India in Analog | Part Two – Hindustan and the Mustached Men
In the west I think it takes a certain type of man to pull off a mustache. Some of us simply can’t grow an adequate plumage, and for those that can we risk being labeled ‘sleazy looking’ or ‘greasy.’ How did these qualities get associated with the mustache – I don’t know.
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India in Analog | Part One – Varanasi
The following is part one of a literal pile of photographs that were taken in analog across the Indian subcontinent. Like a majority of camera wielding travellers (still in denial of the term ‘tourist’) I’d replaced my manual film camera for a digital SLR yonks ago – the pros just seemed to out way the cons.
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YOK | Artist Interview
For some years now, the droopy eyes and twisted moustaches of Yok’s black-lined characters have been staring aimlessly from Melbourne alleyways, zines and gallery walls. Yok currently works from a home studio in Perth and has exhibited in Tokyo, New York, Berlin, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taipei.
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SIDEROOM.COM meets IFO
Soichiro Nakajima is an actual living legend amongst skateboarders here in Japan. Thanks to his supernatural skills he got his first sponsor at the age of just 15. In his early 20s he got picked up by the American skateboarding giant Element and spent six years touring the globe as a professional, full time skateboarder.
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Faith Powers a Brush with World Peace
Painting a religious mural in India’s oldest, most holy city is not a task to be taken lightly. Firstly one must gain permission and be culturally sensitive – especially when painting on the side of a temple, overlooking the sacred Ganga, in a city that’s devoted to the Lord Shiva himself – the very God your canvas is dedicated to. Secondly one must…
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