Love
Nan Goldin shares the photography that inspires her
Ballads of sex, love and loss — In the new issue of Aperture, the iconic American photographer curates some of her biggest influences, from established image-makers to fresh new talent.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Love, sex & Google: living with OCD in the digital age
Online obsessions — The internet, with its promise of immediate answers, can be a battleground for people with OCD – particularly when it comes to relationships.
Written by: Clea Skopeliti
Is the internet leading us into a 21st century dark age?
New Romantics — Social media platforms keep guzzling our most personal data, with the promise it will be saved forever – but what if it was all lost?
Written by: Emily Reynolds
Inside London’s secret ’love hotels’
Under the covers — Already a big hit in Japan, daytime and by-the-hour hotel bookings are becoming more popular in Western cities – it’s just that not that many people know about them yet.
Written by: Jessica Furseth
Documenting unconventional love in the 21st century
Surrogate figures — Photographers Jamie Diamond and Elena Dorfman explore the expression of love between human and doll.
Written by: Miss Rosen
How technology transformed long-distance relationships
New Romantics — We think a lot about how we turn online relationships into offline ones – what we think of less is how it works the other way round.
Written by: Emily Reynolds
What our online history can tell us about who we are
New Romantics — Our social media experiences reveal a lot about who we are, how we communicate, and what we want to say. Understanding them could help us connect to each other better, writes Emily Reynolds.
Written by: Emily Reynolds
Romantic storytelling & the way we perform love online
New Romantics — Telling a story with ourselves at the centre is the way that we make sense of the world, writes Emily Reynolds. But when we tell this story to an audience we don’t quite know, it cheapens everything.
Written by: Emily Reynolds
What I’ve learnt about online dating and intimacy in 2018
New Romantics — Searching for connections online can stop us from meeting someone IRL, as writer Emily Reynolds discovered. Sometimes we need to put down the screen and leave the house.
Written by: Emily Reynolds
The highs and lows of a whirlwind romance, in photos
The Best is Yet to Come — 17 years after a painful breakup, Ada Bligaard Søby decided to make a book on life and love with her ex-boyfriend, pooling their family archives to plot a visual timeline of their lives – before and after the relationship. It turned out to be the wildest ride of her career.
Written by: Ada Bligaard Søby, as told to Cian Traynor
The powerful IRL effects of online intimacy
New Romantics — In the digital world, to touch someone – to change their body, their mind, the way they experience the world – you don’t have to touch them at all.
Written by: Emily Reynolds
Splitting up and heartbreak in the world of social media
New Romantics — Modern technology promised to make human connection easier than ever. But, as writer and author Emily Reynolds discovered, true intimacy is something that’s fleeting – and impossible to force.
Written by: Emily Reynolds