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All pictures by Lao Xie Xie Gen Z Are Leading a Sexual Revolution in Shanghai, Apparently
And artist Lao Xie Xie has the photos to prove it, as he documents a shift in self-expression among China’s rebel youth.
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In Your Face: The ‘Chosen Ones’ of Phuket Are Hard to Ignore
Photos from Thailand’s Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival, where hundreds of devotees gather to gouge holes in their faces and then shove stuff through them.
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Picture by Julie Poly Salesmen for the End Times—This Week On VICE: Members Only
This week behind the paywall: a Miami cult falls apart, and fighting in Ukraine provides a lucrative side-hustle for someone selling anti-conscription masks.
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Dress: Shalot. All pictures: Julie Poly Catch Me if You Can
Ukrainian photographer Julie Poly found herself with a boxful of spare “anti-conscription” masks. Here, she puts them to good use.
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Photo by Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage 2026 Music Photography Awards Finalists Prove There’s Nothing Quite Like a Concert Experience
The finalists for the 2026 Music Photography Awards have been chosen, representing some of the best concert imagery happening right now.
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Image: Rockstar Games Real Fits and Fictional Feet—This Week On VICE: Members Only
This week behind the paywall: we got a man with a full outfit made of Metrocards before GTA 6.
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All photos by Vincent Pflieger, aka Streetadelic. Coney Island Is a Paradise
A photographic love letter to New York City’s very own beachside freak haven.
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All pictures by Chloé Kerleroux Photos of Youngsters Competing to Dance the Most Irish
And, as photographer Chloé Kerleroux discovered, some of them aren’t even Irish.
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All pictures by Ocean Elani All-Weather Celtic Leathermen
Photographer Ocean Elani documents leather daddy communities in post-industrial Wales and Scotland.
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All pictures by Romain Ruiz Every Weird French Carnival Needs Its Queen
Luckily, photographer Romain Ruiz, on his continuing odyssey through bizarre French folk traditions, is on-hand to capture them.
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Picture by Harold Kushman Diary of a Hitman: Spring 2026
An entry from the private diary of a hitman, in which he has the curious distinction of being one of the last professionals to use printed photos of people’s faces.
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Image: Silver Screen Collection / Getty Images If Photography Stole Our Souls, What’s Left for AI?
Michael Holden traces a history of soul-stealing images, from the daguerreotype to AI via Hollywood’s angry Arab chieftains.
