Culture
Finding redemption at the bars
Directed by Spencer Murphy, The Bars celebrates a community that has grown up around bar parks made from knives recovered from the streets of London by charity Steel Warriors.
Written by: Alex King
Chronicling Mexican womanhood through portrait photography
A new photobook offers an expansive look at the iconography and expression of the female experience in the Latin American nation.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Joel Sternfeld’s landmark portrait of American pathos & dreams
A new edition of the iconic photographer’s seminal photobook American Prospects captures late empire like no other.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Documenting the decline of the West Midlands in the 70s
Photographer Janine Wiedel’s chronicles of the labour force in the ‘workshop of the world’ are collected in the new book, Vulcan’s Forge.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Capturing Stillness: How cold water surf photography is therapy
Robyn Steady is a surfer and photographer whose surf therapy sessions with Wave Project are helping tackle the mental health crisis among young people in Scotland.
Written by: David Lyons
Documenting the marginalised Portuguese community fighting for livable housing
After a chance covid-era assignment sent him to Lisbon’s Bairro da Jamaica, photographer José Sarmeto Matos spent years documenting the families campaigning towards hospitable homes.
Written by: Isaac Muk
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.
Written by: Niall Flynn
An intimate portrait of Vietnam half a century after the war
Returning to the country that her family had fled, photographer Tracy Dong charts her journey self-discovery, community, and connection in the new book, Tell Me About Saigon.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Decades of documenting US skateboard culture from a woman’s perspective
In her new book, Fulfill the Dream, photographer Magdalena Wosinska reflects on her journey through skate culture from the 90s to present day.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Exploring Yemen’s rich, historic culinary culture
Newly published book ‘Bittersweet: A Story of Food and Yemen’ looks at the food and humanity of region whose narrative is so often dominated by conflict.
Written by: Isaac Muk