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26 Jul

These confessional images explore nudity, vulnerability and shame

For photographer Milly Cope, taking pictures is an act of affection in addition to a type of revelation. “I believe we spend an excessive amount of time hiding ourselves,” explains the 23-year-old, reflecting on why she is drawn to the naked body, “not only through clothing but in addition by concealing our innermost thoughts.” Approaching photography as a way of honouring vulnerability – each physical and emotional – her perception of nakedness as “facing yourself from the within out” is the tenet of the imagery in her upcoming book, Body Ceremony.Attempting to explore the feeling of corporeal detachment so lots of us acquire over time as a consequence of learnt shame, the book explores what it means to be naked...

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19 Jun

These photos explore queer Latine youth culture in LA

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Beauty, Featured

These photos explore queer Latine youth culture in LA

Jester Bulnes’ recent photo book is devoted to ‘the women, the gays, the dolls, the Latin ‘slayers’ and anyone who’s ever felt like they don’t belong’ It’s astonishing for an artist born in 2002 to not have an internet portfolio – much more so after they’re a photographer raised on the web. As a substitute, Jester Bulnes keeps their bubbly orange hard disk drive, filled with photographs which have never seen the blue light of day, near their chest. Only a number of have ever escaped, their contents hinting at a secret personal project. 4 years later, the clues have manifested as DENTRO – their self-published physical body of labor, a preview of their...

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