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72 MAGAZINE
ISSUE 2, WINTER 2025

Issue 2 arrives with a special dual cover: a 50/50 split between a striking beauty portrait of South Sudanese model Ajus Samuel, captured by Dan Jackson with styling by Julia Sarr-Jamois and beauty by Lynsey Alexander and an exquisite punk rose by Nick Knight, complete with a black safety pin.

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“My hope for 2026 is that my queer and trans siblings can live fully and unapologetically, without fear or stigmatization”

10 queer and trans individuals in New York City share their hopes for 2026.

Photography Stas Ginzburg

A Life in Pictures with Miranda Barnes

Caribbean American photographer Miranda Barnes has documented everyday American life within the Black diaspora for over a decade, here she…

By Hannah Marsh Photography Miranda Barnes

Inside Kristen McMenamy’s enchanting London home

Full of auction finds, animals and Catholic iconography, take a peep into a world entirely her own.

By Charlotte Sinclair

Photography Alec Maxwell
Styling Justine Mills

Tokyo based creatives share their hopes for 2026

Set against the shifting backdrop of Tokyo, photographer Marc Hibbert celebrates the creative spirit of the city.

PHOTOGRAPHY MARC HIBBERT
STYLING Daichi Hatsuzawa

Young Londoners on community, connection and their hopes for 2026

Photographer Vivek Vadoliya captures the young creatives keeping the beating heart of London alive.

Photography Vivek Vadoliya Styling Cristina Firpo Casting Lisa Dymph Megens

Meet Nina Christen, the footwear designer behind a decade of viral fashion moments

As the designer behind some of the most viral, taste-making, headline-grabbing shoe hits of the last ten years, you’ve probably…

Where do the friends of EE72 call home?

Sarah Harris visits 11 notable names in the spaces that ground them.

Ben Whishaw on slow cinema, Queer art and the magic of Peter Hujar

Ben Whishaw gives a poised, poetic performance in Peter Hujar’s Day, an unconventional biopic that unfolds as a meticulous account…

Albert Watson on the art of great image-making

In his new book, Kaos, the legendary photographer looks back on five-decades of era-defining celebrity portraiture and beyond.

Fehinti Balogun is using film to shift the conversation around climate

The star of Apple TV’s Down Cemetery Road is fighting the climate crisis, one film and TV show at a…

Hairstylist Jawara has the magic touch

Jawara. Like Beyoncé, Naomi, Rihanna — one name is all you need. The New York born, Jamaican raised hairstylist has…

Akínolá Davies Jr’s debut film My Father’s Shadow is a masterpiece of modern cinema

From Sundance to Cannes, Akínolá Davies Jr. has emerged as one of the most compelling new voices in contemporary cinema.

Hoyeon Jung looks to the future

The South Korean model-turned-actor writes a letter to her future self.

BY HOYEON JUNG

2026 is set to be Charli XCX's year (again)

The British singer’s ascent continues as she turns her attention to film.

BY HATTIE COLLINS

“Connecting with humanity is the most radical act”: Pierpaolo Piccioli on his debut collection for Balenciaga

In a race against time, Piccioli presented a couture-infused debut that celebrated not just the founder but all the designers…

BY Anders Christian Madsen

Rocco Ritchie opens the doors to his Chelsea studio

Rocco Ritchie is fast establishing himself as a rising force in contemporary art. With his latest exhibition opening in London,…

Inside the book reframing Black identity in modern Spain

Sergio Pontier celebrates the unsung beauty of Afro-Spanish identity in Spain.

Nick Knight on 25 years of SHOWstudio

As SHOWstudio turns 25, Nick Knight reflects on experimentation, impermanence, and the technologies reshaping modern image-making.

Turner Prize 2025: Meet the artists shaping Britain’s visual culture

This year’s Turner Prize nominees blend the personal, the political and the dream-like in an exhibition now on show at…

Cynthia Erivo’s memoir Simply More charts the making of a remarkable talent

Simply More traces the star’s journey through racism, exclusion, queerness and radical honesty to reveal the woman behind one of…

MODERN VISIONARIES, ACT 1

From celebrated names to rising forces, we meet the MODERN VISIONARIES shaping Hollywood’s next act.

PHOTOGRAPHY NORMAN JEAN ROY STYLING DENA GIANNINI

MODERN VISIONARIES, ACT 2

EMMA D’ARCY Emma D’Arcy made a name for themselves on House of the Dragon. Outside of its third season, they’ll…

PHOTOGRAPHY NORMAN JEAN ROY STYLING DENA GIANNINI

THE MODERN FACE

We asked six of today’s most exciting makeup talents to create a modern face.

View Finder: Jude Lartey

On Ghana’s coast, photographer Jude Lartey documents a community in motion

Marc Jacobs on his bedtime rituals

The American fashion designer shares his typical nighttime run-of-show

A tribute to British beauty, style and rebellion

Starring Edie Campbell, Jeny Howorth, Naomi Campbell, Neelam Gill and more.

Faith and the Black experience: the art of Tyler Ballon

American artist Tyler Ballon’s larger-than-life oil paintings fuse his Catholic upbringing with his experience of life as a Black man.…

Julia Roberts Gets Candid With Close Friend George Clooney

Read excerpts from their conversation

Matt Jones’s Miami exhibition is a love letter to humanity

Matt Jones’s one-night installation An Unanticipated Delight opens at Miami Art Basel this Friday. Set to a curated soundtrack that…