Teenagers
Did we create a generation of prudes?
Has the crushing of ‘teen’ entertainment and our failure to represent the full breadth of adolescent experience produced generation Zzz? Emma Garland investigates.
Written by: Emma Garland
Why young Londoners are taking on the government
#DontZapTheZip — Earlier this year, it was announced that free London travel for under-18s was set to be scrapped – but it won’t be going without a fight.
Written by: Moya Lothian-Mclean
Photos of American teens taking on the patriarchy
Girl pictures — Photographer Justine Kurland reimagines a mythical new world for young women – one where they’re allowed to roam, rebel, and live lawlessly off the land.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Why punk keeps connecting people across space and time
Teenage kicks — Photographers GODLIS and Angela Boatwright may have captured two distinct scenes - 1970s New York and contemporary Los Angeles - but in-between these images, made then and now, lies a single connecting thread.
Written by: Miss Rosen
How outdoor adventures help teens overcome anxiety
Huck x The North Face — Young Brits are facing an epidemic of anxiety, but the Outward Bound Trust is turning things around for teenage girls by getting them out in the wilderness.
Written by: Jessica Holland
Intimate portraits of Russia’s new wave of activists
Rising up — Photographer Sergey Nazarov meets the next generation of Russian changemakers: a fearless group of teens and 20-somethings taking a stand against corruption.
Written by: Sergey Nazarov
Growing up as a woman in the east and west
Teen spirit — Photographer Rania Matar travels around the world – from Boston and New York to the Palestinian refugee camps – to capture the universal experience of womanhood.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Life as a teenager, with the volume cranked up
Coming of age on camera — Filmmakers Jenny Gage and Tom Betterton spent three years documenting the lives of seven girls growing up in New York. What they captured is an exhilarating insight into an awkward transition.
Written by: Cian Traynor
This is what the magic of adolescence looks like...
A fading innocence — Photographer Bianka Schumann embedded herself in the closed-off world of two pre-teens, capturing that fleeting “no-man’s land” between childhood and adult maturity.
Written by: Cian Traynor
Creating a fantasy teenage underworld in small town Northern Ireland
Filling the void with colour — Northern Irish photographer Megan Doherty’s 'Stoned in Melanchol' imagines a fictional underground youth culture to escape her boredom with life in Derry.
Written by: Alex King
The Brussels teenagers defying cultural divisions
Terror, division, skateboarding and unity in Brussels — Links to the Paris attacks put Brussels at the centre of Europe’s debate on immigration, throwing up some heated questions. Is a lack of integration leading to radicalised teens? But at Les Ursulines skatepark a refreshing counterpoint is thriving, as kids from all backgrounds skate together in peace.
Written by: Alex King
Nineties kids in their bedrooms - 20 years on
Talking nostalgia, Larry Clark, and the atrocities of 90210 — They're a hit on Instagram, have probably clogged up your Tumblr feed, and are inspiring pieces of photography for fashion designers and Hollywood set decorators alike. For photographer Adrienne Salinger, they were something she did twenty years ago.
Written by: Adam White