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LACMA “Imagining Black Diasporas.” From left to right: Arielle Bobb-Willis; Martine Syms; Awol Erizku; Melanie Cervantes; Widline Cadet; Helina Metaferia; Chioma Ebinama; Kambui Olujimi; Edgar Arceneaux; Samuel de Saboia; Patrice Cullors; Sandra Brewster; Michael Queenland; Tariku Shiferaw; Tami Outterbridge, representing her late father, John Outterbridge.

Artists in “Imagining Black Diasporas” gathered for a special photograph, which will live on in the archives.

Image April 2025 Design.Space

Design.Space felt like being in the fanciest department store in an upscale mall 30 years ago.

Image Magazine March 2025 Dating Photography & Styling Tumi Adeleye Production Monkeymind Productions Models Ashwell Boyd, Janell Williams Hair Julienne Moore Makeup Laura Dudley Lighting assistant Qurissy Styling assistant Cymone Martin

At Soho Warehouse, two lovers wear their hearts on their sleeves.

Image Magazine March 2025 Grief Gorgeous by Fox Maxy. Photographed by Devyn Galindo For The Times.

People always say, “Time heals everything.” But does grief ever really go away?

Image Magazine March 2025 Paz de la Huerta photographed by Sebastian Acero. Paz wears her own Dolce&Gabbana dress, stylist's own vintage Louboutin shoes.

Through fashion, hair and makeup, De la Huerta directs herself into three viable paths her life could’ve taken, including the ghost of Marilyn Monroe.

Los Angeles, CA - February 12: Visual artist Charles Gaines at his new exhibition at Hauser & Wirth in West Hollywood on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

The poignance of Gaines’ practice lies in his ability to form entirely new, generative structures — a mindset with profound implications beyond art-making.

Image February 2025 Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento Grammy party at 2220 Arts.

Thundercat and Herbie Hancock joined the stage, as we gathered to remember what was and what we’ll rebuild.

“Her world is like no other world that I can imagine. It’s like stepping into a different world, a world of peace, freedom and love, good energy and motion. It just makes you want to do so much more.”

We reached out to the people in Halsey’s universe who have seen her through the process of creating the Summaeverythang Community Center and are helping make it happen.

Nicole Miller story / Image December 2024 issue

Narratives around fame are dated. Harmony Holiday and Nicole Miller propose alternatives.

Skater and videographer story for Image magazine December 2024 issue.

A Sunday afternoon in L.A. with Na-Kel Smith, Junior Gutierrez, Davonte Jolly, Lee Spielman and Atiba Jefferson.

Asia White for Image Nov. 2024.

White launched Suppa Club in 2022, a recurring dinner party that highlights local BIPOC private chefs and different restaurants.

Bathrooms for IMAGE Oct. 2024

From a “Blade Runner”-inspired aesthetic to a classic Art Deco tile, the designs of these bathrooms inspire ease and escape.

American Fever — Beauty Pageant for Image Issue 29

Photographer Emanuel Hahn puts his lens on a part of Koreatown history that has not been widely archived or shared.

The six Katseye members pose together.

Over two days and seven shoots, we followed the members of Katseye, a rising K-pop group and the focus of a new Netflix documentary.

For Image's story "Mi Familia/Bev Hills"

Image’s fashion director at large Keyla Marquez and photographer Thalía Gochez go to Beverly Hills to re-create their family photographs.

For an Image story on Ed Ruscha.

The source of what gives the artist “emotional progress, emotional propulsion.”

Hula Hoop Girl Huntington Beach 2017

The pro skateboarder and photographer shares three photos from his archive and reflects on decades of photographing youth culture.

From left to right: Spike Lee, Joanna Hogg (cover), Wong Kar-Wai, Euzhan Palcy

“How Directors Dress,” a new book from A24, digs deeply into the phenomenon of the director as moodboard inspo.

Artist Patty Chang, photographed for Image.

