Month: December 2019

Before street-style photography was a cottage industry, it was just Bill Cunningham riding around on a bike. Known for cruising around New York City in his cobalt-blue jacket, snapping photos of expressively dressed Manhattanites, Cunningham was both anthropologist and photographer. And he was a fashion fixture. He’s quite possibly the most beloved photographer in the […]

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Amoako Boafo’s swirling, colorful portraits are easy to like on a purely aesthetic level. But his work is packed with meaning. The Accra-born, Vienna-based artist uses oils, acrylics, and pastels to explore masculinity, diaspora, and the role of the muse in art. The primary idea, he says, is “representation — documenting, celebrating, and finding new […]

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