‘The Decisive Moment’ debunked at ICP’s Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibit
In a new exhibit open this past week, the International Center of Photographer unpacks the making of a mythology with a closer look at the...
Hope is a word
In “Hope is a Word,” photographer Bex Day and stylist Patricia Villirillo set out to explore the freedom, absurdity and romance of the American road...
Katharina Grosse rejects your idea that painting is archaic
Known for work that takes place on a captivating scale, the painter discusses a technique that operates far beyond the realm of one dimension for...
50 years later, a new look at the 1968 Paris protests from a lost archive
Hidden away for half a century, rare photographs by a young freelancer captured the chaos and optimism of three weeks of social unrest known as...
If you haven’t a sense of humor, don’t speak to Geoff Dyer. Or read his books.
If you do, the novelist's latest, a literary meditation on photographer Garry Winogrand, is the kind of cheeky, yet critical, approach to photography we've long...
Photographer Sanlé Sory made stars out of the youth of Burkina Faso in the 1960s
Document talks with the 75-year-old photographer following the opening of his first American exhibition at Yossi Milo Gallery in New York.
Wildlife photography has a surprisingly sketchy underbelly
After Britain’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year was found to have staged his award-winning image, other photographers are coming out with their own stories of...
Proof of existence
Through sparse black and white compositions, photographer Zhi Wei and Document's Shawn Lakin invoke the work of performance artists from the late 1960s.
Willy Vanderperre and Olivier Rizzo
Photographer Willy Vanderperre and contributing fashion editor Olivier Rizzo in collaboration for Document's SS 2018 issue.
Photographer William Klein has spent a lifetime looking at the world
Long revered and often imitated, the photographer surveys a storied career overflowing with experimentation and left turns with curator Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Lucie and Luke Meier are in pursuit of minimalism’s soul
The creative directors of Jil Sander have brought their fusion of elite and cult style to the brand's minimalist halls.
Amy Arbus on her photo ‘Julio Q’
'In those days, it was so much fun to take pictures of people because they were never suspicious. They were just honored.'
Who’s that in the garden?
The latest monograph from Aperture, The Photographer in the Garden, is a simple homage to the garden's delicate perfection.
Hedi Slimane and Sarah Richardson
Photographer Hedi Slimane and Document's Fashion Director Sarah Richardson in collaboration for the Spring / Summer 2018 issue.
Questioning perfection
Photographer Max Cornwall and Fashion Editor Alice Lefons decode traditional notions of beauty.
Joel Sternfeld on his photo ‘After A Flash Flood, Rancho Mirage’
'This photo of the flash flood in Rancho Mirage evokes all of the disasters that are going to happen because of extreme weather. I wish...
Rineke Dijkstra and capturing the awkward blooms of youth
With The Louisiana Book, the Dutch photographer captures the essence of youth untamed and in the wild.
Curator Alissa Bennett details the dark side to Lena Dunham
The actress in conversation with Alissa Bennett, the creator of the biannual morbid zine "Dead is Better."
Joe Gaffney on his photo ‘Sunrise on the Avenue Montaigne’
For Contact Sheet, Document asks a photographer about the unseen story of a frame that defines their work.
Gradient shifts
Photographer Toshinao Kumakura and stylist Venia Polyhronaki find inspiration in the 80s for this Document exclusive
Teen eco-activist Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez and Rosario Dawson sound the environmental alarm
Activists Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez and Rosario Dawson connect over the voices of youth activism, now more integral than ever
The boys of Hong Kong
Photographer Alexandra Leese gives Document an exclusive look at her latest photo essay in which stereotypes of masculinity are dismantled in the city of her...
The infinite allure of Repossi
The visionary house expands their Antifer collection into series of infinitely curving white-gold bracelets.
Tina Tyrell on her photo ‘Time Will Have Its Fancy’
Every week for Contact Sheet, Document asks a photographer for the unseen story about the frame that has come to define their work.
Pieter Hugo on his photo “Portrait #3, Rwanda, 2014”
"I like to think of some of these pictures as little gifts from the universe."
Before any Roksanda show, it’s a cup of tea
Document asks designers about the backstage rituals that make the moments before the first look bearable.
The unfinished business of William Eggleston’s Los Alamos
The photographer's pursuit of American restlessness in Los Alamos is a collection of images suspicious of finality. It opens at The Metropolitan Museum of Art...
Lucid dreaming backstage with Sies Marjan
Sies Marjan and Sander Lak take Document inside of their varicolored fantasy
“Biesenthal” by Nan Goldin
Nan Goldin travels to Biesenthal, Germany to photograph her muses in this Document exclusive collaboration with Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
Andreas Laszlo Konrath on his photo “Untitled (Joe #11, Braces 1)”
Contact Sheet is Document's newest weekly installment on the story behind the images shaping our visual culture.
Gillian Wearing performs the doppelgänger
The photographer 'plays' herself in this new collection of disruptive portraiture
Pieter Hugo on ‘Victory of Youth,’ his exclusive collaboration with Nike and Riccardo Tisci
The acclaimed photographer sits down with art editor Drew Sawyer to discuss his exclusive latest work for Nike and Document Books
Ryker Allen looks at the upcoming models of New York Fashion Week Men’s
Seeing the new look of the next generation of models at New York Men's Fashion Week.
Documenting Haiti After The Earthquake
Photographer Moises Saman set-out to captured the scale of devastation and spirit of resilience in the days following the island's near-destruction. Document spoke with him...
The Eternal Peter Hujar
Nan Goldin, Gary Indiana, Dev Hynes, and more, reflect on ten of the photographer's singular portraits, some never before published, until now
Pat Cleveland & Donna Jordan school Carol Lim & Humberto Leon on Kenzo’s disco days
The two Kenzo muses explain the difference between supermodels and superstars
Laurence Ellis discovers the humans making utopia
The photographer travelled to four different intentional living communities across the globe in pursuit of intimacy
Looking for art and loosies at Art Basel Miami
Artist and photographer Azikiwe Mohammed captures the unseen participants of Art Basel
Stephen Shore’s unpublished 1970s works, selected by Rodarte
Kate and Laura Mulleavy select their favorite Stephen Shore images
A.P.C.’s Jean Touitou rejects the runway with musician Lou Doillon
The Paris-based designer and singer-songwriter on keeping it low-key
Jack Pierson Explores the Depth of Connection in The Hunger Years
In The Hunger Years, Jack Pierson views his friends and lovers with the same tender gaze.
Tartan, Geneva, New York by Lyle Ashton Harris
Lyle Ashton Harris revisits his archive to document "ephemeral moments" of the 1980's and 90's for this Document portfolio
Transient Hedonism at Blind Man’s Ball
On the search for pleasure and temporary intimacy, costume clad New Yorkers swarmed a dilapidated Yonkers mansion for Blind Man's Ball.
Fashion Superstars in the Eyes of Drew Jarrett
Drew Jarrett reveals his intimate snapshots of ’90s fashion icons in his book 1994.
Where Gratitude Becomes Virtue
Xander Ang and Fernando Uceda seize the picturesque in this Document exclusive editorial.
Maria Cornejo’s Family Affair
Maria Cornejo celebrates nearly 20 years of her eponymous brand.
The Principles of Permanence
Fashion editor Alice Lefons and photographer Rahel Weiss turn the traditional on its head for Document.
Capitalism in the Kardashian Era
Lauren Greenfield's case study of the opulent lives and expenditures of the one-percent.
Once bulldozed by stereotypes, crossplay is cosplay’s gender revolution
How do you turn what was once demonized into a source of pride and exploration? Matt Baume writes on cosplay's gender defying evolution
