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Sophie Thatcher finds salvation in storytelling — Above the Fold
Sophie Thatcher finds salvation in storytelling

The ‘Yellowjackets’ star opens up about her music career, childhood obsessions, and her desire to ‘become unrecognizable’
by Camille Sojit Pejcha

Alicia Keys and Moncler Genius capture the cool of New York — Above the Fold
Alicia Keys and Moncler Genius capture the cool of New York

The artist is the label’s latest co-creator, imagining garments that merge street style with the city’s characteristic elegance
by Document Journal

Photographer Matthieu Delbreuve and stylist Giulia Querenghi consider the duality of dressing — Fashion Portfolio
Photographer Matthieu Delbreuve and stylist Giulia Querenghi consider the duality of dressing

This fashion portfolio collages style codes and graphic perspectives, responding to the garment’s transformative power
by Document Journal

Daytripping: Ghost dance — Above the Fold
Daytripping: Ghost dance

In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark tells a tale of two boroughs, two generations, and what we’ve lost and found through nightlife
by McKenzie Wark

Antoine Harinthe snapshots a first impression of Jamaica — Above the Fold
Antoine Harinthe snapshots a first impression of Jamaica

The photographer shares a portfolio of chance encounters and lush landscapes with Document, imparting a piece of the nation's mesmerizing spirit
by Document Journal

Age, anger, and anxiety: The doctrine of Sleaford Mods — Above the Fold
Age, anger, and anxiety: The doctrine of Sleaford Mods

Following the release of ‘UK GRIM,’ Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn join Document to disclose why they’ll keep going until they “drop dread”
by Megan Hullander

With ‘Road Less Traveled,’ Rose B. Simpson diaries the tension between ancestry and modern culture

Art

With ‘Road Less Traveled,’ Rose B. Simpson diaries the tension between ancestry and modern culture

The artist’s New York debut is on view at Jack Shainman Gallery, rendering tangible her relationship with Native identity and cycles of personal struggle

The work of art in the age of algorithmic optimization

Art

The work of art in the age of algorithmic optimization

The intellectual property debate asks who profits from the fruits of creative labor—and what it means to make something beautiful when everyone else can, too

Thomas Blackshear casts new light on the canon of Western American art

Art

Thomas Blackshear casts new light on the canon of Western American art

In collaboration with Stetson, the artist personifies the hidden Black cowboy, reimagining Lon Megargee’s iconic painting ‘The Last Drop From His Stetson’

In ‘DENTRO,’ Jester Bulnes is preoccupied with parallels, pairs, and the in-between

Photography

In ‘DENTRO,’ Jester Bulnes is preoccupied with parallels, pairs, and the in-between

The artist’s first photobook is diaristic and investigative, marking stages in the evolution of the their character, and exploring grounds for its further expansion

Chase Hall mines memory, bearing witness to personal histories

Art

Chase Hall mines memory, bearing witness to personal histories

Following the opening of ‘The Close of the Day,’ the artist joins Document to discuss code switching and the American South

GPT-4 heralds a new era of AI-generated get-rich-quick schemes

Culture

GPT-4 heralds a new era of AI-generated get-rich-quick schemes

Digital entrepreneurs are automating their side hustles—and the ease with which they’re being replaced calls into question their value in the first place

‘What Is Psychedelic’ details Aura Rosenberg’s appetite for impulse

Art

‘What Is Psychedelic’ details Aura Rosenberg’s appetite for impulse

The artist joins Document to reflect upon her first institutional survey, which traverses five decades, two spaces, and one book

McKenzie Wark on raving and the infrastructure of queer life

Literature

McKenzie Wark on raving and the infrastructure of queer life

The writer meets with Document to discuss her latest book, the low genre of autofiction, and the makings of a good party

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Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in February

Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in February

From police procedural horror novellas to Yasujirō Ozu’s unofficial trilogy, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month

by Document Editors

Nicolas Cage and John Carpenter are cinema’s most studious eccentrics

Film

Nicolas Cage and John Carpenter are cinema’s most studious eccentrics

For Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue, the horror master and the movie star expound on a possible curriculum for the apocryphal Nicolas Cage University

by Hannah Ongley

Pa Salieu is the driving force behind a new cultural narrative

Pa Salieu is the driving force behind a new cultural narrative

For Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue, the breakout musician reflects on his many lives, from the frontline to international fame

by Morgan Becker

Tommy Pico and Carmen Maria Machado investigate horror as a reflection of the American psyche

Tommy Pico and Carmen Maria Machado investigate horror as a reflection of the American psyche

For Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue, the writers delve deep into our collective subconscious to reveal the inextricable link between desire and fear

by Camille Sojit Pejcha

Between illusion and the studied art of the tease, strip clubs are the last bastion of the American Dream

