Teenagers

Why punk keeps connecting people across space and time
Culture

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
Outdoors

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
Activism

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
Photography

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
Culture

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...
Culture

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
Photography

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
Reportage

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
Culture

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

Why did Lina Hashim secretly photograph Muslim couples having sex?
Photography

Why did Lina Hashim secretly photograph Muslim couples having sex?

Transgressions in the dark — Iraqi-Danish photographer Lina Hashim’s provocative Unlawful Meetings series explores secret sexual encounters which overstep Islam's boundaries.

Written by: Alex King

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