It's 7 pm on a balmy Sunday night and you're not ready to go home. The subtropical climate suggests paradise; that warmth, open spaces and neverending sunrays. It's a place where youths, often contemplative in nature generate a nonchalant atmosphere and the feeling of an endless summer. Warm skin, disheveled hair, minimal clothing. These are just a few of the…
This edition of Berlin Alternative Fashion Week marks the first day of the Wrong Gallery, a new art project and creative space in Berlin. The project, conceived by Daniel Piece, Olof Larsson and Andrea D'Auria, aims at showcasing the work of underground artists and photographers in proper art galleriesaway from the squats and the typical Berlin urban decayand bring a…
"Havana in Between" opens the worlds eyes to Havana beyond colourful building scapes and 1950s unveiling life lived through the eyes of it's young people. Lola Who had the pleasure of speaking with independent Italian photographer Nicoló Lanfranchi about his years spent in Cuba documenting lives of teenagers in Havana.
The photography of 25-year-old Kimber Beck takes the form of self-portraits with a retro feel. Her work might be better described as body portraits that explore intimacy with the body of the self, and with the bodies of other women. Captured in whole or in part, female bodies are often found in surreal contexts and contortions. Intimate and dreamy, the subjects of her pieces are often faceless and unclothedor wearing only underwear.
"Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life," said Bill Cunningham. The 87-year-old photographerwho pioneered "street style" photographypassed away yesterday, June 25, after suffering from a recent stroke. In the fashion world as much as in the streets of New York, his independent spirit, smile and blue eyes will be profoundly missed. Born in Boston in 1929,…
Spirituality. Nakedness. Environment. Life. When one contemplates the exposed human body in relation to nature, its easy to forget about the ego. In Eastern philosophy, humans are attached to nature. Here, Chinese photographer Chen Chong has combined the two in his series "About Eternity," creating a seamless vision of natures relationship with the human body. Regardless of modern sciences ever…
Lola Who had the pleasure of speaking with Jacqueline Ashton about her series "Her World," the inspirations behind their pieces and the role of the modern black female artist.
The so-called "kid from Minneapolis" was one of the greatest musicians of the 80s and early 90s with hits like "Purple Rain,"When Doves Cry, and "Cream." With his androgynous-dandy style, his musical genius, and his desire to create his own world, Prince Rogers Nelson was born for the stage. Three months after David Bowie, the world has lost another legend. At…
Lady Liberty, The Empire State Building, Brooklyn Bridge. These are just a few examples of what one might visualize when asked about New York City. With five boroughs, eight million inhabitants, glitz, glamour, guns and gangs, it holds true that the city undoubtedly never sleeps. Manhattans Lower East Side, once a heavily populated immigrant neighborhood is now reveled as the…