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LA Is a Paradise

Born and raised in Los Angeles, the photographer Sean Maung has been documenting life in the City of Angels for more than a decade. As the son of an...

15.07.2025 2

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‘It’s Unsettling’: The School Where American Kids Rehearse Militia Warfare

In an old derelict school in rural North Carolina, Americans of all ages, races, and genders unite to praise God and shoot each other. Yes, the...

26.06.2025 10

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Wild Youth: The Teenagers of Working-Class Belfast

A group of girls hang out in a park; a young boy on a bike weighs up a thick formation of police officers; four teens stare into a fire next to a...

18.06.2025 4

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Last Week Behind the Paywall

Scheduling note—the editor who usually writes this column has been away the last week or so, hence its late arrival and slightly more rear-mirror...

09.06.2025 4

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How I Photographed the Most Violent Places in South America, and Survived

There is the popular image of Brazil; of carnival culture, golden beaches, unspoilt nature, and experimental architecture. And then there is the...

04.06.2025 6

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The Strange Propaganda Art That the U.S. Military Drops From the Sky

Long before fake news and AI slop, cascades of bullshit were falling from the sky in the physical form of printed propaganda leaflets. It’s a...

21.05.2025 3

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10 Things I Learned From Working in a Strip Club

This post contains images that are NSFW. For the last five years, Canadian photographer Carly Hughes-Horvath has taken photos of strippers, shooting...

14.05.2025 8

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These Amazing Fan-Made Vinyl Sleeves Reveal the Weird Minds of Music Obsessives

Sleeve Notes, a new photo book from the London-based artist and documentarian Dominique Russell, is a beautiful, accidental archive chronicling the...

13.05.2025 2

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Crazy Horny Mud Truckers

This post contains images that are NSFW. During the day, they drive their 4x4s in frenetic off-road races and dive headfirst into globby pits of thick...

01.05.2025 10

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Gao Hang’s Paintings Honor the Deranged Beauty of Old N64 and PS2 Games

The past always gets its revenge in the end. Chinese-born, American-based painter Gao Hang creates art that aims to evoke awe and wonder towards...

25.04.2025 3

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The Magical Garbage Dump Spirits of the Congo

In Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, groups of locals are turning mountainous piles of invasive trash into surreal costumes. The city is utterly...

01.04.2025 20

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