Container Talks
Finding Hope In New Role Models
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.
Stallman Gallery: Nothing Linear
From the Stallman Gallery in Berlin, gallerist Lina Stallman and artist Daniel Spivakov show how art can trigger changes in society.
Zsá Zsá: Crossing Borders With Hyper-Femininity
Over the past few years, musician and actress Zsá Zsá has become a rising star among the wilder kids of Berlin. Find the exclusive here!
Lani Lees: Shining Like Gold
Coming from the creative field, Lani is the founder and designer of the sustainable and responsible jewellery brand, LANI LEES.
Tijan Marei: German Film’s Wild Child
The Privilege actress Tijan Marei belongs to a new generation shaking up German film with an equally fresh attitude.
Charissa Chioccarelli: Nailing It
An all around talent, Charissa Chioccarelli of Isla Berlin was simply wonderful to work with when shooting her #ContainerTalks episode.
Yha Yha: Giving All Yha Love
We sat down with Yha Yha, otherwise known as Alyha Love, to discuss being an American DJ and big time socialite with Berlin as her new home.
Visible Love | Rob Tennent
Not Waiting For A Miracle
One of Australia’s hottest queer exports and a key artist to our Visible Love exhibition series, Rob Tennent is a photographer with an unique view on the world. We sat down with Rob to talk about how his dad came around to accept him for who he is, why he thinks that cisgay men have had their time and why it’s their turn now to use their hard-earned privileges to put the focus on trans and non-binary people.
Christian Ruess Of Container Love: Freedom Means No Fear
Knowledge means less fear and no fear means freedom – in a super special in-house interview, we asked Container Love’s Founder and Creative Director Christian Ruess about why most brands are misinterpreting diversity as a one-trick pony, the story behind our international #VisibleLove exhibition series and how finding the right partners at H&M could turn our simple idea into a global movement.
Visible Dinner: An Open Dialogue
Conversation is everything. Our aim with the #VisibleLove exhibition is to encourage people to take that first step toward each other, not only to speak, but to listen, to get the dialogue going.
Visible Love: Love, Unconditionally
Container Love celebrates a summer of love and visibility taking over the stores of H&M, Weekday, Monki, COS and more as part of its international exhibition series, Visible Love.
Container Love: Where The Love Comes From
Creatives, photographers, directors, editors, designers, artists, the people of our core team are working hard for a world that is more accepting, a society that is more equal.
Rob Tennent: Not Waiting For A Miracle
We talked with Rob Tennent, Auckland-based photographer and creative as he captures queer love in all it's beauty.
Allie & Jesse: About A Place Of Love
Meet the creative queer duo of Allie Leepson and Jesse McClary with a partnership of marriage and photography.
Fundraiser
We See You
Container Love supporting Insight Ukraine, hosting a specially curated print sale to help Ukrainian LGBTQ+ refugees in the ongoing crisis. From March 29 to April 29, selected artworks by international artists can be purchased from our special gallery to support the victims of the war.
A Love Worth Fighting For
After the premiere of our films, we are beyond happy to finally present the complete Love Has No Label editorial, shot by our very own Christian Ruess.
Kate: The Time To Be Vulnerable
Love Has No Label tells the stories of four individuals and how they manage to remain true to themselves. This episode is about Kate.
Shayne: Living On A Spectrum
Love Has No Label tells the stories of four individuals and how they manage to remain true to themselves. This episode is about Shayne.
African Icons | Elliott Verdier
The Will To Live
Elliott Verdier is an award winning photographer from Paris whose new book Reaching for Dawn has left many speechless. And did so for a reason. Elliott’s pictures introduce us to people that are desperate for hope in the shadow of the country’s 14 years of bloody and mercyless civil war.
Rafael Kouto and The Art Of Resurrection
We sat down with Rafael Kouto to ask him about the beauty and challenges of improvisation and African influences.
To Shine A Light On Nana Yaw Oduro
Nana Yaw Oduro is a young photographer living in Ghana, facing an exciting future with his pictures getting him more recognition worldwide.
Jacobus Snyman: A Crown In The Making
There seem to be no limits to the imagination of Jacobus Snyman when it comes to fashion-driven photography.
