“All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget” For Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, Sam Penn photographs some of her closest friends and collaborators near and far on Fire Island and on FaceTime screens
Film Harley Chamandy’s ‘Allen Sunshine’ is a meditation on the quiet beauty of nature The Canadian director unpacks the many dimensions to his Werner Herzog Award-winning feature film
Fashion Hermès artistic director Nadège Vanhée’s punk house codes The French designer explores her vision for the storied maison in Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue
Fashion Announcing Jawara, Document’s Senior Beauty Editor The hairstylist sits down with Editor-in-Chief Nick Vogelson to discuss the personal, spiritual, and social impact of beauty
Conversations Pedro Almodóvar and Anthony Vaccarello are true disciples of fashion’s storied love affair with film The filmmaker and Saint Laurent Productions’s artistic director reflect on 'Strange Way of Life,' and giving new impetus to its decade-old script by Aaron Hicklin Conversations Ocean Vuong and Edmund White explore the experiential modes of queer writing The authors muse on Wallace Stevens, American boyhood, and abandoning the present for the sake of fiction by Aaron Hicklin Above the Fold Burning Man goes to Sotheby’s Document sits down with art world burners Yvonne Force Villareal, Fab 5 Freddy, and Thomas Rom to discuss the spirit behind the auction by Aaron Hicklin Conversations Ricky Martin and Berluti’s Kris Van Assche reflect on two decades of radical self expression 20 years after the release of ‘Livin la Vida Loca,’ the musician and the creative director discuss coming out and speaking up against oppression by Aaron Hicklin Conversations Kim Jones and Orville Peck talk art with a capital A The Dior Men designer joins fashion's favorite masked cowboy to discuss ego, David Bowie, and finding queerness in country music by Aaron Hicklin Conversations Choreographer Kyle Abraham, actor Jeremy Pope, and artist Louis Fratino on what it means to be a man today For our Spring/Summer 2020 issue, Document profiles three men sparking a cultural paradigm shift in profound and beautiful ways by Aaron Hicklin Conversations Russell Tovey and Louis Fratino ponder the queer gaze and the necessity of creativity in the age of coronavirus Shortly after lockdown began, actor and artist discussed their earliest encounters with Robert Mapplethorpe and the ways pandemic art can define a generation by Aaron Hicklin Conversations Essayists Samantha Irby and Durga Chew-Bose find solace in memories and solitude As Irby celebrates the release of her latest book, 'Wow, No Thank You,' during lockdown, the two discuss the art of sharing without oversharing by Aaron Hicklin Conversations Earl Cave and Stuart Murdoch compare the soundtracks of their youths The young actor and Belle and Sebastian frontman on teenage ennui and their shared enthusiasm for skateboarding by Aaron Hicklin Above the Fold Justin Vivian Bond is the Upstate goth in the chambeige minivan As part of Birkenstock’s 1774 collaboration series, Document Journal meets 10 creatives making the Hudson Valley a kingdom of their own. Near Hudson, the performer... by Aaron Hicklin At Large The hysteria-inducing, swashbuckling adventurers behind Louis Vuitton’s most well-traveled trunks From Douglas Fairbanks, the eccentric, old Hollywood celebrity to Casanova orchestra conductor Leopold Stokowski, discover whirlwind lives of the original Louis Vuitton carriers. by Aaron Hicklin Above the Fold Jordan Nassar’s new apartment exhibition lives between the Israel, Palestine binary A Palestinian-American artist ruminates on intersecting identities at his “new home” in Tel-Aviv. by Aaron Hicklin At Large Remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years later Peaches, Liz Johnson Artur, the infamous Berghain bouncer Sven Marquardt, and others share their memories of an international turning point in Document's F/W 2019 issue. by Aaron Hicklin Above the Fold Lore Segal wrote the Great American Novel you never read (and should) The author of 'Her First American' reflects on her incredible lifetime as a contrarian by Aaron Hicklin Above the Fold Toni Morrison remembered—in the words of Marlon James, Yara Shahidi, and Janet Mock The giant of American literature has passed away at the age of 88—Here, five cultural figures describe the Morrison novels they'll never forget. by Aaron Hicklin Above the Fold Sandro Kopp’s all-seeing eyes express humanity’s purest form In his show ‘mEYEcelium’ the artist uses portraits of eyes to capture the lingering presence of his friends and loved ones. by Aaron Hicklin Conversations Emily Wilson and Maria Dahvana Headley on goddesses and monsters Challenging the ways in which the ancient epics ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘Beowulf’ have been translated by men, authors Emily Wilson and Maria Dahvana Headley discuss... by Aaron Hicklin
