Ming Smith’s otherworldly photographs of very earthly injustices
Following her artist portfolio in Document S/S 2019, Ming Smith speaks on representation, improvisation, and photography as a form of survival.
Tom Hearn shares photos from his first, life-changing Ramones concert
The photographer saw the show in 1976 with Legs McNeil, John Holmstrom, and Ged Dunn.
Quil Lemons and MaryV Benoit on posting their most vulnerable moments online
The two artists spent the day photographing each other and sharing advice, memories, and their hopes for the future.
‘Sakura Lust’ celebrates the ephemeral beauty of Japanese love hotels
Casper Kent spent a year photographing his friend in Japanese ryokans and love hotels for his new book 'Sakura Lust.'
11 photographers present their most powerful image
How much can you say with a single photograph? The Palm* Studios Photo Prize spotlights 100 images and a world of perspectives, evening the playing...
Ming Smith’s ‘Strange Fruit’ reveals the specters of American history
The photographer’s experiments in shadow and light reform gender and racial boundaries in a portfolio for Document S/S 2019.
Photographer Mitch Epstein on the incisive eye of his mentor Garry Winogrand
As ‘Garry Winogrand: Color’ opens at The Brooklyn Museum, his former student tells Document why the emotive character of Winogrand's color photography still resonates today.
Louie Banks photographs Jazzelle as a highway motel fever dream
The London photographer and Detroit-born model create surreal suburban looks for Document Online.
Garry Winogrand’s illusive color photography receives its due at The Brooklyn Museum
Ahead of the exhibition, Document S/S 2019 featured a portfolio of the late photographer's color work with an introduction by Mitch Epstein.
Edd Horder captures the elaborate uniforms of British social clubs
From choir girls to polo players, Edd Horder photographs a rarely seen side of British society for London Unstyled.
Rave Zine: new photography with eternal DIY spirit
The new zine celebrates the artists keeping the inventive, youthful spirit of the Second Summer of Love alive in its first issue.
Sophie Green photographs the singular beauty of London’s African ‘white garment’ churches
The British social documentary and portrait photographer releases 'Congregation,' her second photography book portraying the rarely-documented spiritual worship of African South Londoners.
Mumbai, Unstyled: everyday fashion in India’s City of Dreams
Photographer Martin Mae captures families, fashion models, and rickshaw drivers in the beautifully cacophonous city.
6 stories of compassion and contradiction on America’s southern border
In 'American Backyard,' photographer Elliot Ross and writer Genevieve Allison give voice to the families, ranchers, and indigenous activists negotiating life on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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....
Su Misu’s erotic photographs reveal Taiwan’s subversive underbelly
The Taiwanese photographer's daring images are on display at Art Basel in Hong Kong through March 31.
Photographing the vibrant, disappearing community of elderly Jews in 1970s South Beach
The late Andy Sweet's legacy is the subject of a recent documentary and photography book.
Marie Tomanova captures the vulnerability of American youth
The Czech-born, New York-based photographer immortalizes her American Youth series with her new book ‘Young American.’
Mariette Pathy Allen spent 40 years documenting the transgender community’s radical resilience
'Rites of Passage,' on display at The Museum of Sex, reveals all that has changed and all that tragically remains the same in the battle...
Farah Al Qasimi photographs the playful everyday behind Dubai’s flashy veneer
The New York and Dubai-based photographer disrupts the notion that Dubai is all flashy cars and towering skyscrapers in an exhibition at Jameel Arts Centre.
Photographer Alec Soth spent a year being a stranger in people’s homes
The photographer’s latest series ‘I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating’ captures a glimpse of people in their own homes.
Documenting the humanity in Tbilisi’s brutalist landmark of Soviet occupation
Photographer Alex Schoelcher examines the history within a Tbilisi apartment complex for his new project "Plato."
Kunle Martins and Jack Pierson invite you to their ‘Pee Party’
The two artists discuss love, life, and their first exhibition together at Jeffrey Stark.
Helmut Lang gets the Slava Mogutin treatment
The photographer continues ten years of creative collaboration with the brand with his "logo hack" capsule collection
Remembering the photography of ‘Renaissance man’ Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Lagerfeld’s art dealer, Mathias Rastorfer of Galerie Gmurzynska, recalls working with the legendary Chanel designer as a photographer.