Between illusion and the studied art of the tease, strip clubs are the last bastion of the American Dream

Rachel Rabbit White explores the strip club's enduring fantasy of social and sexual upward mobility, both on-stage and off

by Rachel Rabbit White

Chasing divinity in the Mojave Desert

Chasing divinity in the Mojave Desert

For the seeker, the mystic, the artist, the outlaw, the romantic idiot, the allure of the American West endures

by Ken Layne

Ariana Papademetropoulos warps archetypal ways of seeing with ghostly fantasies

Ariana Papademetropoulos warps archetypal ways of seeing with ghostly fantasies

For Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue, the artist shares a portfolio of paintings that blur the boundary between mythology and reality

by Donatien Grau

In Pasco County, Florida—Nudist Capital, USA—the body politic is on fully display

In Pasco County, Florida—Nudist Capital, USA—the body politic is on fully display

Way down upon the Suwannee River, purists and partiers clash over the movements founding doctrine

by Craig Pittman

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Hari Nef and Lena Dunham on the complicated communion of performance

Film

Hari Nef and Lena Dunham on the complicated communion of performance

For Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue, the actor and writer reunite in the name of authenticity—delving into their respective cults of personality

by Morgan Becker

Pa Salieu is the driving force behind a new cultural narrative

Pa Salieu is the driving force behind a new cultural narrative

For Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue, the breakout musician reflects on his many lives, from the frontline to international fame

by Morgan Becker

Tommy Pico and Carmen Maria Machado investigate horror as a reflection of the American psyche

Tommy Pico and Carmen Maria Machado investigate horror as a reflection of the American psyche

For Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue, the writers delve deep into our collective subconscious to reveal the inextricable link between desire and fear

by Camille Sojit Pejcha

Rick Owens and Ron Athey were born from the sociosexual underworlds of Los Angeles

Rick Owens and Ron Athey were born from the sociosexual underworlds of Los Angeles

For Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue, the design deity and extreme performance artist reminisce on the teen degeneracy that informed their creative trajectories

by Tim Blanks

Emma Corrin mines stories of unbridled, uncensored self-discovery

Emma Corrin mines stories of unbridled, uncensored self-discovery

For Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue, the rising star speaks to film’s capacity for turning speculative freedoms into reality

by Tia Glista

Lupita Nyong’o leverages language to depict the nuances of humanity

Lupita Nyong’o leverages language to depict the nuances of humanity

Upon her return to the ‘Black Panther’ franchise, the celebrated actor reflects on healing alongside her character for Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue

by Bridget Minamore

Kevin Abstract and Charles Atlas interrogate physical realities in digital fantasies

Kevin Abstract and Charles Atlas interrogate physical realities in digital fantasies

For Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue, the musician and the artist meet for the first time to explore the evolving principles and practices of video-making

by Megan Hullander

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Fashion Portfolios

A Period of Juvenile Prosperity — Fashion Portfolio
A Period of Juvenile Prosperity

Photographer David Sims, Document’s beauty director Lucia Pieroni, and stylist Max Pearmain collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s tenth anniversary
by Document Journal

Tropic of Orange

Tropic of Orange

Photographer Thue Nørgaard and Document’s fashion and creative director Sarah Richardson collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s tenth anniversary

by Document Journal

Photographer Matthieu Delbreuve and stylist Giulia Querenghi consider the duality of dressing

Fashion Portfolio

Photographer Matthieu Delbreuve and stylist Giulia Querenghi consider the duality of dressing

This fashion portfolio collages style codes and graphic perspectives, responding

by Document Journal

Photographer Matt Healy and stylist Alice Lefons evince the endless potential of denim

Fashion Portfolio

Photographer Matt Healy and stylist Alice Lefons evince the endless potential of denim

Reworked jeans take center stage in this portfolio for Document,

by Document Journal

E.L.V. DENIM founder Anna Foster creates garments to last for life

Fashion Portfolio

E.L.V. DENIM founder Anna Foster creates garments to last for life

The designer gives Document an inside look at her studio—detailing

by Document Journal

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In ‘Whirlpool,’ Jim Goldberg examines the spirit of the small-town South

In ‘Whirlpool,’ Jim Goldberg examines the spirit of the small-town South

For Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue, the photographer uncovers the nuance of the working-class life along Arkansas’s White River

by Megan Hullander

Between illusion and the studied art of the tease, strip clubs are the last bastion of the American Dream

Culture

Between illusion and the studied art of the tease, strip clubs are the last bastion of the American Dream

