
Marcus Maddox captures the everyday romance of the music scene
With his series ‘Pom Poms,’ the photographer offers intimate glimpses of the lives of artists and the crowd, across three American cities

Shallowhalo’s “Decision of a Flower” bottles young love’s sweet uncertainty
Document premieres the music video to the electronic duo’s latest single, ahead of the release of their EP ‘Connection’

Inside the Bed-Stuy mansion hosting New York’s wildest house shows
Document secured a ticket to Porches’s sold-out performance with ‘You Missed It,’ rubbing elbows with only the niche-est Downtown celebrities

Strange Ranger reaches for euphoria
The band speaks on their latest album, ‘Pure Music,’ the spirituality of performance, and the age-old tradition of art-making

Alice Longyu Gao’s playlist for getting over your Dimes Square crush
The artist invites you into xyr colorful chaotic world of queer prosperity

Saoirse Ronan and Grace Coddington are artists in the craft of character-building
After their first meeting more than a decade ago, the actor and fashion editor come together, looking back on New York and life along the...

Daisy the Great is chicken soup for our eternally-adolescent souls
Mina Walker and Kelley Nicole Dugan join Document to discuss grappling with their online personas, the mutual exchange of performance, and their latest album

Sipper’s songs to feel safe again
To celebrate the release of his sixth album, Joey Beerman shares a playlist for finding creativity in comfort

Mattiel sees hot red: Enter the world of ‘Georgia Gothic’
On the eve of their third album release, the duo discusses creative partnership and sticking to their guns

Emily Segal and Cat Marnell talk dark euphoria, astrology, and editing in the iPhone Notes app
After founding a literary press and publishing her debut novel, the trend forecaster swaps juicy book recommendations with media’s most notorious It Girl

Michelle Zauner and Jiayang Fan on becoming their mothers’ artworks
The Japanese Breakfast frontwoman and New Yorker staff writer discuss the frantic need for creative expression and the emotional resonance of H Mart for Document...

Caroline Mackintosh captures the slow-burning creativity of South African designers
In the wake of South Africa's pandemic spike, local fashion designers tell us how they're rediscovering their creative pace

Optimism in motion with Chalvar Monteiro
Dressed in 5 Moncler Craig Green, the dancer demonstrates the joy of creative movement.

Sex, power, Brandy Melville: the gospel according to Rachel Sennott
Twitter's favorite fallen angel on ‘Shiva Baby,’ finding her comedic voice, and her chaotic introduction to the secular world

Betty Images’s books for burgeoning leftists
TikTok's 'Martha Stewart for Socialists' gives her literary guide for baby radicals

Lisa Remar takes a baseball bat to bad relationships in her new music video
The artists speaks with model Cayley King about her video for ‘Sonny’ and the perils of romance

Saint Laurent’s witchy ‘Summer of ’21’ short invites you to celebrate the full moon in style
Anthony Vaccarello's latest collaboration with Gaspar Noé casts Charlotte Rampling as its high priestess

Tara Turner’s handcrafted fine jewelry evokes the romance of untamed nature
The self-taught jeweler champions “unrefined elegance” and the allure of the unconventional

Ziwe Fumudoh and Patti Harrison talk Christian guilt, shitty exes, and Spice Girls
The comedians unpack their psychological demons and dating records in a hard-hitting fucking interview for Document’s Fall/Winter 2020 issue

From his family home in Texas, Caleb Landry Jones takes us on a trip into another dimension
The actor discusses his debut album 'The Mother Stone,' writing a song for Jim Jarmusch, and his love of extremes

POWRPLNT, the mutual aid space bridging the digital divide
Bushwick's best-kept secret: Between Narcan trainings and online workshops, how POWRPLNT continues to serve community through the pandemic

Insha Rahman breaks down how the US bail system perpetuates racial injustice
Over the past month, bail funds have raised millions of dollars. The next step is abolishing cash bail altogether

Yis Kid’s quarantine photo series captures our growing restlessness
In tribute to the Surrealists, the photographer invokes a creature from Greek mythology to express our state of collective confinement

“Crying in the Mirror” is the sadgirl anthem for the corona era
Rainsford's new video directed by Cara Delevingne features Kaia Gerber, Gregg Sulkin, and many, many tears

This year’s Palm* Prize shortlist is a poignant reminder of life before lockdown
16 photographers recall the joyful, profound, and intimate moments behind their images

Larry Tse’s guide to organic farming in the Hudson Valley
As part of Birkenstock’s 1774 collaboration series, Document Journal meets 10 creatives making the Hudson Valley a kingdom of their own. Dig Inn’s ‘Farmer-in-Chief’ shares...

