Les Rencontres d’Arles 2015—Part Un

Document travels to Arles, France, for the influential photography festival, Les Rencontres d'Arles and visits with some of the festival's most compelling contributors.

José Parlá: Segmented Realities

Despite the humidity and the showers that plagued New York last week, a crowd of well-wishers and art enthusiasts filled the Standard Plaza at the hotel’s High Line location to celebrate the opening of artist José Parlá’s Segmented Realities outdoor installation there. “The title just comes from the idea of this kind of segmented fragment that you experience and you move on, but it lives in your memory, so I thought about how ephemeral that is, not only the moment, but also the surfaces, but how can you retain that outside of just a photographer, picture or photograph?” explained Parlá.

“You May Have Heard of Her”

Yuta Nakajima and Madeline Warren on ‘Passing Leap’ at Hauser & Wirth

During the summer months, when many residents escape the oppressive heat of the city, New York galleries have the chance to break out of their regular programs and present group shows that often feature emerging or underrepresented artists. Last month, Hauser & Wirth organized Passing Leap, a group exhibition featuring works by Sebastian Black, John Houck, Shana Lutker, Dave McDermott, Brian O’Doherty, Barbara Probst, Sara VanDerBeek, Claudia Wieser, and Haegue Yang. Drew Sawyer caught up with the show's organizers, Associate Directors Yuta Nakajima and Madeline Warren, before it comes down on July 31st.

A First for New York: Men’s Fashion Week

Document highlights the season's strongest collections at New York Fashion Week: Men's with photographer Joshua Woods.

Agenda Founder Aaron Levant’s Top Brands To Watch

What started out as a creative canvas for about 30 emerging artists, Agenda, founded by Aaron Levant, quickly grew to be the largest tradeshow of it’s kind featuring 750+ emerging as well as established brands. Agenda began in 2001 when Aaron established a series of one night only pop up exhibitions showcasing product he felt was underepresented in the fashion community. With the Agenda tradeshow, Aaron emphasises the advantange of having fashion be interdisciniplinary; a haven for all artistic mediums. Document sits down with Aaron to highlight his top brands to watch.

Summer Escapes: Document’s contributors share their getaways

As the summer season is hitting feverish temperatures, we catch up with our contributors to find out where they're hiding out.

“Finding Her Rhythm by Engine’s Cadence”

Photographer Brett Loyd and fashion director Lotta Volkova create an intersection for fashion and motorcycles for Document Journal issue 6 Spring/Summer 2015.

Volatile Smile: A Conversation with Beate Geissler and Oliver Sann

Beate Geissler and Oliver Sann are both a couple and multi-media artist duo, collaborating since 1996. After a high frequency trading company threatened to sue them for their last book Volatile Smile, which features pictures of the desks of stock traders, they found new ways of resisting; articulating censorship in an exhibition by obscuring the questionable images with black paint—transforming oppression into art. Geissler and Sann sat down with Document to discuss their recent exhibition shown at Cindy Rucker Gallery.

“A War Has Many Battles”

Photographer Harley Weir and Fashion Editor Lotta Volkova travel to Russia to photograph a story for Document Issue 6.

Video and performance visionary Charles Atlas speaks with young artist Stewart Uoo

Charles Atlas discusses developing the genre of video dance with Stewart Uoo in Issue No. 6.

HBA’s Shayne Oliver discusses the future of fashion with artist Rashaad Newsome

Hood by Air designer Shayne Oliver and mixed media artist Rashaad Newsome discuss Italian fashion, prisoners, and why Oliver shouldn’t be called a streetwear designer.

The Stroke of a New Era: Maison Margiela

Artist Aurore de la Morinerie paints John Galliano’s debut haute couture collection for Maison Margiela for Document Issue 6.

Paco Rabanne designer Julien Dossena explains why the new Paris might be the new New York

“There is no fight against what is new.” Blake Abbie interviews the designer for Document's Spring/Summer 2015 issue.

Sunset Tower’s maître d’ Dimitri Dimitrov in conversation with Tom Ford

Dmitri Dimitrov was recommended for his job at the Sunset Tower Hotel by Tom Ford. Ten years later they chat in Issue No. 6.

Alex Da Corte: When the Whip Falls

Taking inspiration from a Wikipedia entry, artist Alex Da Corte envisages post-internet pop scenes of household objects in a new series, Cat o’ Nine Tails, created exclusively for Document's Spring/Summer 2015 issue.

Original Document: Donna Karan by Denis Piel, 1985

Unearthing Donna Karan's rare video directed by Denis Piel and starring Rosemary McGrotha from the year Karan founded her brand, one can't help but feel her modern vision. Founded in 1985, Karan carved a niche for herself and for her vision of the modern woman with her system of dressing—seven easy pieces—and her casual smart 'cold-shoulder' silhouette.