Rachel Rabbit White explores the strip club's enduring fantasy of social and sexual upward mobility, both on-stage and off

by Rachel Rabbit White

Chasing divinity in the Mojave Desert

Culture

Chasing divinity in the Mojave Desert

For the seeker, the mystic, the artist, the outlaw, the romantic idiot, the allure of the American West endures

by Ken Layne

Ariana Papademetropoulos warps archetypal ways of seeing with ghostly fantasies

Art

Ariana Papademetropoulos warps archetypal ways of seeing with ghostly fantasies

For Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue, the artist shares a portfolio of paintings that blur the boundary between mythology and reality

by Donatien Grau

In Pasco County, Florida—Nudist Capital, USA—the body politic is on fully display

Culture

In Pasco County, Florida—Nudist Capital, USA—the body politic is on fully display

Way down upon the Suwannee River, purists and partiers clash over the movements founding doctrine

by Craig Pittman

In ‘Death of A,’ Kandis Williams invents recognition of the internal

Art

In ‘Death of A,’ Kandis Williams invents recognition of the internal

For Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue, the artist compiles stills from her stripped-down interpretation of Arthur Miller’s classic tragedy

by David Levine

Behind crumbling highways and ghost towns lies the mythological freedom of the American road

Culture

Behind crumbling highways and ghost towns lies the mythological freedom of the American road

Is the walkability-car divide another front in the so-called ‘culture wars’? Drew Zeiba explores the online proliferation of the new urbanist

by Drew Zeiba

THING, the revolutionary magazine that chronicled the birth of Chicago’s queer, Black club culture — Documented
THING, the revolutionary magazine that chronicled the birth of Chicago’s queer, Black club culture

DeForrest Brown, Jr. takes us inside the countercultural publication that served as a relic of desire and community-building before the internet
by DeForrest Brown, Jr.

Lukasz Pukowiec captures moments of sun-soaked calm in Zanzibar

Lukasz Pukowiec captures moments of sun-soaked calm in Zanzibar

The photographer provides warm glimpses of life in the Tanzanian archipelago

by Harshvardhan Shah

Torkwase Dyson dives into the history of Black liberation with ‘Bird and Lava’

Torkwase Dyson dives into the history of Black liberation with ‘Bird and Lava’

The painter on Black Compositional Thought, the climate crisis, and how scuba diving informs her work

by Ann Binlot

To Marta Pawłowska and Paolo Musa, the body is a canvas

To Marta Pawłowska and Paolo Musa, the body is a canvas

The model and photographer's new project is a journey of self-exploration and creative confidence

by Document Journal

Blueprints for a better world: Messages of hope

Blueprints for a better world: Messages of hope

For Document’s F/W 2020 issue, Tao Lin, Rhea Dillon, and Rachel Rabbit White reflect on where we’ve been and where we’re headed

by Document Journal

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Noname speaks with Lakeith Stanfield about staying independent

Conversations

Noname speaks with Lakeith Stanfield about staying independent

Noname's new track, ‘Song 32,’ is just for her fans. In Document's Spring/Summer 2019 issue, she and Lakeith Stanfield talk dodging and chasing the spotlight.

by Maraya Fisher

Sita Abellan talks to electroclash legend Kittin about defying haters and making history

Conversations

Sita Abellan talks to electroclash legend Kittin about defying haters and making history

The self-described technoprincess talks to Caroline Hervé (Miss Kittin) about proving yourself in an image-obsessed world.

by Hannah Ongley

Photographing the everyday lives of Havana’s future boxing champions

Above the Fold

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.

by Hannah Ongley

Close Journal’s new issue will make you want to call your mom

Above the Fold

Close Journal’s new issue will make you want to call your mom

The bi-coastal magazine explores the myriad meanings of "family" through fashion, art, photography, and design.

by Ann Binlot

At Hedi Slimane’s triumphant Celine men’s debut

Above the Fold

At Hedi Slimane’s triumphant Celine men’s debut

The designer’s Fall/Winter 2019 menswear collection for Celine arrived with rock star swagger, an electrifying soundtrack, and some seriously covetable outerwear.

by Hannah Ongley

Aries, David Sims, and Jeremy Deller create a streetwear tribute to Stonehenge

Above the Fold

Aries, David Sims, and Jeremy Deller create a streetwear tribute to Stonehenge

Aries designer Sofia Prantera talks to Document about shooting a fashion campaign at the world's most famous Neolithic monument.

by Hannah Ongley

The Asian designers of London transforming the meaning of culture

Above the Fold

The Asian designers of London transforming the meaning of culture

In the midst of globalization, appropriation, and rising nationalism, meet the designers redefining fashion's view of "the East."

by Lulu Yao Gioiello