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Story • Travel

Waterworld

"Waterworld", by Jacopo Maria Della Valle, tells the story of the Bajau (also known as 'the Sea Gypsies') and their intricate connection to the waters they call home

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Editorial • Landscape

Bill Holderfield: In the Shadows

There is something slightly disquieting about Bill Holderfield’s images. A sense of unease. They are, on the surface, ordinary scenes: a sand-fringed desert highway, a roadside motel bathed in neon light, the wood-panelled facade of a typical midwestern home. Yet each image is permeated with tension. We feel like we’ve stepped into a story mid-frame, caught in the quiet just before the next scene unfolds. It’s this subtle sense of narrative just beneath the surface, that gives Holderfield’s work its charge.

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Book Review • Street

Mark Cohen – Tall Socks

GOST presents "Tall Socks", a collection of mostly previously unseen photos of New York City from renowned American photographer Mark Cohen.

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