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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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…

By Ben Reardon Photography Tomo Brejc

“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

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.

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…

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,…

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.

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…

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.

Modern Visionaries, Act 1

Meet the celebrated names and rising forces shaping Hollywood’s next act

PHOTOGRAPHY NORMAN JEAN ROY
STYLING DENA GIANNINI

MODERN VISIONARIES, ACT 2

Meet the celebrated names and rising forces shaping Hollywood’s next act

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.

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.

View Finder: Jude Lartey

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

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…

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.…

My Space

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

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…

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