Chris Brooks photographs the revival of his family’s lost printing press
The photographer concludes a decade-long project with the release of his first book on the family press.
Photographing the everyday magic of a matriarchal Cape Town village
South African photographer Imraan Christian captures regal portraits of the indigenous communities of Cape Town.
5 photographers on how masculinity informs their practice
Five photographers consider how toxic, traditional, and beautiful forms of masculinity inform their practice.
Tabitha Soren sees America’s collective anxiety in our fingerprint-stained screens
In her new project ‘Surface Tension,’ Tabitha Soren suggests our digital-era anxiety can actually bring us closer together.
Roe Ethridge embraces discordance in a post-truth world
The photographer explores everyday sanctuaries at his latest exhibition in Hong Kong.
Photographing the everyday lives of Havana’s future boxing champions
With his new photo journal ‘Boxing in Havana,’ Dominick Sheldon celebrates Cuba's rich sporting history.
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas Skypes with Hans Ulrich Obrist about the rise of the .net generation
Document is very sorry to hear of the passing of the wonderful and revolutionary Jonas Mekas, known as the godfather of American avant-garde cinema.
Grace Wales Bonner’s first major exhibition merges black mysticism and rituals
The designer brings together work from her biggest inspirations, such as photographers Liz Johnson Artur and Rotimi Fani-Kayode, as well as British artist Sampha.
Slava Mogutin’s very queer, very NSFW response to online censorship
The Russian refugee opens his archive of banned images for an online exhibition with Tom of Finland.
The eternal power of “family” photographs, from living rooms to underground ballroom
In Aperture magazine's latest issue, a rumination on "family" through an inclusive lens featuring photographs by Stefan Ruiz, Diana Markosian, and David Armstrong.
Adam Jason Cohen’s intimate street portraits of Chicago’s basketball youth
In his new book ‘Fundamentals,’ the photographer looks to basketball in Chicago to explore social justice while seeking to empower the voices of those marginalized...
Photographer Zora Sicher navigates intimacy in the digital age
Zora Sicher documents the evolution of her closest relationships in ‘Progreso 110,’ a collection of platonic love letters, outfit changes, and screenshots.
Jamie Hawkesworth reduces his work to its essential rhythms
The photographer's new London show encompasses 59 drawings, seven photographs, and a film created during his travels to Kenya, Romania, Louisiana and more.
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.
Jeremy Kost’s paint-streaked Polaroids of nude men
In ‘Isolated But Not Alone,’ the artist turns Polaroids into paint-streaked art pieces, a commentary on the current social (and social media) climate.
Catherine Opie torches the American Dream
Catherine Opie highlights the dying American Dream through the narrative of an arsonist burning Los Angeles's majestic modernist structures.
The fight of Black America, through the lens of Gordon Parks
For Document Fall/Winter 2018, The Gordon Parks Foundation contributed an exclusive portfolio of his photographs from that watershed moment in 1963, accompanied by his own...
Sterling Ruby’s Basin Theology
From his studio in Los Angeles, the artist created an exclusive portfolio—fusing garments with shards exploded in a kiln—for Document Spring/Summer 2014.
Love dolls don’t love you back
Laurie Simmons cast Japanese "Love Dolls" in Connecticut settings. Unlike their sexed-up American sisters, the wholesome fragility makes them all the more insidious. For the...
The art of being a muse
The muses of Robert Mapplethorpe, Herb Ritts, Keith Haring, Will Cotton, Mickalene Thomas, and Damian Loeb discuss their experiences sitting for some of history's most...
Willem Dafoe takes you inside his fanaticism
Writer and critic John Ortved sits down with the prolific actor to discuss the ritual of performance, falling in love with one's craft, and why...
An intimate dive in Vince Aletti’s personal collections
Nicholas Weist visited Vince Aletti at his East Village apartment to dissect his immense collection of pop culture, fashion, fine art and gay pulp fiction.
Wolfgang Tillmans questions himself in David Zwirner exhibition
“How likely is it that only I am right in this matter?” asks photographer Wolfgang Tillmans through abstract ink prints, raw portraiture, and his artful...
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...
