This is the New York skyline circa 1980
Glenn O'Brien remembered the atmosphere in 1980 New York, ever present in the timeless beauty of Edo Bertoglio's photographs.
Recalling the big hair and even bigger personalities of Wigstock
Linda Simpson, John Kelly, Lypsinka, and Peter Zaremba of The Fleshtones reminisce about their fondest moments of the annual New York drag celebration.
Who is Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky?
Google celebrates the 155th birthday of Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, the Russian photographer and chemist who documented the Russian Empire.
See the vibrant faces of London’s Notting Hill Carnival
Photographer Edd Horder documented the people and fashion of London's annual Caribbean summer street festival.
A Marigold Eve in the Garden
Photographer Catherine Servel and stylist Rachael Wang capture the sensual substance of the human form in this Document exclusive portfolio.
One artist brings the Acne Studios Manhattan Sneaker on a journey through the ’90s
"Shoes are the first thing I look at when meeting someone."
An authentic look at people with their very own Birkenstocks
The brand tapped Jack Davison to shoot Ryan McGinley, Thomas Südhof, Romany Pajdak and more with their beloved Birkenstocks.
Christelle De Castro zooms in on downtown NYC in ‘Citizens of the Bowery’
Christelle De Castro photographed and documented 60 denizens of the Bowery for the citizenM exhibition and documentary Citizens of the Bowery.
Stef Mitchell captures a haunting adolescence in ‘One Damn Thing After Another’
The photographer captures the blur of transitioning from childhood to adulthood in her trademark poetic approach.
Hollow Gold
Photographer Andrew Jacobs and stylist Herin Choi investigate the symbiotic relationship between body and garment by foregrounding brief, but revealing, moments of uninhibited movement.
The photographer who made the biggest names of the 20th century beautiful
Portraits of Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, and Emperor Charles I of Austria taken by Dora Kallmus, or d’Ora, are the subject of an exhibition at...
In celebration of summer holidays, Document 12 contributors bring us to their favorite places
Jil Sanders's Lucie Meier embarks on a journey to the mountains of Zermatt, while coder Fereshteh Forough travels to her favorite park in Afghanistan.
Balancing act
Can layering become an art form? Photographer Peter Carter and stylist Florence Arnold make a thought-provoking case.
Document 10 by Brianna Capozzi and Marie Chaix
The photographer and stylist team up for this cheeky, ethereal spread in Document's Spring/Summer 2017 issue.
The roadside diner that time forgot
Photographers Stevie & Mada join forces with stylist Marcela Jacobina to transport you to a place where time has seemingly stood still.
Love and solace
Photographer Daisy Walker joins stylist Cristina Firpo to embrace the form and power of the body in all its unabashed sensuality.
Documenting the endless appetites of ‘starving artists’
'FOOD SEX ART,' which opens at the Ryan Lee Gallery this week, dispels the idea of artistic penury with a survey of artistic indulgence from...
Announcing The New Vanguard Finalists
Discover the five finalists and the winner of the Special Reportage Prize.
A retro treasure trove of family principles
In this exclusive editorial, photographer Ronan Gallagher and stylist Grace Joel reimagine a typical English seaside family holiday.
Charlotte Rampling, a Fox, and a Plate
Writer Anthony Haden-Guest speaks to the actress about her forays in painting, the marriage between photography and performance, and the intoxicating energy of 1960s London...
Some people feel the rain, others just get wet
Document's Alice Lefons and photographer Takahito Sasaki create a sensual and damp dreamscape where fashion is a zone of protection in a world of perpetual downpour.
James Welling on his photo ‘1538’
“The challenge is to create something I haven't seen before."
Just Before It All
Document's Shawn Lakin teams up with collaborator and photographer Ryan James Caruthers to weave a song of adolescent whimsy with the help of fashion's newest...
Sam Rock and Camille Bidault-Waddington
Photographer Sam Rock and stylist Camille Bidault-Waddington resuscitate our senses with this amalgamation of colors, patterns and punk attitude for Document No. 12.
