Brooklyn-based photographer Mike de Leon is a frequent contributor to VICE. He loves to focus on the innocence of youth, evocative colour, distortion and natural beauty. The following selected images exemplify the playful nature of his work, as he applies the essence of the yin and yang to two schlubs sitting on foldout chairs.
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VICE News: Sisa: Cocaine of the Poor
A new drug called sisa is tearing its way through Athens' poor.
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Suck on the Monolith
Ken Baumann's first novel is, in short, fucked.
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Meow Meow Meow
Cat cafes are huge in Japan right now.
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Catching Up with Kai, the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker
As his skills with hatchet might suggest, Kai has a violent steak.
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Austerity's Drug of Choice
Greece's infamous new drug, sisa, is meth mixed with filler ingredients like battery acid.
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“Fitch the Homeless” Is Backwards-Ass Activism
"Fitch the Homeless" is a great idea, until you think about it.
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VICE Loves Magnum: Peter van Agtmael Won't Deny the Strange Allure of War
Which is why his photos taken in post-9/11 war zones are the best.
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Should Murderers Be Allowed State-Funded Sex Changes?
Michelle Kosilek, a prisoner who wants one, certainly seems to think so.
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VICE News: This Is What Winning Looks Like
A documentary about the ineptitude and corruption of the Afghan security forces.
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VICE News: Triple Hate - Trailer
A doc about Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Memphis City Council, the Klan, and the Crips.
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Some Photographs from the All About Pets Show
Canada's largest pet convention has a lot to see, apparently.
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Rat Tail: The Debut Single
Here is an excerpt from the liner notes of Rat Tail’s only album.
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Meet the Malaysian Neo-Nazis Fighting for a Pure Malay Race
They realise that Nazis generally don't like Asian people, but apparently that doesn't matter.
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Taji's Mahal: Shredding with Galen DeKemper
Galen DeKemper has been shredding New York City for the last decade.
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A New Episode of Our TV Show Is Airing Tonight
Hanging with cigarette-smoking children in Indonesia and addicts kicking smack in Mexico.
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Tubesteak: How to Hone Your Gaydar to Perfection
First and foremost, let me say that butch gay guys are the hottest men on Earth. Period.
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Question of the Day: How Would You Feel if Your Mayor Smoked Crack?
"I would be surprised."
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This Is Life in a 400-PPM World
It's gettin' hot in here, so take off all your clothes.
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This Week in Racism: Former Italian Prime Minister Dressed up Strippers to Look Like Barack Obama
Who would think that's sexy?
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The Mercy Rule: Hearing the Spurs
They're not too boring; you're too young.
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Rob Ford, the World's Greatest Mayor, Smokes Crack
What's the big deal? Everyone finds themselves in this position once in a while.
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Gangsta Boo Reviews Azealia Banks, MIA, Iggy Azalea, Brooke Candy, and More
I sat with her and watched some music videos by some of the hottest lady rappers out today.
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Who’s Getting Rich off the Prison-Industrial Complex?
A rundown of some of America's incarceration investors.
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Dodging Water Cannons and Sound Bombs at Israel's Catastrophe Day
The Israeli police force still isn't warming to Palestinian protesters.
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Fashion Week Internationale: Caribbean Fashion Week
Charlet explores the illegal and dangerous skin bleaching scene.
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We Are Not Men: The Loveliest Chauvinist
To say Andrew Dice Clay is some wretched misogynist is an inaccurate, lazy hypothesis.
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Tattoo Age: Mutsuo
The top artist at Osaka's world-famous Three Tides Tattoo.
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Noisey: Guitar Moves - The Stooges' James Williamson
Matt Sweeney heads to Berkeley, CA to meet the Stooges' James Williamson.
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VICE News: This Is What Winning Looks Like
A documentary about the ineptitude and corruption of the Afghan security forces.
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Epicly Later'd: Elissa Steamer
We’re psyched to finally have a female pro skater on the show.
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The Company Helping Movie Studios Sue You for Illegal Downloading Has Been Using Images Without Permission
You had one job, guys!
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Fringes: Cult Kids: Westboro
The children of Westboro are brainwashed into picketing funerals and bashing homosexuals.
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VICE News: Hezbollah's Propaganda War
How Hezbollah has used propaganda to become a force to be reckoned with.
The Wizard of the Saddle Rides Again
The Dark Specter of History in Memphis 
Hung Like a Gastropod
The Rigors of a Snail-Genital Illustrator 
Topless Jihad
Hanging Out with the Ladies of Femen 
This Is What Winning Looks Like
Chaos and Corruption in Afghanistan 
James Franco on 'Gatsby'
Great Book, Good Film 
Suck on the Monolith
ABC Family Hires the Best Writers 
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