Redefining intelligence through intuition From medieval mystics to modern radicals, for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, Ananda Yin explores the suppressed potency of intuitive knowledge
Fashion The Shoptimist: An unbearable uniformity of being In her monthly column, previously closeted gym member Maya Kotomori ruminates on the role of the yoga set on her shopping psyche
Literature Fine Print: You’re a winner, baby On the heels of the National Book Awards announcements, columnist Drew Zeiba asks what prizes mean for publishing
“Everything has been dressed by the act of painting.” Photographer Nicolas Kern and fashion editor Julie Ragolia collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue
Above the Fold The Genesis of East Village Drag: An oral history of the Pyramid Club Performer and hostess Linda Simpson, DJ Dany Johnson, and photographer Andé Whyland look back at a groundbreaking chapter in New York nightlife by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Michele Saunders recounts a summer with James Baldwin in the South of France The downtown icon divulges the details of her accidental getaway with a literary legend by Miss Rosen Above the Fold At 80-years-old, Harlem photographer Shawn Walker finally gets his due The Library of Congress has acquired Walker’s archive, placing his work alongside that of other Black cultural luminaries by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Celebrating our essential humanity in the paintings of Jordan Casteel 'Art for art's sake': How Casteel uses portraiture to connect with the beauty of her communities by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Yannis Davy Guibinga exposes the imperialist roots of photography in Africa Continuing the legacies of Malick Sidibé and Seydou Keïta, Guibinga's vibrant portraits show photography's revolutionary potential by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Life lessons from a former dominatrix Meet Claudia Summers, a downtown rebel who learned S&M methods from Robert Mapplethorpe by Miss Rosen Above the Fold ‘Young, Gifted and Black’ spotlights the multitude of black artists defining the contemporary art scene Artist Tunji Adeniyi-Jones and collector Bernard Lumpkin discuss inclusivity and the evolving relationship between artists and institutions by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Derrick Adams crafts a tribute to Patrick Kelly, the fashion designer who centered race on the runway The artist reimagines Kelly's Princess Diana-approved designs as innovative sculptural works. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold The DIY magic of Art-Rite, the magazine that redefined the 1970s art scene Featuring works by Genesis P-Orridge, Patti Smith, and Laurie Anderson, Art-Rite embodied the anarchic free-for-all that was Downtown New York. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Cultural appropriation is bad, but we wouldn’t have hip hop without it From viral dances to ‘American Dirt,’ author Lauren Michele Jackson explains the difference between creative evolution and cultural theft. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Vaginal Davis killed the video star with her ‘terrorist drag’ Revisiting ‘The White to be Angry,’ the parody proto-visual album that lampooned Woody Allen, Clive Barker, and Bruce LaBruce by Miss Rosen Above the Fold The subversive photographs of ‘masculinity’ that challenged tradition before their time ‘Masculinites: Liberation through Photography’ spotlights Catherine Opie, Peter Hujar, Wolfgang Tillmans, among others. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold ‘The music united us’: 45 years of hip hop, told by the women who shaped the phenomenon April Walker, Angela Boatwright, and Vicki Tobak detail the explosive evolution—from Salt-N-Pepa to Nicki Minaj. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Only in New York! 3 iconic street photographers share their tales of the city that never sleeps Janette Beckman, Joe Conzo, and Martha Cooper on why old New York's indomitable spirit made it the ultimate muse. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold The untold stories of Chicago’s tough-as-hell girl gangs, from a woman who lived it all A former Lady OA member recalls the lengths she went to survive in a hyper-masculine world. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Discovering magic in the mundane with Daidō Moriyama, Japan’s street photography godfather ‘There are countless beautiful existences.’ After 55 years, Moriyama shares the secrets to a groundbreaking street photo. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Jesús León finds magic in Mexico City’s darkest corners How a Catholic upbringing, phobia of sunshine, and sexual exhibitionism informed the photographer's approach to documenting nightlife. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold In Florida, Anastasia Samoylova captures a tropical utopia on the brink of disaster The photographer's series ‘Flood Zone’ provides an eerie glimpse into the future of America's sinking southern states. