VICE Magazine
What Is Burning Man Without Burning Man?
The world’s most famous festival turned cultural phenomenon is canceled for the second year in a row. What will rise to fill the Technicolor void it leaves behind?
We’re Reemerging. What Does the World Look Like Now?
VICE Magazine’s Reemergence Issue considers in real time how we cope while living through a historic time.
The Resurrection of the Iconic British Seaside
Popular in the decades before affordable commercial flights, COVID turned seaside resort towns into sought-after summer escapes again. Photographer Sophie Green caught it all.
Love in Lagos
Photographer Isabel Okoro returns to Lagos, Nigeria, to find the pandemic brought a new element of intimacy and community to her home.
The Making of a Perfect Celebrity Apology
Saying ‘I’m sorry’ has become its own art form in Hollywood—and for better or worse, it takes a team to make it happen. Some of the biggest names in the business break down how the mea culpa sausage gets made.
What the Pandemic Felt Like From an Icebreaker Trapped in the Arctic
The largest Arctic expedition in history, MOSAiC, struggled with the logistical challenges of COVID-19—but as the pandemic raged, members were able to live a normal ‘fantasyland’ life.
Photographing an Isolating Normalcy
To make sense of his new surroundings, photographer Chad Rhym set out to document his experience as a double-conscious outsider: a new home in a new reality.
The Cult of Busyness
A life of leisure was once the aspiration of the upper class. But now, bragging about busyness is how people indicate their status. Could a pandemic change the way busyness is glorified?
The Pandemic Let Us Exist Without Being Perceived. Some Don’t Want That to End
With lockdown measures starting to lift, it’s normal to feel anxious about being seen again.
To See How Well a Country Handled COVID, Look at Its Airports
After flying 22,906 miles, I found that airports represent much more than borders and entry points—they’re microcosms of a government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
What Can I Be Hopeful About in the 2020s?
It’s difficult to avoid pessimism in a lethargic, shell-shocked, post-pandemic world. So I turned to the experts.
The Pandemic Tested My Family Relationships. Where Do We Go From Here?
I’ve spent a decade caught between the secular world and the Haredi Jewish community. But watching the latter resist COVID-19 restrictions while being decimated by the virus pushed that tension to the brink.