Paris-based photographer Alex Huanfa Cheng has been exploring and simultaneously pushing the boundaries of documentary photography all of his career. A beautiful clash of two worlds, he is using his experience in fashion to show everyday scenes from three continents and purify them until the point when there is nothing left of reality but a feeling.
For an extra special editorial, we asked some of our favorite photographers from all around the world to share a picture of theirs from the past year alongside some thoughts, their hopes and wishes for the next one. This is what they wrote.
An archive of unpublished images from 1999 showing different encounters and shades of youth. That is ‘Irréversible’, the last book of Paris photographer Stéphane Gizard that shows in a mix of polaroid photos and films a look back with elegance on what is not with us anymore. A trip of nostalgia, a journey of emotions, lovers and memories in conversation with Container Love.
The art of letting others shine – Johannesburg-based photographer Jamal Nxedlana captures the reality of queerness in South Africa. In conversation with Container Love, Jamal told us about how a community’s story should be told, the challenges of getting political as an artist and why he sees his world as a part of something larger.
Los Angeles photographer Ryan Pfluger’s new book Holding Space: Life and Love Through a Queer Lens is not only a rare documentation of couples being both queer and interracial, but an immensely moving piece of art.
Bruce LaBruce is a continuous art showcase and a reference for queer culture. From one project to the next, the artist, writer, filmmaker, photographer and director has always navigated different topics with a distinctive provocation.
As the first exclusive LGBTQIA+ model and talent agency in the country, uns* has earned a place in the German market. Celebrating two years since their founders Cora Hamilton and Max Weiland started, they share perspectives about the challenges of the business and the relevance of having queer bodies in the industry.
Photographer Lars Borges shared with Container Love Clementine, a photo-series of his month in Mexico. A journal with portraits of queer voices unafraid of living truth to themselves while battling the progress of queer rights in Mexico City.
The beauty of queer youth lies in its ever-changing nature – with his new series, German art director and photographer Niklas Förster is going after this untameable spirit, capturing wonderful, intimate portraits of young queer folks.
Know the sacrifice you are willing to make – New York-based photographer Mengwen Cao’s work has been constantly evolving since their project, Here We Are made headlines worldwide starting a conversation about queerness in Asian societies.
Showing queerness as an underlying presence – Chinese-Singaporean artist and photographer Charmaine Poh is taking a step back from identities in order to show them within the bigger picture.
Pineapple rolls out its 7th issue, a wonderfully curated zine featuring the artworks of 14 of the planet’s most amazing gay artists. Have a sneak peek with us into another masterpiece by one of our favorite publishers and get ready to enter a world of bold beauty.
Taking photos the same way a director would shoot a movie – Chinese photographer Lin Zhipeng, better known as No. 223, is an artist whose photography is bending both genre and gender.
The chase of wandering spirits – there is something otherworldly and haunting about Japanese photographer Osamu Yokonami’s work that makes his images feel tragic yet beautiful at the same time.
A new generation of role models has grown up in an era of great societal changes and they are more colorful, more open-minded and – in a sense – more free than anyone who came before them. With our brand new editorial series, Container Talks, Container Love is now set to make their voices heard.
The gentle and surreal images of Brussels-based photographer Ugo Woatzi contain a heavy message about finding ourselves in today’s society.
We talked with Rob Tennent, Auckland-based photographer and creative as he captures queer love in all it's beauty.
Meet the creative queer duo of Allie Leepson and Jesse McClary with a partnership of marriage and photography.
New York based, Australian artist Soroya T. Zaman shares their fight for visibility and diversity as a queer photographer.
Meet Jess Dugan, a renowned artist exploring identity through photography, video and writing, with their work exhibited in over 40 museums.
We interviewed Lindsay Ryklief - a Seoul-based photographer, DJ and promoter who first one our hearts with ongoing series, Boys of Seoul.
Bold eroticism is what makes Leo Maki a truly different kind of creator among queer photographers, catch our interview with him here!
With over 50 international, queer tattoo artists included, along with extensive portraits, texts and images of all that the community has to offer, the Queer Tattoo book shows what tattooing truly is… an art.
With our new series, Container Talks, we would like to introduce you to Son, what Berlin means to them and how they face adversity.
Photographer Massimo Leardini pictures capture ultimate beauty while releasing it back into the wild, into nature.
We reached out to Pedro Pedreira to ask him about why it is important to him to relive memories in his new book.
Spanish photographer prodigy Carlos Darder creates a brilliant, touching example on how one can relive memories in the long term.
