New York
Skate photographer Pep Kim’s journey from Seoul outsider to NYC big dog
See it, shoot it, keep it moving — Skateboarding is all about 'the tour', landing in some exotic locale and letting curiosity lead the way. But when photographer Pep Kim swapped South Korea for the States, it was the fabled kerbs of NYC that felt foreign and brand new.
Written by: Anthony Pappalardo
The time New York's early-90's club kids met Joan Rivers
"Meet five people with a dream, and a wardrobe from hell" — Buried in the deeper recesses of YouTube is a 1993 appearance on The Joan Rivers Show by an array of iconic New York club kids, a couple of years before the scene imploded in bloody violence with the now infamous murder of Andre 'Angel' Melendez. Leigh Bowery, Amanda Lepore and Kabuki Starshine are just some of the NY legends talking the scene and parading their pioneering fashion on daytime TV.
Written by: Adam White
Video: No-bullshit New Yorkers searching for solitude in the madness of the Big Apple
In glorious black and white — Inspired by everyday, take-no-bullshit New Yorkers who hustle through life and fight to survive, documentarian Alexander Hankoff has launched NYChapters, a new short film series about New Yorkers finding their own small spaces of peace and creativity.
Written by: Adam White
In Pictures: New York City's long-lost graffiti culture
Subway Art — Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant were among the first professionals to seriously document the burgeoning graffiti scene in New York City - one that created havoc for panicked city officials but went on to define an era. Their resulting 'graffiti bible', Subway Art, has just been reissued.
Written by: Adam White
New documentary Rubble Kings shows how hip hop grew out of New York gang culture
The Warriors in real life — Bombed-out buildings, empty blocks, rampant fighting – NYC was rough.
Written by: Joshua Gabert-Doyon
Why community is everything for Thurston Moore
Heart of the scene — The former Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore found craziness and creativity, but most importantly community, when he arrived in New York City at the height of punk.
Written by: Interview by Shelley Jones
Meet the New York doctor who's removing tattoos for free to help change lives
Dr Dave — Dr David Ores loves his body art just as much as he loves his Harley. And yet, the New York doctor is on a quest to change lives by removing bad tattoos.
Written by: Alfred Rinaldi
Legendary New York club CBGB to be reborn as an airport restaurant
From Lou Reed to a $14 cheeseburger — In depressing news that might put you off travelling, off restaurants, and even further off rampant commercialisation of cultural icons, the sorely-missed CBGB is coming back as a themed diner at Newark Airport.
Written by: Adam White
In Pictures: Surfing in snow on the East Coast
Ryan Struck: Cold-Water Crew — Brooklyn-based photographer Ryan Struck has been braving the wintertime waters of the Atlantic to capture the hardy surf crew there in full frozen mode.
Written by: Shelley Jones
Video: A hundred stops on the New York subway in just two minutes
Watch it on your way to work — Stations is a two-minute short chronicling the wonder of the New York commute.
Written by: Adam White