I’d marry him or her, but only if they were playing the Ramones version of “Baby I Love You” while I walked down the aisle with him or her. I wouldn’t even bother asking which it is. That’s genitalist.Comments/Enlarge |
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HOLIDAY IN SLOVENIA Photos by Ben Freeman These photos were all taken in forests in Slovenia. The country has over 580 mass graves from 1945-1946, when the communist party liquidated their opposition. Slovenia has loads of natural caves, so these were often used to dispose of bodies. The bones were in...READ MORE
NECK FACE AND ME Photos by Chris Shonting "This past spring, Neck Face and I decided to start chipping away at a photo book, which will come out by the end of the year. These pictures are the start of it." ...READ MORE
ANTIHEROES AND GIRLS Photos and Words by Patrick O'Dell Patrick is a photographer and director and the guy who does Epicly Later'd. We don't even know where he lives anymore. New York? Los Angeles? It's either one of those or somewhere in between.
"This spring I went on probably the heaviest skateboarding t...READ MORE
ANIMAL TOWN Photos by Jens Mollenvanger "These are some of the cats I've seen behind windows in the streets of Flanders. They're everywhere, if you really look. At times I feel like I'm walking through a red-light district-the cats are like the whores watching me from their windows, trying to lure m...READ MORE
HARRY BENSON Harry Benson has taken some of the most recognizable and iconic portraits of the 20th century. After getting his start on Fleet Street in London, working in the daily melee known as Britain's newspaper industry, he photographed everyone from the Beatles to Muh...READ MORE
PHOTOS BY TERRY RICHARDSON Bright, Shiny Morning; Wives, Wheels, Weapons is a new book that pairs excerpts from James Frey's latest novel Bright, Shiny Morning with photographs by Terry Richardson. The pictures focus on three essential components of LA's mutant DNA: fuckab...READ MORE
PHOTOS BY AARON ROSE Aaron is an artist, photographer, musician, filmmaker, curator, editor, and generally creative human who mainly lives in Los Angeles....READ MORE
ESTONIA TODAY Photos by Jeroen Arians When was the last time you even thought about Estonia? Guess what? It's a place. People live there and do things. Here are some of them. See? Now stop not ever thinking about what might be going on in Estonia....READ MORE
PHOTOS BY LUKE STEPHENSON - POLAROIDS "These photographs are some of my favorite Polaroids that I have taken over the last two years of friends, family, and random people I've met. They were taken with a Polaroid Big Shot Portrait Land Camera, which was supposedly one of Andy Warhol's favorite cam...READ MORE
I RIDE WITH JESUS Photos by Magnus Westerborn The first time I met Preacher Mike and the Christian Crusaders was at the annual motorcycle meeting in Sturgis, South Dakota. Someone gave me an invitation to a Christian revival meeting for bikers. It sounded odd to me so I decided to go. When I got there the...READ MORE
WASTED YOUTH Photos by Dave Markey and Jordan Schwartz Words by Dave Markey As a teenager, Dave Markey documented the LA punk scene surrounding SST Records through his zine, We Got Power, and Super-8 films like Desperate Teenage Lovedolls. These photos are from Dave's and WGP co-editor Jordan Schwartz's upcoming book, READ MORE
POOL PARTY! Photos by Dana Goldstein Dana is a photographer in New York City....READ MORE
TANIA LESHKINA Tania Leshkina is an 18-(18!)-year-old photographer, artist, and student who lives in Moscow, which to us is like living on Mars. We discovered her work recently and, like, wow. Martians are talented!...READ MORE
NOBUYOSHI ARAKI There lives in Japan a relentless monster who has released 450 photo books-and still continues to take photographs every day. His name is Nobuyoshi Araki. Those of you who don't know much about him might, after a cursory glance, see nothing more than a horny o...READ MORE
NORWEGIANS AT HOME Photos by Rune Johansen You may think that these Scandinavians are just a bunch of weird hillbillies, but these fuckers have got some excellent interior and home design going. We provide these images both as proof and as inspiration...READ MORE
RECORDS Music Reviews - The Photo Issue 2008 JAMES
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CROWDED CHONGQING Photos by Joost Pauwaert and Stephanie Van de Velde Chongqing, sitting at the junction of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers, is home to more than 30 million people. It is not only one of the most crowded cities in the world but also the fastest growing...READ MORE
