ASKPHOTOS

ASKPHOTOS July 2022 See No Evil Photography, styling and creative direction — Askphotos Model — Lyza Appiah Cold Water for a Hot Day Photography, styling and creative direction — Askphotos Model — Ritalucia Beauty Supply Store Photography, styling and creative direction — Askphotos Model — Kitson Accra, Ghana New Year (2021) You can find more […]

APRIL YIBEI

APRIL YIBEI July 2022 Travel, flowers and colours captured on film by April. You can find more of April’s work here.

Cholitas Bravas – Skaters

Cholitas Bravas Skaters Photographed by Celia D. Luna July 2022 “I was raised by a single mother in a culturally rich town in Peru. I’ve always admired brave women and culture, it’s in my DNA. I found out that there are Indigenous women in Bolivia doing brave activities while embracing their roots. Not too many […]

Cholitas Bravas – Wrestlers

Cholitas Bravas Luchadoras (Wrestlers) Photographed by Celia D. Luna July 2022 “I was raised by a single mother in a culturally rich town in Peru. I’ve always admired brave women and culture, it’s in my DNA. I found out that there are Indigenous women in Bolivia doing brave activities while embracing their roots. Not too […]

Grandmother Tongue

Grandmother Tongue By Na’imah Saffiya July 2022 Thumbnail illustration by Tiffany Zhong Thumbnail illustration by Tiffany Zhong Since my grandmother’s passing last year, I have searched for ways to connect with my memory of the healthy, quick-witted and cheeky gran-gran I remember before her senses surrendered to the effects of Dementia. I still find myself […]

Cholitas Bravas – Hikers

Cholitas Bravas Escaladoras (Hikers) Photographed by Celia D. Luna July 2022 “I was raised by a single mother in a culturally rich town in Peru. I’ve always admired brave women and culture, it’s in my DNA. I found out that there are Indigenous women in Bolivia doing brave activities while embracing their roots. Not too […]

In conversation with Sharmadean Reid MBE

SPOTLIGHT In conversation with Sharmadean Reid MBE July 2022 “Everything I’ve done is aboutcreating spaces for women to findcommunity, to gain the knowledgeand network to thrive.” Sharmadean Reid MBE is the founder and CEO of The Stack, a platform created for a generation of mission driven women. Á: Why did you create The Stack and The […]

No Crying at the Dinner Table

No Crying at the Dinner Table July 2022 Filmmaker Carol Nguyen interviews her own family to craft an emotionally complex and meticulously composed portrait of intergenerational trauma, grief, and secrets in this cathartic documentary about things left unsaid. “When I discovered my family’s stories, it really hit home with me. I was taken back to […]

Footprints To South Korea

Footprints To South Korea By Chioma Eguzoraku May 2022 Thumbnail illustration by Tiffany Zhong Thumbnail illustration by Tiffany Zhong October 30th 2016, standing in front of the departure entrance of Heathrow airport, people bustling around saying goodbye to their loved ones, noises surrounding me but I could only hear the exciting squeals of my voice […]

The Chaos That Is Celebrity Performative ‘Activism’

The Chaos That Is Celebrity Performative ‘Activism’ By Fadzai Nzuwa May 2022 When it comes to the distorted class of activism common amidst celebrities today, are we partly to blame? Thumbnail illustration by Tiffany Zhong Thumbnail illustration by Tiffany Zhong Whilst the world has had to grudgingly become acquainted with the hazardous virological behemoth known […]