‘The Decisive Moment’ debunked at ICP’s Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibit
In a new exhibit open this past week, the International Center of Photographer unpacks the making of a mythology with a closer look at the...
Hope is a word
In “Hope is a Word,” photographer Bex Day and stylist Patricia Villirillo set out to explore the freedom, absurdity and romance of the American road...
Katharina Grosse rejects your idea that painting is archaic
Known for work that takes place on a captivating scale, the painter discusses a technique that operates far beyond the realm of one dimension for...
50 years later, a new look at the 1968 Paris protests from a lost archive
Hidden away for half a century, rare photographs by a young freelancer captured the chaos and optimism of three weeks of social unrest known as...
If you haven’t a sense of humor, don’t speak to Geoff Dyer. Or read his books.
If you do, the novelist's latest, a literary meditation on photographer Garry Winogrand, is the kind of cheeky, yet critical, approach to photography we've long...
Photographer Sanlé Sory made stars out of the youth of Burkina Faso in the 1960s
Document talks with the 75-year-old photographer following the opening of his first American exhibition at Yossi Milo Gallery in New York.
Wildlife photography has a surprisingly sketchy underbelly
After Britain’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year was found to have staged his award-winning image, other photographers are coming out with their own stories of...
Proof of existence
Through sparse black and white compositions, photographer Zhi Wei and Document's Shawn Lakin invoke the work of performance artists from the late 1960s.
Willy Vanderperre and Olivier Rizzo
Photographer Willy Vanderperre and contributing fashion editor Olivier Rizzo in collaboration for Document's SS 2018 issue.
Photographer William Klein has spent a lifetime looking at the world
Long revered and often imitated, the photographer surveys a storied career overflowing with experimentation and left turns with curator Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Lucie and Luke Meier are in pursuit of minimalism’s soul
The creative directors of Jil Sander have brought their fusion of elite and cult style to the brand's minimalist halls.
Amy Arbus on her photo ‘Julio Q’
'In those days, it was so much fun to take pictures of people because they were never suspicious. They were just honored.'
Who’s that in the garden?
The latest monograph from Aperture, The Photographer in the Garden, is a simple homage to the garden's delicate perfection.
Questioning perfection
Photographer Max Cornwall and Fashion Editor Alice Lefons decode traditional notions of beauty.
Joel Sternfeld on his photo ‘After A Flash Flood, Rancho Mirage’
'This photo of the flash flood in Rancho Mirage evokes all of the disasters that are going to happen because of extreme weather. I wish...
Rineke Dijkstra and capturing the awkward blooms of youth
With The Louisiana Book, the Dutch photographer captures the essence of youth untamed and in the wild.
Curator Alissa Bennett details the dark side to Lena Dunham
The actress in conversation with Alissa Bennett, the creator of the biannual morbid zine "Dead is Better."
Joe Gaffney on his photo ‘Sunrise on the Avenue Montaigne’
For Contact Sheet, Document asks a photographer about the unseen story of a frame that defines their work.
Gradient shifts
Photographer Toshinao Kumakura and stylist Venia Polyhronaki find inspiration in the 80s for this Document exclusive
Teen eco-activist Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez and Rosario Dawson sound the environmental alarm
Activists Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez and Rosario Dawson connect over the voices of youth activism, now more integral than ever
The boys of Hong Kong
Photographer Alexandra Leese gives Document an exclusive look at her latest photo essay in which stereotypes of masculinity are dismantled in the city of her...
The infinite allure of Repossi
The visionary house expands their Antifer collection into series of infinitely curving white-gold bracelets.
Tina Tyrell on her photo ‘Time Will Have Its Fancy’
Every week for Contact Sheet, Document asks a photographer for the unseen story about the frame that has come to define their work.
Pieter Hugo on his photo “Portrait #3, Rwanda, 2014”
"I like to think of some of these pictures as little gifts from the universe."
Before any Roksanda show, it’s a cup of tea
Document asks designers about the backstage rituals that make the moments before the first look bearable.
