Collecting runs in Bill Clarke’s blood.  Following in his father’s footsteps, a lifelong and avid collector of rare coinage, Clarke  has always maintained his own collection of some variety.  It began with gum cards as a kid and then evolved into a record collection in his teens.  He also collected vintage 1960s Beatles toys and […]

From 2009 to 2012 you couldn’t pick up an issue of Flaunt without seeing Maxwell Williams’ name.  He was the driving voice behind the editorial content and curated many of the magazine’s stunning covers.  Currently, Williams is the West Coast editor of Wilder Quarterly and contributes to AnOther Magazine, Interview, Bulletin Media, and Good.   Writing […]

In the Black Book series, Manny Prieres investigates books that bind American culture.  The pillars of literature often have a controversial history: banned, burned and reviled, these titles become even more appealing once they are marked as taboo.  What does mainstream culture want to hide? Prieres’s renderings are deceptively simple conveyed in various shades of black. […]

Purveyor of rare books and artworks, LEADAPRON is the destination to uncover titles culture vultures crave and likely never knew existed.  Owner Jonathan Brown shares some of the gems in his collection with Installation Magazine. All images © of LEADAPRON

Amir H. Fallah tells us how he’s changing Portraiture and opens up about his artistic process. The founder of Beautiful/Decay reflects on the evolution of his artistic growth, which is rooted in Death Metal, skateboarding and graffiti.  While he maintains a focus on his artwork, the ‘zine that he started in 1996 has functioned like […]

A wall of immaculate vintage film and video cameras lined the entryway of Quam Odunsi’s first LA solo exhibition Anachronistic Capture: Motion & Stills at Design Matters. In a moment characterized by rapidly transmitted digital images, Odunsi’s conviction to document the world through analogue lens types such as Polaroid, Fujiroid, 35mm, and Super 8mm film […]