We sat down with Laurence Philomène to talk about the idea behind Puberty and the queer and trans people of the future.
We’ve been fans of Florian Hetz and this is why we are very excited that his new book, AIKO is here to take his art to the next level.
Berlin-based photographer Santiago Perez is an artist of dualities with work centred around what an amorous subject can be.
Slava Mogutin, artist and author exiled from Russia for his outspoken queer writing and activism, sits down with us to reveal all.
With the world standing still during the pandemic, Rob Tennent travelled around New Zealand for his book, I’M GOING TO MISS YOU.
Container Love’s founder Christian Ruess hopped on a plane and shot his newest editorial on the azure shores of Lanzarote.
Ralf Obergfell has a life and career that is full of stories - we follow Ralf in Berlin and the new phase of his photographic saga.
After having seen his hot new calendar, Bizarre, we talked with Romain Berger to discuss Parisian chic and writing letters to Gaultier.
Márcia Simões represents a new wave in contemporary photography creating an atmosphere that gets under our skin in the best way possible.
Award-winning photographer Elliot Verdier went to Liberia to capture a country too strong to give up in his book, Reaching for Dawn.
Surrendering to time, Ghanaian photographer Eric Asamoah shows us what the transition from boyhood to adulthood is truly about.
The art of Tatenda Chidora is an inexhaustible source of inspiration, of wild colours and surreal setups surrounding the African identity.
There seem to be no limits to the imagination of Jacobus Snyman when it comes to fashion-driven photography.
Nairobi-based photographer and director Maganga Mwagogo truly stands out showing an exceptional, gorgeous series rooted in nature.
Follow the project of Caroline Mackintosh and Christian Ruess focusing on South Africa’s new design generation.
Photographer and director Tatiana Saavedra works across different mediums, which makes her artworks to be like ever blooming flowers.
We are in love with the work of Nana Yaw Oduro. A great photographer with a wonderful eye for the perfect picture.
Rob Tennent is one of the very few who was able to transform his lockdown-limbo his new book, I'm Going To Miss You.
The PNPPL zine 06 features in total 14 artists, photographers from all around the globe, from Argentina to New Zealand.
New York based photographer Shayne Reynolds and his new series shows how we can be lovesick for someone who may not even exist.
Summer melancholy never felt better - our favourite Polish photographer, Leo Maki is back with his neon coloured magic that we love.
Discover Lovesick, Container Love's hot topic this summer, created by photographer Maximilian Mouson and written by editor Robin Micha.
Re-exploring the wonder that is the male body, the Greek photographer Kostis Fokas shares his latest series exclusively with Container Love.
German artist Stefan Gunnesch has a unique vision: his works may be pleasing to the eye, yet carry uneasiness of something unspoken.
Trans-species, multi-headed monsters and crudely constructed wooden-legged figures – Asger Carlsen is beyond your average photographer.
Dutch filmmaker and photographer Mees Peijnenburg speaks the tear-jerkingly beautiful language of cinema in his latest series, KISS KISS.
Creation of Russian-American multimedia artist Slava Mogutin, POLAROID RAGE, is greatly influenced by his bicultural dissident and refugee experience.
Tokyo-based photographer Keisuke Morizawa is the one who observes instead of interfering and works on the border of reality and daydreaming.
Shane Reynolds is a photographer based in New York City. He began at 17, using his grandmas garage as a “studio” and is now unstoppable!
Armando Terrero, fashion photographer from the Dominican Republic in Barcelona, combines analogue and digital photography to create true art.
We talked with Mexican-American photographer Agustin Hernandez and the inspiration of new cities, his childhood and a Catholic mother.
We're in love with Zeno Spyropoulos, a Berlin-based photographer, who has just published his first photography book, YOUNG AND RENEGADE.
Taipei-based photographer and graphic designer Jaihang shows us his long-term series ROOM TAIPEI, shot over eight years.
Discover this new series from Leo Maki, CODE BLUE. Based on a phrase used when a patient needs immediate help - because a heart has stopped.
Photographer Yarden Amsalem from Tel Aviv takes us on this journey into the desert and tells us that story with THE JOURNEY OF FARADA AKLUM.
Jacopo Paglione, a photographer from Rome, understands how to truly communicate and the results are full of trust, intimacy and respect.
CORNUCOPIA is the latest project of Birk Thomassen - his pictures reflect the energy of a wider project, LIGHT ROOM, a gay adult movie.
DAILY REVOLUTIONS, the new project by Arden, pays tribute to the non-normative women who are a source of inspiration for them.
