documentary photography
Photos of People Staring Up at the Freedom Tower in Shock and Awe
This fall I spent my weekends waiting for tourists to stop and stare at a particular spot in the 9/11 Memorial.
Stunning Photos of US Marshals in Action
An interview with photographer Brian Finke about his new book.
A Video from Our 2014 New York Photo Show
Did you miss the New York opening of our 2014 VICE Photo Show? Were you there, but continue to lie awake at night pining for that balmy July evening in Brooklyn? Well, good thing we made a video, because now you can relive it.
Soko Walks in Joan Jett's Footsteps
In the first installment of his new column, Los Angeles legend Brad Elterman revisits the sites of his 1978 photos of Joan Jett with French singer Soko, who wasn't born until '85.
RIP Finnish Photographer Jouko Lehtola
A retrospective of the late photographer's work just opened in Helsinki.
Visions of Lorelei: Intimate Photographs of a Woman in Transition
I interviewed artist Jennifer Loeber about her pictures of Lorelei, a friend she met as a teenager in summer camp when Lorelei was still identifying as a male named Robert.
Mossless in America: Suzanna Zak
Suzanna Zak is an intermedia artist living and working in Los Angeles and wherever her travels take her. Moscow-born and New Jersey–raised, Zak is a prolific artist whose work stretches far beyond the reaches of her photography alone.
It's a Godlis World: Early Photos of Punk Rock After Dark
There were six or seven photographers present at the birth of punk, but there will only ever be one Godlis. That's right—I shit you not—we're talking about a punk photographer whose surname is actually Godlis.
My Parents Had a Party
Last summer on Long Island, Amanda Dandeneau's parents decided to throw a party to celebrate life. As the night progressed, things got wild.
Mossless in America: Missy Prince
Portland photographer Missy Prince on deserts, darkrooms, and goats on leashes.
An Interview with Sebastian Collett
We talked with photographer Sebastian Collett about how to harness time, then set it free.
Garry Winogrand's American Epic
Winogrand was a photographer of people, from rodeo performers in Texas to socialites in Manhattan to the regulars at Venice Beach. Humanity—or perhaps American humanity—in all its iterations and range of expression, was his subject matter.