Lovesick | Maximilian Mouson
Sickly Seeking
In being lovesick lies the feeling of longing. Many believe for the condition to occur only after the end of a significant relationship or while being unhappily in love. Some may think of it as something to be overcome, to be a temporary effect of a road left abandoned. The longing that lies in lovesickness, however, can be present even during a time in which we lie close to someone in bed on a hazy summer night.
Trusting Curiosity with Asger Carlsen
New York based photographer and media artist Asger Carlson talks about being crime scene photographer and his artistic future.
Mees Peijnenburg: When Two Bodies Collide
We wanted to ask director & photographer Mees Peijnenburg ever since we first saw images from his hopefully never-ending series, Kiss Kiss.
All Of Me Wants All Of You with Mees Peijnenburg
Dutch filmmaker and photographer Mees Peijnenburg speaks the tear-jerkingly beautiful language of cinema in his latest series, KISS KISS.
Narcissism | Zeno Spyropoulos
Normalising Realness
“I photograph the unposed, the raw. Flaws and all. All walks of life’’ – photographer Zeno Spyropoulos catches the sacred moments of intimacy like no one else does. In conversation with the Berlin-based photographer, he told us about his recently released photobook, the thin red line between seeking love and seeking acceptance and why we are hiding from reality on both sides of the camera.
You Do You And I Do Me with Leo Maki
Leo Maki sent us an exclusive selection from his GUYS N STUFF series and talked work, style, inspiration in Corona and NARCISSISM.
Zeno Spyropoulos and Normalising Realness
Talking with Berlin-based photographer Zeno Spyropoulos about his recent book and why we hide from reality on both sides of the camera.
Armando Terrero and a Future World
Armando Terrero, fashion photographer from the Dominican Republic in Barcelona, combines analogue and digital photography to create true art.
Safe Space | Birk Thomassen
Beyond The Camera
“Inviting – not excluding.” When we asked photographer Birk Thomassen for his definition of Safe Space, this was his answer. While typing up Birk’s interview and curating the images of his new series CORNUCOPIA, “Uninvited” by Alanis Morissette is playing on the radio. It looks like INVITING is the keyword of our little introduction this time.
Spyros Rennt And The Quiet Next To The Loud
We had a little interview with Spyros Rennt and talked about his new book, LUST SURRENDER, that displays brave honesty and love.
Make Us Feel Safe, Jacopo Paglione
Jacopo Paglione, a photographer from Rome, understands how to truly communicate and the results are full of trust, intimacy and respect.
La Lumière Tentante with Thibault Gaëtan Dubroca
Delightful, delicious, beautiful, seductive, vulnerable... There are many words to describe the work of Thibault Gaëtan Dubroca, French photographer and painter.
Chosen Family | Yan Yufeng
Boy Comfort Zoom
In his ongoing long-term project BOY COMFORT ZOOM, observing and exploring modern masculinity, Yan Yufeng portraits boys and men from all over the world in places familiar to them – the models themselves pick the location for the shoot. The resulting pictures have an air of relaxation and a snapshot aesthetic about them that gives a glimpse into the models personal backgrounds.
Gender Roles Are Dead: Anne-Sophie Guillet
Anne-Sophie Guillet, Brussels-based photographer, shows what it means to make gender roles fluid, or better: to make gender roles obsolete.
Seres / Beings by Arden
Today we celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with Arden and their wonderful photo series, SERES / BEINGS, showing the beauty of each individual.
The Friendship of Frank And Felix by Amanda Björn
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.
Summer Of Love | Asaf Einy
Summer Holiday
Asaf Einy is a photographer and video artist based in Tel-aviv. We invited him to celebrate our Summer of Love with us. Absolutely perfect for the times when not everyone has the chance to just get on the plane and fly to the beach. Asaf’s pictures feel like summer holiday – being around with friends and family, watching strangers passing by.
The Salt On Your Skin by Christian Ruess
Container Love’s founder Christian Ruess hopped on a plane and shot his newest editorial on the azure shores of Lanzarote.
Summer Sun And A Touch Of Hope with Steve Marais
Steve Marais, photographer living between Berlin and Bern, has opened his archive for us and allows us to enjoy some summer memories.
Asaf Einy: This Is Not The End
Tel Aviv based photographer Asaf Einy reminds us of documentaries about places we always wanted to travel to with colours and moments.