With his new book LUST SURRENDER photographer Spyros Rennt captures a freedom – clear, powerful, intimate, unromantic, unsparing.
Samuel Cimma, the photographer of souls, as he describes himself on Instagram, is back with a new book, KTEMA ES AIEI.
Barcelona-based photographer Ian M shows us his exclusive series DON'T TELL ANYONE I WAS HERE exploring the ideas of voyeurism and pleasure.
Delightful, delicious, beautiful, seductive, vulnerable... There are many words to describe the work of Thibault Gaëtan Dubroca, French photographer and painter.
Giulia Gr is an Italian artist based in Berlin working mainly with photography and self portraiture, focusing on issues of identity, sexuality, intimacy and self love.
Chinese artist Yang Yufeng, based in Milan and Shanghai, explores modern masculinity in his ongoing long-term project BOY COMFORT ZOOM.
Anne-Sophie Guillet, Brussels-based photographer, shows what it means to make gender roles fluid, or better: to make gender roles obsolete.
Today we celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with Arden and their wonderful photo series, SERES / BEINGS, showing the beauty of each individual.
Welcome to Daurismo – the world of Daura, a film photographer showing the different paths of womanhood and the ever-expanding gender spectrum.
Berlin-based photographer Sven Serkis spent the first weeks of Corona lockdown quarantining with his partner creating GESPERRTER AUSGANG.
FRANK AND FELIX is an ongoing photo series by Amanda Björn exploring the friendship between Felix and Frank in Havana, Cuba, celebrating love, friendship, and sexual freedom.
Mexican photographer Nelson Morales portrays the Muxe community of Oaxaca, in The Muxes of Oaxaca, which they are also a part of.
Asaf Einy is a photographer and video artist based in Tel-Aviv. We invited him to celebrate our Summer of Love with us.
The Summer of Love continues with Kostis Fokas' latest feature on our website, CALIFORNIA DREAMING. The series was shot in California in 2019.
NEW QUEER PHOTOGRAPHY is a book that presents a contemporary collection of queer photography and features more than 40 queer photographers.
Photographer George Griefy uses the mix of Mediterranean and big city life and offers us some playful, pointed and minimalist artworks.
Steve Marais, photographer living between Berlin and Bern, has opened his archive for us and allows us to enjoy some summer memories.
Manuel Scrima stages the human body as functional to the exploration of the relationship between the figure and the boundaries of the space.
The new monograph ZWEI by Berlin/L.A. based photographer Florian Hetz presents a cross-section of his work and his unmistakable visual world.
Annika Weertz follows the Danish rock band Pacific Swell to shed light on the emotional connection and individuals of the band.
Carlos Darder is a photographer from Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Join us in spending a day on the beach with him!
Witness part 2 of the series, Kiss Me I'm Golden by Annika Weertz- capturing the band Pacific Swell on their summer tour.
Are you ready for some more summer feeling? This is part 2 of the summer series by Tel-Aviv based photographer and video artist Asaf Einy.
YOUNG AND FREE is the name of the current series of the photographer Sergey Melnitchenko showing what it is to be free of conventions.
It is Sunday, July 26, 2020. It is a pandemic, we do not demonstrate on the streets. But we’re there. Birk Thomassen celebrates with us.
The Shanghai-born, New York-based photographer Shen Wei created the series ALMOST NAKED by taking portraits of strangers in America.
Samuel Cimma, born in 2001 in a village in North Italy, went on a little vacation with the boys to the Italian countryside.
New York based fashion designer Willy Chavarria and photographer Steven Biccard from Copenhagen are a perfect match in this beautiful editorial.
Chloe Rosser is a photographer living in London. In her series FORM & FUNCTION, Chloe transforms the body into fleshy sculptures.
Alex Avgud is a Russian-born photographer whose work is a continuous exploration of human resistance to various forms of oppression.
Armando Frezze Durand is an artist from Buenos Aires and we had the pleasure to show some of his work over the last years.
Bettina Pittaluga is a Paris-based French-Uruguayan photographer focusing on intimate portraits of human beings, diversity and the simple beauty in everyday life.
Kostis Fokas takes pictures that look like sculptures and we had the honour to put Kostis' work in several exhibitions this year.
For the time between the exhibitions, founder of Container Love Christian Ruess has created a series of exclusive images for Ryker Magazine.
Anderson Zomer woke up from hibernation. In the second part of his NATUS project he depicts young and naked men in nature.
For the series Kann denn Liebe Synthie Sein, a queer photo editorial was created by Creative Director and Photographer Christian Ruess.
