Pure Nowhere

Dancing Barefoot & Photographing Strangers at Gliding Barnacles Surf Fest (with Gonçalo Carvalho)

We go behind the scenes of the annual Portugese surf festival, exploring the candid magic of Gonçalo’s images, and the rich melting pot of culture, art and surfing this community creates each year.

Photos, Dear YouthAbby StrangwardDecember 14, 2019Featured Slider, InterviewsComment

Behind the Scenes of The Dream Machine Art Tour

The Dream Machine - an eclectic, DIY style art & music tour, taken up the east aussie coast in a van packed with canvas and Melbourne artists. We chat with Jordan Borg and Alice Glascott to figure out how the hell they pulled it off.

Photos, FriendsAbby StrangwardDecember 4, 2019Featured Slider, Dear Youth Interviews, InterviewsComment

Femme Fatale — Behind the Scenes of Christy Flaherty’s Upcoming Photo Exhibition

A woman can be sexual, she can be a villain, she can be flawed.

PhotosAbby StrangwardOctober 29, 2019Dear Youth Interviews, InterviewsComment

the colours of new york at night (photos + interview)

I try to look for life and movement and moments. I’m trying to capture what it feels like to be young.

Photos, Dear YouthAllison BarrSeptember 25, 2019InterviewsComment

Millie Turner on Abstract Songwriting and Creative Control

Millie Turner - the voice of an angel, and a persona to match. It feels like she’s right on the cusp of something incredible, and standing at the brink of 19, I can’t help but feel the whole world’s at her feet.

Ask the Band, MusicAbby StrangwardSeptember 5, 2019Featured Slider, InterviewsComment

Faces by Darrell Jackson

I miss Obama and I don’t miss being in crutches.

Photos, Dear YouthDarrell JacksonAugust 11, 2019Featured Slider, InterviewsComment

Justin Kaminuma: a selection of short films from the suburbs of youth

An unfolding collage-like coming of age story

Dear YouthJustin KaminumaJuly 30, 2019Featured Slider, Dear Youth (4), Interviews (1), Dear Youth Interviews, InterviewsComment

Sketchbook Interviews: Great Gable

“I’ve got a scribbled set-list from one of their shows in my room, so it felt like there was no better way to kick off our new ‘Sketchbook Interviews’ series than with Great Gable - a WA-grown band exploding through the Australian scene.”

Ask the Band, MusicAbby StrangwardJuly 28, 2019Featured Slider, InterviewsComment

Cher Strauberry; Like Talking to a Friend

Skating, music, punk, unity - the insanely talented cher strauberry reflects on ten years of it all.

Finding Originality Within Art & Creation - Sahba Motallebi

I can say each moment of my life is going to affect my work both directly and indirectly.

Charlie SpadoneJune 17, 2019Joshua Tree, Sahba Motallebi, InterviewsComment

Meeting The Girl From My Candid

What happens when a photographer and the girl in his candid photo meet up at a coffee shop to talk politics?

NewsSarah KadousMay 12, 2019Interviews (1), InterviewsComment

BackBeatRags

From the moment she started in fashion, Isadora saw an industry that was fundamentally broken, deeply rooted in a consumerist society. Because of this, she set out to spark a crucial conversation between consumer and supplier.

Kyla RainApril 29, 2019Interviews (1), BackBeat Rags, Los Angeles, fast fashion, sustainability, InterviewsComment

Aubrey Denis: Fuck Practicality

As eloquent in the written language as she is in the visual, Aubrey shares how 35mm captured her heart, and how to fuck practicality and just go for it - which, really, is a lesson we all need from time to time.

Photos, Dear YouthKyla RainApril 13, 2019Interviews (1), Photos (2), Featured Slider, Dear Youth Interviews, InterviewsComment

Einveru; Handpoked

Omari Kirk’s been tattooing since his early teens, but he only figured out his love for hand-poked tattoos about a year and a half ago. Since then, he’s dived head-first into the art form, dropping out of high school and travelling all over America to ink the bodies of friends and strangers alike.

Dear YouthAbby StrangwardMarch 25, 2019Interview, Omar Kirk, tattoo, tattoos, dear youth, Dear Youth Interviews, InterviewsComment

Connor Lambert: Behind a Bent Lens of Reality

how dropping out of high school has led to his curated ability to “mess with reality a bit”, and how this is seen in his black and white film, dripping with desire for adventure and human connection.

muriel margaret - fall the fuck in love with what you're doing

“fall the fuck in love with what you’re doing and there’s no way people won’t pick up on the magic.”

Clarissa May: The Inner Making of My Mind

Nostalgia's weird, man. I just think about ‘older me’ and I try to capture everything for her.

a conversation with gay bennett

we talk slow fashion, sustainability, soul & flare

Dear YouthKyla RainOctober 22, 2018sustainability, Interview, interview, CULTURE CATEGORY, Interviews (1), Dear Youth Interviews, InterviewsComment