VOMIT REHEARSAL Photos Courtesy of Lars Sørbekk of Vomit This is Norwegian black-metal band Vomit in their practice space. Vomit was formed around '82 by a few 13-year-old scumbags. They were also early members of Mayhem (who shared this very space with them). Vomit's rehearsal demo Rot in Hell was released o...READ MORE
WALTER PFEIFFER Walter Pfeiffer has been chasing beauty for almost 40 years now, making pictures that are as much a product of his obsessions as of his precision. Maybe it's the sense of Swiss order that has influenced the Zurich-based photographer to set up his scenes, direc...READ MORE
RIDDLES A Special Section Edited by Tim Barber Photos by Scott Jackson, Andrew Hines, Asen Ognyanov, Alan MacIntyre, Jason Nocito, Oto Gillen, Dana Lavoie, Robert Snowden, Jacques Del Conte, Rory Watson, Joseph Addison, Shayne Ehman, Uri Korn, Arnel Henry, Christian Patterson & Cameron Wittig...READ MORE
RENNIE ELLIS: 1940 - 2003 Without even a smidge of formal training, Rennie Ellis became the prime documentarian of Australian culture in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. He's like Australia's version of Stephen Shore, Larry Clark, and Nan Goldin all mushed up into one big, awesome photography ba...READ MORE
TWO OLD FLEMISH PEASANTS Photos by Franky Verdickt "These are photographs that I've taken of two men who are close friends. They live in the same village. One has never had a woman in his life and has always lived in complete dirt. The other is a widower who never stopped mourning the loss of his wife and has ...READ MORE
RAW CHINA Photos by Jocko Weyland Jocko Weyland is a writer, photographer, and chronicler of skateboarding from America who's currently living in Beijing....READ MORE
"NAZI YOUTH" Photos by Nicola Kast "I heard that a friend from school had joined a Nazi role-playing group, so I persuaded him to let me come photograph their yearly battle routine in Pennsylvania.
The event was large and well visited. It seemed like just another thing to do on a Sunday, l...READ MORE
ARGENTINIAN ASSES Photos by Rodolfo Asin Rodolfo is a photographer who lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina....READ MORE
PHOTOS BY ANNA SKLADMANN "One of my favourite things is to be lost in a place that I have never been before. As long as I have my camera I know I will find my way around. About four years ago, my parents moved back to Russia and for me it was the beginning of a journey into the sparkl...READ MORE
HELLO BUDDY! Photos by Ben Rayner Here are some selected highlights from a upcoming book by Ben Rayner. It's going to be called Hello Buddy! because that's what Ben says to dogs when he sees them on the street. These dogs here are all reacting to him saying: "Hello buddy!"...READ MORE
SLUMBER SÉANCE Photos by Maggie Lee Maggie is an artist and student in New York City....READ MORE
MARY ELLEN MARK Mary Ellen Mark holds down a double slot in the world of photography. Widely known for stark, unblinking photojournalism, she also maintains a separate career as a production portraitist for the movie industry. A 1969 magazine feature on Federico Fellini filmi...READ MORE
ASHLEY GILBERTSON War photographer Ashley Gilbertson's mindset in late 2003 could have been summed up thusly: "If you haven't experienced Iraq, you are a worthless piece of shit." Earlier that year Gilbertson [seen with his camera in the photo at left] was charging around Iraqi...READ MORE
JULIET BY VALERIE PHILLIPS "I've known Juliet for a long time, though I don't know her all that well. Every time I think of her, she just seems to appear. I'd like to take more photos of that."...READ MORE
A MINOR PLACE Photos By Simona Ghizzoni Simona is a photographer who lives and works in Rome. She just won third prize in one of the categories in this year's World Press Photo Award for her heartbreaking reportage from a clinic that treats eating disorders. Now she zips around the globe to give lec...READ MORE
NIGHT BUSES Photos by Alex Sturrock "These were taken on the night buses around central London over a few nights in June. I don't think anybody takes the night bus out of anything but the utmost necessity, and I think these photos reflect that."...READ MORE
NEW PICTURES FROM AFGHANISTAN Photos by Chris Cole Seven years ago we ran a series of photographs by Jason Florio documenting life in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan just before the 2001 US-led invasion. Since then the country has been in the midst of a slow-burning war, where portions simmer down and stabilize...READ MORE