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Men in ’80s New York strip clubs spent hours ogling dancers. Meet the women who looked back ‘As a young woman with a beautiful body, there’s power to say, These are gorgeous tits. Eat your heart out.’ Jane Dickson and Claudia Summer... by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Artist Miles Greenberg performs his darkest nightmares with absurdist glamour The mentee of Marina Abramović on his debut show and making art in solidarity with his fellow Gen-Z 'apocalypse babes.' by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Katya Bankowsky and Michèle Lamy wage a boxing ‘Battle Royale’ in the Bronx The director of ‘Shadow Boxers’ speaks about documenting the violent beauty of boxing in her films. ‘I wanted to make a movie about a female... by Miss Rosen Above the Fold A photographer’s 18-year quest to uncover Spiritualism’s radical feminist history Shannon Taggart and Pam Grossman, host of ‘The Witch Wave’ podcast, discusses the egalitarian spirit of occult practices from around the world. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Peter Berlin, the original thirst trap king, revisits his erotic visual diary The king-sized son of nobility's hot, spontaneous self-portraits are collected in the upcoming book ‘Peter Berlin: Icon, Artist, Photosexual.’ by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Before Bikini Kill and Pussy Riot, there was Backstage Pass. This is their untold story ‘The Golden Girls of punk’: 43 years after taking up instruments against the patriarchy, Backstage Pass releases their first album. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Artist Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi reveals—and defies—the white supremacist underpinnings of elite gymnastics As Simone Biles becomes the most decorated athlete in sports, Nkosi tells Document about the implications of Black girls' success in elite gymnastics, which has... by Miss Rosen Above the Fold The radical feminist sex worker who photographed her clients at their most grotesque Cammie Toloui takes us behind the Private Pleasures curtain at Lusty Lady Theater, a worker-owned strip club where men were made the objects of intrigue. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold The Rapture’s Luke Jenner and DJ Justine D. look 20 years back at the last era of ‘underdog New York’ The 2000's, when the Strokes took photos in front of Kaws paintings and moving to New York was still career suicide. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold From Elizabethan-era actors to RuPaul, discover the radical, glamorous history of drag ‘Drag: The Complete Story,’ Simon Doonan's new book celebrates the heroes who risked life and liberty to simply be who they were. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Meet the fierce Texan who helped Dolly Parton and Stephen Tyler become fashion icons Costume designer Antoinette 'Tony' Sales remembers trading accessories with Freddie Mercury, and the speed-fueled all-nighters spent sewing at the Gramercy Hotel. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold The explosive rise—and inevitable downfall—of the East Village art scene Marc H. Miller and Barry Blinderman reflect on the Village of the ’70s and ’80s, when Reaganomics inspired Keith Haring to stick it to the... by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Marcus Leatherdale remembers photographing Divine, Mapplethorpe, and Lower Manhattan’s ‘last hurrah’ "I didn’t realize I was archiving an era that was going to be extinct; I was just photographing my friends.” by Miss Rosen Above the Fold In Kohei Yoshiyuki’s photographs of sex in public parks, we’re all voyeurs The photographer took thrilling, transgressive photos of young couples—and their onlookers—in 1970s Tokyo. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Michele Saunders’ old school rules for nightclubbing like it’s ’85 From dance moves to Dexedrine: A Paradise Garage regular's guide to looking (and staying) fresh when your night begins at 4am. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Paradise Garage’s final nights: crying and dancing at the definitive rager of ’80s NYC Michele Saunders and Tina Paul share memories and photographs from a weekend-long party where Grace Jones shared the DJ booth with Larry Levan. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Post-Stonewall, drenched in sunlight: Alvin Baltrop chronicled the sexual frontier of ’70s New York The Bronx-born photographer never achieved the success of Mapplethorpe or Hujar, but his images from Manhattan's West Side Piers illuminate a forgotten era. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold When Louis Vuitton met Grandmaster Flash: the eccentric ’90s campaign that shook high fashion Document revisits Louis Vuitton's iconic 1997 Centennial Collection campaign with Guzman, the irreverent photography duo who pulled it off. by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Arlene Gottfried photographed the magic and madness of Old New York During the '70s and '80s, Gottfried captured the soul of local communities from Poet's Café to Coney Island. