Harvard’s Sarah Lewis wants us to create images as mirrors rather than windows
The photography critic and scholar resists shortcuts and oversimplification. True representational justice demands a shift in context—in other words: this is a job for everyone....
For Juilliard president Damian Woetzel, there is more than one definition of artistic success
Woetzel comments on building a brighter, more inclusive future for the prestigious conservatory and cultivating a spirit of versatility and collaboration in the young artists...
Document spotlights 5 extraordinary people whose work is transporting us from untenable presents to unimagined futures
We hear from Jose Antonio Vargas on immigration, Marion Nestle on food, Damian Woetzel on the arts, Sarah Lewis on images, and Irin Carmon on...
For journalist Irin Carmon, the only way to survive is to stay nimble
The journalist who helped to expose Charlie Rose's long history of sexual harassment discusses #MeToo and the future of investigative reporting in Document's Fall/Winter 2018...
Academic and author Marion Nestle believes that food can catalyze political movements
Nestle details the pernicious tactics of food and beverage corporations to prey on the vulnerable and encourages her readers to get involved in fixing a...
Immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas wants us to acknowledge our common humanity
The author of ‘Dear America’ and founder of Define American on queerness, transformative tech, and living openly as an undocumented immigrant for Document's Fall/Winter 2018...
Suffo Moncloa and Gary David Moore
Suffo Moncloa and Gary David Moore join forces in a tantalizing series for Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue.
Roe Ethridge and Jodie Barnes
Photographer Roe Ethridge and stylist Jodie Barnes team up in this fashion portfolio for Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue.
Gucci by Katy Grannan and Sarah Richardson
Photographer and filmmaker Katy Grannan teams up with Document's fashion director Sarah Richardson to photograph Gucci for Document Journal F/W 2018.
Willy Vanderperre and Olivier Rizzo
Photographer Willy Vanderperre and contributing fashion editor Olivier Rizzo collaborate for Document Issue No.13.
2018 in images: by Virgil Abloh, Grace Coddington, and other Document contributors
We asked a few of our favorite creative collaborators to recap a long year in a single photo, screenshot, or cat sketch.
Into the woods: Acne Studios’ Jonny Johansson takes on the Swedish outdoor icon Fjällräven
For Document Fall/Winter 2018, writer Mark Smith sat down with the Swedish co-founder to discuss his past and taking it slow in the age of...
Saint Laurent by Jack Pierson and Anders Sølvsten Thomsen
Photographer Jack Pierson and stylist Anders Sølvsten Thomsen capture Anthony Vaccarello's Saint Laurent for Document Fall/Winter 2018.
Fashion’s “new” problem? Moving the needle forward in the age of infinite reference
Is fashion suffering a crisis of originality? We can’t seem to stop talking about who’s stealing from whom but appropriation is a thoroughly old-fashioned practice—the...
Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the old San Francisco, his new novel, and his first 100 years
The literary legend discusses the legacy of City Lights, anarchism, and the San Francisco that was with editor Ira Silverberg.
Tyler Mitchell and Sarah Richardson
For Document Fall/Winter 2018, photographer Tyler Mitchell and Document's fashion director Sarah Richardson bring together some of the best fashion of the season.
Liz Johnson Artur captures black love and non-binary nightlife in London
The Russian-Ghanaian photographer presents her portfolio ‘Return to Forever’ for Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue.
Stella Tennant speaks with Tim Blanks about 25 years of era-defining fashion collaborations
Tim Blanks sits down with Stella Tennant to discuss her foray into the fashion world and the importance of utility for clothes at Holland &...
Dior by Theo Wenner and Sarah Richardson
Photographer Theo Wenner and Document's fashion director Sarah Richardson capture Dior in the Hamptons for Document Fall/Winter 2018.
Revisiting Suck magazine’s experiment in radical feminist pornography
Lynne Tillman and other contributors to Suck magazine look back and analyze the legacy that the transgressive magazine left behind.
Artist Larry Bell tells architect Frank Gehry about his addiction to beginnings
Architect Frank Gehry and artist Larry Bell speak about their lifelong friendship and ruminate on the possibility of an unregulated art world for Document Fall/Winter...
Brianna Capozzi and Delphine Danhier
Brianna Capozzi and stylist Delphine Danhier focus on the relationship between subject and setting in an immersive fashion portfolio for Document Fall/Winter 2018
At Alaska’s “ground zero” for climate change, a new generation of activists fights to preserve a vanishing way of life
Photographer Laurence Ellis and Peter H. Gleick chronicle Alaskans' efforts to fight climate change in Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue.
Virgil Abloh tells Brooklyn Museum’s Anne Pasternak about the work that can never be erased
Virgil Abloh and Anne Pasternak discuss a "new Renaissance" in Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue.
Miu Miu by Gray Sorrenti and Shawn Lakin
Photographer Gray Sorrenti and Document's US Fashion Editor Shawn Lakin join forces with Miu Miu for Document Fall/Winter 2018.
Loie Hollowell’s bodily landscapes
Loie Hollowell's portfolio for Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue marks a daring departure from the practice of early female abstractionists, reveling in the eroticism and ethereality...
Estonian Rapper Tommy Cash tells artist Slava Mogutin about the ideology of escapism
For Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue, artist and activist Slava Mogutin and Tommy Cash bond over mafia-esque Russian security and explore their differences in political outlook.
Steve Lacy, Syd, and Lakeith Stanfield by Ryan McGinley and Virgil Abloh
Photographer Ryan McGinley and designer Virgil Abloh in collaboration for Document Fall/Winter 2018 with Louis Vuitton and starring Steve Lacy, Syd, and Lakeith Stanfield.
Ebony G. Patterson flashes her discordant opulence
Above, below, beneath provides a window into the political stakes of Ebony G. Patterson's decadent, intricate tapestries from Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue.
Has the internet broken the marketplace of ideas? Rethinking free speech in the Digital Age
Writer Cody Delistraty explores the limitations of free speech absolution in the era of social media for Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue.