Conversations Pedro Almodóvar and Anthony Vaccarello are true disciples of fashion’s storied love affair with film The filmmaker and Saint Laurent Productions’s artistic director reflect on 'Strange Way of Life,' and giving new impetus to its decade-old script by Aaron Hicklin
Conversations Ocean Vuong and Edmund White explore the experiential modes of queer writing The authors muse on Wallace Stevens, American boyhood, and abandoning the present for the sake of fiction by Aaron Hicklin
Above the Fold Burning Man goes to Sotheby’s Document sits down with art world burners Yvonne Force Villareal, Fab 5 Freddy, and Thomas Rom to discuss the spirit behind the auction by Aaron Hicklin
Conversations Ricky Martin and Berluti’s Kris Van Assche reflect on two decades of radical self expression 20 years after the release of ‘Livin la Vida Loca,’ the musician and the creative director discuss coming out and speaking up against oppression by Aaron Hicklin
Conversations Kim Jones and Orville Peck talk art with a capital A The Dior Men designer joins fashion's favorite masked cowboy to discuss ego, David Bowie, and finding queerness in country music by Aaron Hicklin
Conversations Choreographer Kyle Abraham, actor Jeremy Pope, and artist Louis Fratino on what it means to be a man today For our Spring/Summer 2020 issue, Document profiles three men sparking a cultural paradigm shift in profound and beautiful ways by Aaron Hicklin
Conversations Russell Tovey and Louis Fratino ponder the queer gaze and the necessity of creativity in the age of coronavirus Shortly after lockdown began, actor and artist discussed their earliest encounters with Robert Mapplethorpe and the ways pandemic art can define a generation by Aaron Hicklin
Conversations Essayists Samantha Irby and Durga Chew-Bose find solace in memories and solitude As Irby celebrates the release of her latest book, 'Wow, No Thank You,' during lockdown, the two discuss the art of sharing without oversharing by Aaron Hicklin
Conversations Earl Cave and Stuart Murdoch compare the soundtracks of their youths The young actor and Belle and Sebastian frontman on teenage ennui and their shared enthusiasm for skateboarding by Aaron Hicklin
Above the Fold Justin Vivian Bond is the Upstate goth in the chambeige minivan As part of Birkenstock’s 1774 collaboration series, Document Journal meets 10 creatives making the Hudson Valley a kingdom of their own. Near Hudson, the performer... by Aaron Hicklin
At Large The hysteria-inducing, swashbuckling adventurers behind Louis Vuitton’s most well-traveled trunks From Douglas Fairbanks, the eccentric, old Hollywood celebrity to Casanova orchestra conductor Leopold Stokowski, discover whirlwind lives of the original Louis Vuitton carriers. by Aaron Hicklin
Above the Fold Jordan Nassar’s new apartment exhibition lives between the Israel, Palestine binary A Palestinian-American artist ruminates on intersecting identities at his “new home” in Tel-Aviv. by Aaron Hicklin
At Large Remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years later Peaches, Liz Johnson Artur, the infamous Berghain bouncer Sven Marquardt, and others share their memories of an international turning point in Document's F/W 2019 issue. by Aaron Hicklin
Above the Fold Lore Segal wrote the Great American Novel you never read (and should) The author of 'Her First American' reflects on her incredible lifetime as a contrarian by Aaron Hicklin
Above the Fold Toni Morrison remembered—in the words of Marlon James, Yara Shahidi, and Janet Mock The giant of American literature has passed away at the age of 88—Here, five cultural figures describe the Morrison novels they'll never forget. by Aaron Hicklin
Above the Fold Sandro Kopp’s all-seeing eyes express humanity’s purest form In his show ‘mEYEcelium’ the artist uses portraits of eyes to capture the lingering presence of his friends and loved ones. by Aaron Hicklin
Conversations Emily Wilson and Maria Dahvana Headley on goddesses and monsters Challenging the ways in which the ancient epics ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘Beowulf’ have been translated by men, authors Emily Wilson and Maria Dahvana Headley discuss... by Aaron Hicklin