Isaac Muk

An unnerving portrait of the USA’s fractured society
Photography

An unnerving portrait of the USA’s fractured society

A new photobook explores America’s increasing inequality, division and toxic culture wars in a historic election year.

Written by: Isaac Muk

“Music can save you for a day”: Touché Amoré on social media and subcultures
Music

“Music can save you for a day”: Touché Amoré on social media and subcultures

To celebrate a new album and reflect on a decade and a half of being themselves, frontman Jeremy Bolm chats about opening up via lyrics, subcultures in the internet age, and the hardcore re-revival.

Written by: Isaac Muk

A glimpse of life for women in Afghanistan under Taliban rule
Photography

A glimpse of life for women in Afghanistan under Taliban rule

‘NO WOMAN’S LAND’ has been awarded the prestigious 14th Carmignac Photojournalism Award and will be exhibited at the Réfectoire des Cordelieres in Paris this autumn.

Written by: Isaac Muk

In Photos: A decade growing up in pre-gentrification Lower East Side
Photography

In Photos: A decade growing up in pre-gentrification Lower East Side

A new photobook provides an up-close-and-personal look at the life of a Puerto Rican family, documenting them growing up as the world changed around them.

Written by: Isaac Muk

An eerie window into Chernobyl’s exclusion zone
Photography

An eerie window into Chernobyl’s exclusion zone

A new photobook documents the communities of workers, stalkers, nomads and more that occupy the skeletal remains of Pripyat, Ukraine.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Exploring Cyprus’s unseen underbelly through art
Culture

Exploring Cyprus’s unseen underbelly through art

The Cyprus Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale interrogates the country’s position as an antenna island, looking at the realities for residents past and present.

Written by: Isaac Muk

“Authenticity is a lie”: St. Vincent on rebellion and subversive art in the information era
Music

“Authenticity is a lie”: St. Vincent on rebellion and subversive art in the information era

In a new newsletter series spotlighting our favourite artists and renegades, Isaac Muk chats to St. Vincent about subversion and songs.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Exploring my parents’ radical, revolutionary past
Photography

Exploring my parents’ radical, revolutionary past

Photographer Alice Proujansky’s debut monograph explores the radical history of the United States through the images and memories of her unique family.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Documenting the life of a New York gang leader paralysed by gun violence
Photography

Documenting the life of a New York gang leader paralysed by gun violence

New photobook ‘Say Less’ is a complex yet humanising look into a life wrecked by gun violence and organised crime.

Written by: Isaac Muk

In photos: the dogs of Dogtown
Photography

In photos: the dogs of Dogtown

A new photobook documents Venice Beach’s four legged friends and their colourful cast of owners.

Written by: Isaac Muk

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