Michele Saunders on the differences between the rhythm of big-city life and small-town pace
As part of Birkenstock’s 1774 collaboration series, Document Journal meets 10 creatives making the Hudson Valley a kingdom of their own. Moving upstate has offered...

‘Tyler Works at the Gas Station’ satirizes the plight of the Brooklyn creative
Marie Tomanova captures the short film’s cast of real-life artists, including Girl Skin’s Stanley Simons, model Phineas Kirsch, and photographers Cameron Lee Phan and Nika...

Virgil Abloh challenges workplace uniformity
‘Don't let your day job define you.’ Louis Vuitton Men channels the boundless, dreamy feeling of a childhood afternoon spent cloud-gazing.

What will we drive on the moon? Lexus shows Document the future
For Document Fall/Winter 2019, we called upon culture's brightest minds to envision lunar life. Here are Lexus's seven proposals for luxury space travel.

Document announces beauty director Lucia Pieroni
Pieroni shares her organic, intuitive philosophy for beauty and hints at what's in store for Document.

Colette’s Sarah Andelman and i-D founders Terry and Tricia Jones were influencers before it was a job
The effortlessly cool trio reflect on curation, team-building, and 40 years of 'i-D' in Document's Fall/Winter 2019 issue.

Y2K, 20 years later: Document’s contributors recall the armageddon that never was
Michele Saunders, The Rapture’s Luke Jenner, and more recall the parties, anxieties, and lessons learned on the eve of the new millennium.

‘Lucas’ captures the DIY determination of a teenager growing up in the shadow of the bygone Soviet era
The short film by Ryan Koopmans and Alice Wexell reveals a hopeful future among architectural histories.

Maripol, godmother of instant photography, on the serendipitous magic of Polaroids
Late nights at the Mudd Club, stolen motorcycles, and evading indecent exposure charges—the artist on the gritty glamour of late ’70s New York and being...

Thrifting as rebellion: How Gen Z killed fast fashion
As the secondhand fashion market is poised to outpace fast fashion, Document celebrates sustainability with a fashion portfolio of exclusively used clothing

With Barneys’ bankruptcy, the death knell of physical retailers rings louder
Once the embodiment of aspirational, New York consumerism, the luxury retailer has announced nationwide store closures

From the Archive: John Waters and Edmund White decode death, sexting, and the flaws of Dalí
Ahead of Waters's new essay collection, 'Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder,' the writers reminisce on glory holes and redeem Warhol's legacy...

Matthew Williams and Sita Abellán on creating with emotion in a tech-fueled culture
The designer of 1017 ALYX 9SM and the techno DJ discuss ephemerality and authenticity in the digital age for Document S/S 2019.

Noname speaks with Lakeith Stanfield about staying independent
Noname's new track, ‘Song 32,’ is just for her fans. In Document's Spring/Summer 2019 issue, she and Lakeith Stanfield talk dodging and chasing the spotlight.

Gem & Bolt, among the guardians of mezcal
Tucked away at the ancient mezcal grounds in Oaxaca, Gem & Bolt is bringing mezcal into the sustainable future, while resisting the mass-produced tequila trap.

Mario Sorrenti recalls his early ’90s snapshots of Kate Moss
On the occasion of his new book ‘Kate,’ photographer Mario Sorrenti discusses starting out his career, slowing down in the age of digital photography, and...

After the mall, comes a new kind of urban square
In a recent lecture on the future of retail, the historian and fashion writer Laura McLaws Helms took a closer look at the possibilities of...

Facing the future with some of activism’s newest faces
Thousands of teens from across the country descended upon #TurnUp, an activism summit hosted by The New School this past weekend to make clear that...

Social modesty is behavioral science’s latest obsession
They've even coined a term, "signal-burying," to explain why humans opt to play down their interests and good deeds.

Christopher Kane’s propensity for playful subversion lands at your feet
Known for collaborations with Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood, The Rug Company now takes on Christopher Kane’s signature prints.
