I personally know 3 women who would immediately strip to pose for Pascal Möhlmann. But that’s not the point. Although you might think otherwise, Möhlmann doesn’t see his work as erotic and based on fetishes. He doesn’t see a narrative in there either. Pascal ended up living in Zürich after he met his now wife at a party in Basel some years
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When I think about it, I really remember more gloomy days and more darkness than light in Berlin. It’s a pity on the one hand, but on the other it’s a thriving environment for all those moody artists who find their creative fuel in the overcast skies over Berlin. Here’s maybe the best proof for my theory. His name is
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While I was sick, there has been a lot going on in the fashion reality. I definitely had to catch up on that one featuring Zombie Boy. We are in a huge fabric hall. An exposed and obviously uncommon character sits there on a couch. German photographer Nadine Elfenbein will soon continue taking pictures of him. He smokes his cigarette while making
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Right before he boards the plane to Europe – visiting Paris and Berlin, Justin sent me his latest photo shoot done with instant film and emulsion transfers using a 4×5 Sinar studio camera and Konica Instant Press. The result is both stunning and brings a vintage erotic feel. Some of them look like paintings, don’t they? The shoot also features
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CityScape is a collection of three collages that depict the most characteristic parts of Copenhagen that almost appear as separate cities within the city. Created by Daim Yoon, Mette Lyckegaard and Marcin Ignac, the trio used the pictures of the city as as a graphical landscape mosaic that represents the feel they have to them. The urban landscape of Copenhagen is flat and homogeneous
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Aurelien and I share the same suspicion and doubt about the fashion industry. We’re also in a love-hate triangle with fashion magazines. The French native from Bordeaux is now based in Barcelona, where he continues his work with mixed media, photography and graphic design. My personal pick from his intriguing portfolio is called Surface – a very personal photographic réflexion on
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Philippe Poupet is an ambitious man. He’s also an installation artist from France who decided to take on Barranquilla, an industries city on the Northern Caribbean coast of Colombia (it’s also where Shakira was born). From a simple exercise, a procedure previously agreed by all, Philippe proposes a group of people, artists and/or students to participate for several successive meetings in
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Do you wanna watch a 8:35 minute video where Jake Gyllenhaal goes on a killing spree dancing to The Shoes? Well here ya go. The new video for Time To Dance has arrived. Combine the best band in France right now (which I’ve been roaring for for quite some time now), acclaimed director Daniel Wolfe, producedrs by Somesuch & Co,
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… we like to get dirty while playing with our bikes. An uncensored feature photo shoot by Matthias Vriens-McGrath, published in its censured version in Tetu magazine.
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In an era of financial insecurity and where printed media is created on a friendship base for almost no money, the future of zines is more insecure than ever. That’s why events like the Chicago Zine Fest have to receive the most attention, since they make up for a large part of the life cycle of a zine. My favorite
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In a post-VICE era it’s hard to surprise, disgust or even people. Everyone has seen the fuck-ups, the addicts, the pussy the dicks. However, Kevin Amato manages to bring the raw to display, wrapping its dirty in innocence. Amato has worked for nearly a decade as a photographer and is best known for his frequent contributions to international fashion and
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There is one agent provocateur who defined the way magazines will be made for over 2 decades; who restlessly continues doing what he does best – making you uncomfortable and forcing you to think; whom I am lucky enough to be creatively involved with. Matthias’s relentless determination in the quest to free your mind from redundant dogmas and reductive social
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