QUEER RUSSIA: Intro
Queer scene in Russia, despite all the hardships it faces, is still strong and kicking hard. Allow us to introduce you to it with our new article series!
Tag: Russia
Make it pop!
Need some bold colors to brighten up these gray days? Glam outfit inspiration? Learn how to pose? Russian drag queen Lorina Rey is here to help you!
No fear: Performing resistance in Russia
Read the second article of our “No Fear” series looking into Russian artists protesting the country’s politics, this time focusing on performance art.
No Fear: Russian cultural resistance
Welcome to our new series No Fear, highlighting Russian contemporary artists and projects struggling with censorship and propaganda, accompanied by exclusive artworks. Read our editor Polina Korneeva’s intro to revolting musicians you should definitely check out.
Leather queen
Photographers Peter Culoe and Victoria Vi share their latest red-tinted edgy fashion editorial.
Bold and blooming
Tracing the interplays of the wild youth and their habitats, Paulina Masevnina captures the elusive influences oscillating between the two.
Swimming in the darkness
By combining digital photography with oil-on-glass painting, the Russian photographer Daria Amaranth creates a dreamy editorial titled “Delusion.”
Don’t let the devil in
Russian photographer Evgenia Merrick explores the conflict of mainstream beauty standards and androgyny in her latest editorial.
Lenin Street
Bogdan Shirokov’s pictures are mostly about fashion and recycling, mixing high fashion, classic sportswear and vintage pieces in the raw Russian streets.
Naked fields
Paulina Masevnina takes us to the spring countryside, a place of awakening wet soil, budding trees, and earthy fragrance of mud-covered fields. Wake up and sprout and soak in the sun as well.
Ink & kink
Enter the universe of the Russian tattoo artist Victor Zabuga and let his eccentric inks confront you with their candidness.
Summertime Slavness
An outsider’s reflection of Eastern identity through the Russian cityscape. Join Matyáš Viktora to explore the Russian contemporary culture through a camera lense.