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In-depth interviews, exclusive editorials and book releases curated by Container Love, featuring diverse international photographers exploring identity and queerness, presenting the world as seen through their lenses.
Photo Rob Tennent
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Tsuyoshi Kiritohshi: A Tokyo Afternoon
For photographer Tsuyoshi Kiritohshi, Tokyo is more than a setting – it’s home. In collaboration with producer Juan Martí and model Mirko Kraljević, his latest editorial turns familiar streets into a quiet portrait of connection, where urban energy meets gentle masculinity and authentic style.
Iván Pellicer: The Dream Of Tender Masculinity
Breaking the mold of traditional masculinity with vulnerability, softness, and radical honesty, Iván Pellicer has become one of the most desired names in the Spanish film industry in recent years. As seen through the lens of photographer Daniel Riera, a free spirit, true to his Aquarius nature and ever-evolving journey of self-discovery, Iván shares his reflections on societal expectations on masculinity, and the joy of erasing stereotypes and embracing tenderness.
Joel Harper-Jackson: The Hardest Character To Ever Pull Off Is You
There is no right way to become yourself. On a sun-soaked afternoon in Hackney, photographer Julien Barbès and actor Joel Harper-Jackson explore the spaces between confidence and doubt, visibility and vulnerability. In conversation with Container Love, Joel opens up about pride, shame, breaking expectations, and why staying true to yourself is often the boldest career move of all.
Ryan Robichaux: The Thing That Keeps Carrying Us
Dreams can fade overnight, but resilience endures. In Los Angeles, painter Ryan Robichaux opens the doors to his home and studio, where he reflects on growing up trans in Texas, the beauty of relearning, and how letting go of certainty has shaped both his paintings and his relationships.
Studio PAAR: The Space Between Us
When loudness becomes the norm, softness becomes a position. Ahead of his first solo exhibition, The Space Between Us, Dutch photographer Pascal Bier speaks to Container Love about tenderness, the anatomy of a perfect shot, and how vulnerability can create a bridge between people who have never met.
Esther Perbrandt: Searching For Boundaries
For more than two decades, Esther Perbandt has been shaping a singular vision of Berlin black – not as a trend, but as a language. In conversation with Container Love, she reflects on creativity and constraint, the natural evolution of gender-neutral fashion, and why great clothing doesn't just dress the body, but holds it.
PNPPL Issue 10: Love in Every Frame
Celebrate passion, desire, and intimacy with over 240 pages of stunning photo editorials and heartfelt interviews. Featuring Jugodepapaya, Dominik Więcek, Steve Viksjö, Anil Ayhan and more, this 10th edition is a beautifully crafted embrace you won’t want to miss.
Jaihang: The Love I Will Never Know
All soft lights and no hard feelings – Taipei photographer Lin Jaihang dives into the desire, vulnerability in private rooms and behind closed doors. His latest book, Behind The Door, is a beautiful interpretation of how emotions form and dismantle in modern relationships. Captured through Jaihang’s lens are moments of uncertainty shared between two: lovers to some, strangers to themselves.
Stuart Sandford: Capturing Desire
Documenting two decades of his analog photography, London and Los Angeles-based photographer Stuart Sandford’s upcoming book XX is a work of beauty. In conversation with fellow photographer Slava Mogutin for Container Love, the two renowned artists discuss memory, the wonder of love, the medium of bodybuilding, and the bigger picture behind Stuart’s breathtaking work from the past 20 years.
Joseph Wolfgang Ohlert: “Bigger” Self-Love
“Bigger” is the new book and photo project of photographer Joseph Wolfgang Ohlert. Portraying the beauty of larger bodies, the artist presents a visual journey that navigates the topics of self-love and self-perception of bigger male-identyfying.
The Queer Archive: Kavla #3 – Slaughterhouse
A slaughterhouse isn’t just a house of death. It’s a space in between life and death, the road to the Underworld”, explains the introduction of the third issue of KAVLA fanzine, the latest independent publication from The Queer Archive. Featuring the work of more than 20 queer artists, it is definitely a work not to be missed.
Ilya Zakharin: A Photobook Of Bodies And Expression
Photographer Ilya Zakharin presents his debut photobook “Body”. The project explores the shapes, contrasts, and shadows of male-identifying figures while also serving an underlying purpose of showing support to queer artists in Russia, the artist’s motherland.