“I think about how catastrophic thinking can be generative, how to not keep it in the loop, but to bring it out into something else,” says Chang.

Photos for Image story on Anh Phoong and LA billboards.

If her name doesn’t immediately ring a bell, it will when it’s said in a sentence: “Something wrong? Call Anh Phoong.”

For Image "waiting in lines" story.

In L.A., lines wield a transcendent power to reveal who we are, our desire to be seen and what we’re willing to do for them.

LOS ANGELES - MAY 3, 2024: Jay 305 for Image. (Jheyda McGarrell / For The Times)

Jay’s latest EP, called “Don’t Wait Until I Die,” takes a page from the deep, oily, enveloping scents that have become his signature.

photo collage of figures from Hulu's black twitter documentary arranged with social media icons

“Black Twitter: A People’s History” traces the path that Black Twitter took in becoming an arbiter of cultural shifts time and again.

Los Angeles, CA - April 04: Artist Bailey Hikawa poses for a portrait in her studio on Thursday, April 4, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

There’s something really beautiful that happens when people see a designed object in a space where they don’t expect it, like toilet seats.

Photographer and artist Catherine Opie and her portrait chairs.

The L.A.-based photographer and artist tells us the story behind her rare Danish designer chair and why chairs “are everything.”

Terrace Martin for IMAGE Issue 24

“I’m all about making little Black kids feel good about life. I want to give them something to look forward to, something to dream for, something they can get involved in, grow with and become.”

Daniel Gibson feature for Image.

From a young age, I knew that people were crossing the border from Mexico through my little factory town I grew up in, Plaster City, Calif. I’d see them go into the night, not knowing how they would get through the harsh desert.

Los Angeles, CA - February 13: Artist Erick Medel holds one of his textile art pieces on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

Erick Medel reimagines the still life in this piece made from denim — the same material that his father, a gardener, wears to protect himself from roses.

The Jeffrey Deitch group show, "At the Edge of the Sun," for the 03/24 print issue of Image Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (Samanta Helou Hernandez / For the Times)

For the last decade, a community of artists have been in an evolving dialogue about what it means to make work in L.A. right now.

Bjork (Spike Jonze)

Many of the 1995 photos, which fashion designer Humberto Leon discovered in Spike Jonze’s archive, have never been seen.

Glenjamn for Image. (Glenjamn)

These photos are a delicious slice into Glen Han’s late night experiences, from LeBron James cheesing with Tyler, the Creator at Pharrell’s Louis Vuitton show to Bella Hadid goofing off.

Mia Carucci for Image magazine. Photographed on Wednesday, January 17, 2023.

The L.A. artist taps into the ways in which God shows up, and how to honor that in real time.

Suga Free for Image magazine, March 2023.

After half a century of hard living and hustle, the flamboyant storyteller from Pomona is learning to live with regrets and find peace.

LOS ANGELES - JULY 22, 2023: Singer songwriter Miguel at the La Brea Tar Pits for Image.

Having experienced the most spiritual growth of his life in the last year, the songbird from San Pedro is finally ready to fully share himself — and his first album in six years — with the world.

Fashion designer Peter Lai in their loft. Photography for Image magazine made on July 19, 2022.

In a space where everything — even the bed he sleeps in — is inspiration, the 71-year-old Chinese designer feels free to finally play for his own pleasure.

Sarah Jakes Roberts is photographed for Image magazine on June 13, 2022.

The old mentalities about what it means to be a woman of faith are dying. Walk into ONE in L.A. and you’ll see what shattering stereotypes looks like.

Angela Manuel Davis

Angela Manuel-Davis’ cycling classes are the church on wheels that everyone — from Jay-Z and Beyoncé to Busy Philipps and Ciara — needs.

Trend analysis: circular couches for Image digital September 2022; Setu Choudhary/For The Times

Anyone can buy a secondhand L-shaped sectional on Facebook Marketplace, but snagging a curved couch involves more capital, effort and taste.

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