.

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  • Zach Sebastian

London’s Many Faces: Capturing Beauty On The Streets Of Hackney

For fashion photographer Shingi Rice, her camera helps level the playing field. In a world where people are told they have to look a certain way, she’s championing individuality, rebellion and self-love.

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  • Shingi Rice

Inside the lurid, laugh-out-loud world of Alex Gamsu Jenkins

Garish, grotesque and riddled with dark humour, the 29-year-old’s illustrations and comics depict the millennial experience with twisted glee. For the Londoner, it’s about reclaiming the anxieties that young people face every single day.

  • Vans
  • Niall Flynn

Meet the women breathing new life into old sports

In Britain, traditional, institutional sports are changing, spearheaded by a wave of forward-thinking athletes. With fencing, figure skating and even refereeing getting their 21st century makeover, we speak to the women at the forefront of the change.

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  • Theo McInnes

The Existential Guide To Street Photography

Charlie Kwai is living proof that you don’t need to be obsessed with craft or top of the range equipment to take great photos. For the Londoner, it’s simply about being curious – and getting really, really close.

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  • Zach Sebastian

Inside the indie print revolution: How to make your own magazine

With some of the world’s most prominent publishers facing difficulty and announcing layoffs, you’d be forgiven for thinking the publishing industry was on its last legs. In fact, the modern landscape is full of possibility.

  • Vans
  • Lydia Morrish

Meet The Kroksbäck Kids, Sweden's Multicultural Skate Family

How a Malmö skatepark created a sense of belonging in a neglected neighbourhood.

  • Vans
  • Maxime Brousse

Jeff Grosso: 'I just ride skateboards, that’s what I do'

From the archive — When we spoke to skate legend Jeff Grosso in 2011 he was about to embark on the great second act of his public life.

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  • Ed Andrews

In an ever-changing industry, skate shops remain integral

Shop Riot stories — On the ground at the 2019 edition of Vans’ Shop Riot Finals, three skaters tell us how their local shops helped shape them – on and off the board.

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Skate culture's bonding power is a universal language

Huck x Vans — As Europe’s top skate-shop teams go to battle in Milan, determined to be crowned 2018's Shop Riot champions, we hang out with pro legend John Cardiel and soak up the importance of skate camaraderie.

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  • Grey Hutton

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