Editorial Stories

From fashion to documentaries and archives, discover unique stories from the world of Sixteen Journal.

  1. Todd Hido, Homes at Night

    Todd Hido’s photographs are made during long, solitary drives. The main subject of his work is the American urban and suburban landscape, often photographed at night.
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  2. Shelby Lee Adams, Appalachia

    Shelby Lee Adams crisp, poignant images show the people of Appalachia in their simple environments, revealing both the heroic and grotesque side to secluded mountain life.
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  3. Mark Steinmetz, The Players

    Made between 1986 and 1990, these photographs are classic Steinmetz: tenderness, humor, and humanism are all present here.
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  4. Erinn Springer, Duluth Ice breakers

    Erinn Springer shoots Minnesota's Duluth Women hockey team for Sixteen Volume 10.
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  5. Merrick Morton, West Coast Portraits from the Hood, 1980-1996

    Beginning in 1980, Merrick Morton set about going to East and South Central Los Angeles—traveling as far as San Diego—to document street gang culture.
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  6. Joseph Rodriguez, Spanish Harlem

    When Brooklyn-raised photographer Joseph Rodriguez first debuted his body of work shot in Spanish Harlem in the 1980s, it changed the face of documentary photography.
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  7. Thalia Gochez, Lady Lowrider Car Club

    Thalia Gochez shoots Sandy Avila president of Lady Lowrider Car Club in Pasadena.
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  8. Ward&Kweskin, You're skating on Native Land

    Ward&Kweskin shoots Apache Skateboards team in Tuba City, AZ during the Western Navajo Nation Fair.
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  9. Jim Goldberg, Raised by Wolves

    The city is made to get lost in. Some people disappear there by design, seduced by the freedom of anonymity, the chance for reinvention.
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  10. Xavier Encinas, Desert Solitaire

    Xavier Encinas documents the American South West desert for Sixteen Journal Volume 8.
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  11. Mark Mahaney, Fall Rodeo

    Mark Mahaney shoots New York High School Rodeo Association for Sixteen Journal Volume 8 dedicated to the American West.
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  12. Mike Brody, A Period of Juvenile Prosperity

    At the age of 17, Mike Brodie hopped his first train close to home in Pensacola, Florida, thinking he would visit a friend in Mobile, Alabama.
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