black and white photography Archives

In the Streets with Valerie J. Bower

Alex KhatchadourianApril 22, 2016

Over the last two years photographer Valerie J. Bower has documented lowrider culture. For issue 08 we spent a warm Sunday afternoon with her as she shot the Watts Life Car Club Picnic.

Something Like Idols: Glen E. Friedman

Camilla CorcueraMarch 22, 2016

Friendman's photographs are remarkable documentation of the ideologies and subcultures that leveraged an entire generation. A photography legend indeed.

Los Angeles By Night: John Brian King Releases New Book, LAX: Photographs of Los Angeles 1980–84

Taylor WojickNovember 3, 2015

With the release of LAX: Photographs of Los Angeles 1980-84, viewers inhabit a world of nostalgia, far off from the confines of security lines and electronic kiosks that have become routine of the now dread-worthy airport experience. We speak with photographer John Brian King about his thought process while capturing the photo series, the reaction he received from his subjects, and where he hopes his photograph's will end up in a hundred years from now.

Something Like Idols: Sally Mann

Alex KhatchadourianJune 23, 2015

A black-and-white photograph titled "White Skates" perfectly captures the provocative, sensual and enigmatic style of Sally Mann's stunning photography. Mann's older daughter, Virginia, stands naked and poised in some white roller skates on a wood deck with her siblings. Her pale body is luminous; it appears sun-kissed and at the center of the intense summer light behind her.