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold The Genesis of East Village Drag: An oral history of the Pyramid Club Performer and hostess Linda Simpson, DJ Dany Johnson, and photographer Andé Whyland look back at a groundbreaking chapter in New York nightlife by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Michele Saunders recounts a summer with James Baldwin in the South of France The downtown icon divulges the details of her accidental getaway with a literary legend by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold At 80-years-old, Harlem photographer Shawn Walker finally gets his due The Library of Congress has acquired Walker’s archive, placing his work alongside that of other Black cultural luminaries by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Celebrating our essential humanity in the paintings of Jordan Casteel 'Art for art's sake': How Casteel uses portraiture to connect with the beauty of her communities by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Yannis Davy Guibinga exposes the imperialist roots of photography in Africa Continuing the legacies of Malick Sidibé and Seydou Keïta, Guibinga's vibrant portraits show photography's revolutionary potential by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Life lessons from a former dominatrix Meet Claudia Summers, a downtown rebel who learned S&M methods from Robert Mapplethorpe by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold ‘Young, Gifted and Black’ spotlights the multitude of black artists defining the contemporary art scene Artist Tunji Adeniyi-Jones and collector Bernard Lumpkin discuss inclusivity and the evolving relationship between artists and institutions by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Derrick Adams crafts a tribute to Patrick Kelly, the fashion designer who centered race on the runway The artist reimagines Kelly's Princess Diana-approved designs as innovative sculptural works. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold The DIY magic of Art-Rite, the magazine that redefined the 1970s art scene Featuring works by Genesis P-Orridge, Patti Smith, and Laurie Anderson, Art-Rite embodied the anarchic free-for-all that was Downtown New York. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Cultural appropriation is bad, but we wouldn’t have hip hop without it From viral dances to ‘American Dirt,’ author Lauren Michele Jackson explains the difference between creative evolution and cultural theft. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Vaginal Davis killed the video star with her ‘terrorist drag’ Revisiting ‘The White to be Angry,’ the parody proto-visual album that lampooned Woody Allen, Clive Barker, and Bruce LaBruce by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold The subversive photographs of ‘masculinity’ that challenged tradition before their time ‘Masculinites: Liberation through Photography’ spotlights Catherine Opie, Peter Hujar, Wolfgang Tillmans, among others. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold ‘The music united us’: 45 years of hip hop, told by the women who shaped the phenomenon April Walker, Angela Boatwright, and Vicki Tobak detail the explosive evolution—from Salt-N-Pepa to Nicki Minaj. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Only in New York! 3 iconic street photographers share their tales of the city that never sleeps Janette Beckman, Joe Conzo, and Martha Cooper on why old New York's indomitable spirit made it the ultimate muse. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold The untold stories of Chicago’s tough-as-hell girl gangs, from a woman who lived it all A former Lady OA member recalls the lengths she went to survive in a hyper-masculine world. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Discovering magic in the mundane with Daidō Moriyama, Japan’s street photography godfather ‘There are countless beautiful existences.’ After 55 years, Moriyama shares the secrets to a groundbreaking street photo. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Jesús León finds magic in Mexico City’s darkest corners How a Catholic upbringing, phobia of sunshine, and sexual exhibitionism informed the photographer's approach to documenting nightlife. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold In Florida, Anastasia Samoylova captures a tropical utopia on the brink of disaster The photographer's series ‘Flood Zone’ provides an eerie glimpse into the future of America's sinking southern states. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Men in ’80s New York strip clubs spent hours ogling dancers. Meet the women who looked back ‘As a young woman with a beautiful body, there’s power to say, These are gorgeous tits. Eat your heart out.’ Jane Dickson and Claudia Summer... by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Artist Miles Greenberg performs his darkest nightmares with absurdist glamour The mentee of Marina Abramović on his debut show and making art in solidarity with his fellow Gen-Z 'apocalypse babes.' by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Katya Bankowsky and Michèle Lamy wage a boxing ‘Battle Royale’ in the Bronx The director of ‘Shadow Boxers’ speaks about documenting the violent beauty of boxing in her films. ‘I wanted to make a movie about a female... by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold A photographer’s 18-year quest to uncover Spiritualism’s radical feminist history Shannon Taggart and Pam Grossman, host of ‘The Witch Wave’ podcast, discusses the egalitarian spirit of occult practices from around the world. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Peter Berlin, the original thirst trap king, revisits his erotic visual diary The king-sized son of nobility's hot, spontaneous self-portraits are collected in the upcoming book ‘Peter Berlin: Icon, Artist, Photosexual.’ by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Before Bikini Kill and Pussy Riot, there was Backstage Pass. This is their untold story ‘The Golden Girls of punk’: 43 years after taking up instruments against the patriarchy, Backstage Pass releases their first album. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Artist Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi reveals—and defies—the white supremacist underpinnings of elite gymnastics As Simone Biles becomes the most decorated athlete in sports, Nkosi tells Document about the implications of Black girls' success in elite gymnastics, which has... by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold The radical feminist sex worker who photographed her clients at their most grotesque Cammie Toloui takes us behind the Private Pleasures curtain at Lusty Lady Theater, a worker-owned strip club where men were made the objects of intrigue. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold The Rapture’s Luke Jenner and DJ Justine D. look 20 years back at the last era of ‘underdog New York’ The 2000's, when the Strokes took photos in front of Kaws paintings and moving to New York was still career suicide. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold From Elizabethan-era actors to RuPaul, discover the radical, glamorous history of drag ‘Drag: The Complete Story,’ Simon Doonan's new book celebrates the heroes who risked life and liberty to simply be who they were. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Meet the fierce Texan who helped Dolly Parton and Stephen Tyler become fashion icons Costume designer Antoinette 'Tony' Sales remembers trading accessories with Freddie Mercury, and the speed-fueled all-nighters spent sewing at the Gramercy Hotel. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold The explosive rise—and inevitable downfall—of the East Village art scene Marc H. Miller and Barry Blinderman reflect on the Village of the ’70s and ’80s, when Reaganomics inspired Keith Haring to stick it to the... by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Marcus Leatherdale remembers photographing Divine, Mapplethorpe, and Lower Manhattan’s ‘last hurrah’ "I didn’t realize I was archiving an era that was going to be extinct; I was just photographing my friends.” by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold In Kohei Yoshiyuki’s photographs of sex in public parks, we’re all voyeurs The photographer took thrilling, transgressive photos of young couples—and their onlookers—in 1970s Tokyo. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Michele Saunders’ old school rules for nightclubbing like it’s ’85 From dance moves to Dexedrine: A Paradise Garage regular's guide to looking (and staying) fresh when your night begins at 4am. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Paradise Garage’s final nights: crying and dancing at the definitive rager of ’80s NYC Michele Saunders and Tina Paul share memories and photographs from a weekend-long party where Grace Jones shared the DJ booth with Larry Levan. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Post-Stonewall, drenched in sunlight: Alvin Baltrop chronicled the sexual frontier of ’70s New York The Bronx-born photographer never achieved the success of Mapplethorpe or Hujar, but his images from Manhattan's West Side Piers illuminate a forgotten era. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold When Louis Vuitton met Grandmaster Flash: the eccentric ’90s campaign that shook high fashion Document revisits Louis Vuitton's iconic 1997 Centennial Collection campaign with Guzman, the irreverent photography duo who pulled it off. by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Arlene Gottfried photographed the magic and madness of Old New York During the '70s and '80s, Gottfried captured the soul of local communities from Poet's Café to Coney Island. by Miss Rosen