BY: ROB HOFFMAN An unlikely genius has emerged in the heart of England’s gypsy community, scoring an IQ higher than some of the world’s most renowned geniuses. On a whim of intuition about his daughter’s exceptional intellect, James Barr took…
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An inclusive park just opened for children with disabilities so everyone can have fun
BY: SWIKAR OLI In the city of Kenosha, WI, a joint three-year dream of over 3,000 volunteers, organizers and contributors has come into sharp relief: a playground for children who otherwise had none. The Dream Playground has swings that fit…
Squatting communities are putting experience above objects on the fringes of London (Photos)
BY: TYLER FYFE While glossy advertisements on home decorating magazines might tell you different, home isn’t defined by space, it’s defined by the people who inhabit it. Photographer, Corinna Kern found a community of eclectics living on the fringes of…
Everest Sherpas are finally being honoured as the pillars of a glorified Western dream
BY: TYLER FYFE The word Sherpa is not a job title. It is the cultural name of an ethnic group living in the eastern Himalayas long before the first recorded ascent of Everest in 1953. Since that famous feat was…
This photographer helps children with cancer live out their wildest dreams
BY: JESSICA BEUKER “Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.” A line from a Shel Silverstein poem was all it took to inspire Jonathan Diaz to make dreams come true for child cancer patients. His ‘Anything Can Be’ project is…
Meet Tippi—the real-life Mowgli who spent 10 years living with wild animals
BY: JESSICA BEUKER A young ferocious child lies peacefully in the trunk of an elephant. His name is Abu and he also happens to be her best friend. The child rides ostriches and plays with cheetahs, exploring the raw and…
Try these recipes and eat like you give a fuck.
BY: STEFANIE PHILLIPS Sharpen your fucking knife, because the bad mouthing, vegan cooking phenomenon that is Thug Kitchen is about to get a lot more important. The Thug Kitchen website has been gaining notoriety since its launch in the summer…
Sex, alcohol and golf carts: the hedonistic Disneyland for old folks
BY: JESSICA BEUKER There is a gated community in Florida where 100,000 residents roam freely in an area the size of Manhattan. There are no cars or trucks – instead everyone cruises around in golf carts, many of which have…
The 10 winners from Nat Geo’s Traveler Photo Contest will ignite your spirit of adventure
BY: CONNOR BRIAN Armed with endurance, creativity, and a bold sense of adventure these photographers departed into the unknown with the knowledge that the human mind only blooms when exposed to new experience. The marvels experienced while travelling often turn…
The family album of a 2-year-old and her addict parents shows that love exists in dark places
BY: CONNOR BRIAN Wandering the moonlit streets of St. Petersburg, Russia, in search of subjects for her latest project, photographer Irina Popova noticed a young tattooed woman pushing her daughter in a stroller while stumbling with a drunken swagger. After…
Designer suits, inked skin and amputated fingers—inside the Yakuza, the world’s largest crime syndicate
BY: CONNOR BRIAN | Photos by: Anton Kusters The Yakuza are known for their ruthlessness, full-body tattoos, and a strict code of honour, that if broken has a tradition of punishing you by cutting off your fingers one at a time.…
Hipsters, weirdoes and free thinkers—Portraitlandia captures the spirit of America’s most interesting city
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Portland—the original home of gutter punks, hipsters, weirdoes and forward thinkers. In the middle of one of America’s most beautiful and progressive states, Portland is a magnetic core of positive energy, interesting people and free thought, quickly…
With the female body as her canvas this artist blends into famous New York City landmarks
BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICZ Photographer Trina Merry uses the female body as her canvas and New York City as her background to create a unique style of art. The portraits range from iconic locations such as the Brooklyn Bridge to vibrant…
These are the strange writing habits of some of the world’s greatest authors
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Hunched over a typewriter in a cloud of cigarette smoke and a bottle of Jameson rested at the corner of a cluttered desk. The lifestyle habits of a writer have long been represented in the caricature of…
One hundred cameras were given to London’s homeless to show us the city through their eyes
BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICZ This past July a project by Café Art supplied the homeless people of London with disposable cameras and the opportunity to show people the city through their eyes. One hundred disposable cameras were given to the cause,…
Meet Claudette, the 76-year-old champion cyclist, husband, and hermaphrodite prostitute
BY: CONNOR BRIAN “I’d rather sell my ass than my soul, it’s harder but much cleaner,” she tells photographer Malika Gaudin-Delrieu. Claudette is a grandfather, award winning cyclist, a campaigner for sex workers’ rights, and a happy husband who has…
Wild land fire fighters tell the story behind the world’s most adrenaline-injected job
BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICZ This past summer there has been a flurry of fires sweeping the west coast destroying everything in their pathway. We watch the news and hear of the flames that are swallowing the west, tree by tree, but…
23 beautifully illustrated letters by Van Gogh, Warhol, Kahlo, etc. show the long-lost art of hand writing.
BY: JOHN DILLON “Letter writing is probably the most beautiful manifestation in human relations, in fact, it is its finest residue” writes artist John Graham in a letter to his wife. Long before our hours were consumed with texting, tweeting,…
Here is how a face looks when it is perfectly symmetrical… and it might just make you redefine beauty
BY: CONNOR BRIAN How do you define beauty? Beauty is a quality that philosophers, artists, and intellectuals sacrifice themselves for and nearly bleed out to understand. Your conception of beauty drives every sexual tendency and choice of self-expression you will…
This odd bird lives likes a human with the family that rescued it
Penguin the Magpie was rescued as a baby by a boy named Noah and now the strange little bird has become part of the family. It comes and goes like a first year college student living an hour away from…