Annika Weertz is a German photographer whom we had the pleasure to showcase at our recent Container Love exhibition.
Stefan Gunnesch was one of the chosen artists for this virtual experience. At Interzum 2019 we presented a part of his series DAEMONIEN.
This is what bodies look like. Discover the works of Ashley Armitage at Interzum 2019 that show real bodies with perfect imperfections.
We adore the analogue and intimate works of Annika Weertz and are very happy to be able to show her work again and again at our exhibitions.
AdeY’s naked models seem to be perfectly choreographed for the perfect picture – frozen in a movement. We saw their work at Interzum 2019.
Sergey Melnitchenko is a photographer from Ukraine. His shared story is about young athletes from Mykolayiv, Ukraine.
For a series of club exhibitions of Container Love, founder Christian Ruess captures friends, lovers, and Instagram sweeties in funny situations.
Stefan Gunnesch is a Leipzig based communications designer playing with abstraction and anonymisation of the human body.
London-based photographer Paul Peter developed his own aesthetics by putting a twist on the classical approach to photography with PSALMODY.
Manuel Scrima, a talented artist from Milano, has never really stopped: documentary to fashion photography, video making to directing.
Christopher Sherman is a photographer and creative director living in Toronto and New York. He was featured in the Container Love exhibition at the Reeperbahn festival 2017 in Hamburg.
If you look at Sven Serkis’ long-term project N1, you’ll mostly see bodies. We love his existentially unique and quintessentially nude style.
Anton Shebetko is a Ukrainian artist and photographer based in Amsterdam whose work is mostly weird and funny, with LGBT-related topics.
AdeY’s work captures those little moments of social oppression, isolation, anxiety and depression and the hidden humour that comes with it.
The work of Dutch photographer Berber Theunissen consists of the kind of mix we really love: poetic with a dark undertone.
This project by Kostis Fokas is stripped from all the previous surreal and vivid shades of his aesthetics, only to reveal something bolder.
Rebecca Ruetten is a nomad artist, her base being Berlin, portraying renaissance inspired fast food series to the punk scene of Myanmar.
SOUL BREATHE – a romantic series captured by conceptual fashion photographer Ruslan Isinev, exclusively for MMSCENE PORTRAITS.
Rainer Torrado is a photographer who is living and working between Paris, Hong Kong, and Madrid, contributing to international fashion magazines.
Daria Nelson is a Russian soul from Ukraine, now based in Paris, turning her dreams into reality while overcoming gender boundaries.
Photographer Joseph Wolfgang Ohlert portrays intimate portraits in combination with interviews with trans- and genderqueer people.
Amandine is a photographer based in Paris. Her series WHATEVER relates to the Lolita movement during the early 2000’s.
London based fashion photographer Paul Peter created FISHERMAN'S FRIEND exclusively for the second issue of Beton Paper.
Ruslan Isinev is a conceptual photographer based in Moscow, Russia. We also believe in his goal: creating a world in his own melancholic style.
Loreen Hinz, together with art director Christian Ruess, she did this wonderful fashion collage series about the absurdity of gender roles.
Rainer Torrado is a photographer & art director. Today, he shares his stunning project THE XXY GENERATION with us.
NATUS is a project by Anderson Zomer that depicts masculinity in a poetic and romantic way and the taboos of society.
We’re deeply in love with the photography of French photographer Nicolas Gavino, who is always sensual and intimate with a playful wink.
It’s about everything we consume today, or everything that consumes us. Here is Armando Frezze Durand on the theme of social networks.
With an empathetic and self-reflective sense of intimacy, Birk Thomassen tells stories about youth, love, sex, and self-awareness.
Karolina Hanulak is a photographer from Poland whose work focuses on body and acceptance. Capturing intimate moments, skin and textures.
Paul Peter is a fashion photographer from London. His series THE BUTCHER BOYS was exclusively shot for Rollacoaster Magazine.
Laurence Philomène is a photographer living in Montreal/Toronto, working around themes of color theory, queerness and gender identity.
Paris-based photographer Daria Nelson creates a powerful synergy between two of her passions: photography and fashion.
This series is a KALTBLUT exclusive story and photographed by Ruslan Isinev, conceptual portrait and fashion photographer from Moscow.
A truly wonderful, sensual photography project about the male body. We are genuinely grateful and honoured to announce André Carlos.
Introducing Schall & Schnabel: The Berlin based duo is an award-winning multidisciplinary studio for directing, photography and digital art.