Kaleidoscope #43/FW23 SAMPHA by Liam MacRae

KALEIDOSCOPEs new issue 43 FallWinter 2023 launches with a set of six covers

On the occasion of his longawaited sophomore album Lahai released this fall to universal acclaim we capture SAMPHA in San Francisco through the lens of Liam McRae In an accompanying interview by Felix Petty the artist describes the record as an exploration of loss and healing reflecting on the passing of his parents the birth of his daughter and the inevitably cyclical nature of life and memory

In our frontofthebook section ESCAPE TO MIAMI portrays the most southernly city in the US existing in the tropical recesses of the American imagination land of celebrity thunderstorms Tony Montana and Art Deco architecture Here we meet the latest generation of Miamianscommitted radicals in the fields of art fashion and music who are dreaming up new narratives for the city they call home Featuring Andrew Downtown Cat Power Susan Kim Alvarez Nite Owl DriveIn and Rice Hotel photographed by Sam Hayes

For this issues Carte Blanche section KALEIDOSCOPE invites independent Parisbased publisher RED LEBANESE to present Hanabi a new project by Pablo Jomaron and Ben Dorado In this space of freedom they confront and juxtapose their work to invent new narratives focusing on personal storytelling through their respective photographic practices

Also featured in this issue Londonbased band Bar Italia photography by Jessica Madavo and interview by Conor McTernan the archives of Hysteric Glamour photography by Lorenzo Dalbosco and interview by Akio Kunisawa Japanese underground illustrator Yoshitaka Amano words by Alex Shulan Marseillebased young artist Sara Sadik photography by Nicolas Poillot and interview by Daria Miricola a survey about Japanese hiphops new scene starring Tohji photography by Taito Itateyama and words by Ashley Ogawa Clarke Richard Princes new bookTheEntertainers words by Brad Phillips New Art London featuring Adam FarahSaad Lenard Giller Charlie Osborne RIP Germain and Olukemi Ljiadu photographed by Bolade Banjo and interviewed by Ben Broome

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