FADER 57: Life on Hawaii’s Waianae Coast Feature Story
- story Eric Ducker
- photo Sasha Cutter
Photographer Sasha Cutter, along with her twin brother Knut, has been documenting the lives of Hawaii’s Waianae Coast residents for the past three years. Many of the subjects live in makeshift homes or tents, exposing a much harder life than the idealized version most of us hold of island life in the Aloha State. After the jump, read Eric Ducker’s essay on Cutter’s photography from FADER 57, and click here to watch the last in our series of slideshows, narrated by four of Waianae’s residents.
Slideshow: Life on Hawaii’s Waianae Coast by Sasha Cutter
- story THE FADER
In the previous online supplements to our Photo Issue, we focused on AIDS in America, immigration, urban economic issues, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — all issues facing our President-elect Obama. Now, in our final installment, we go to Obama’s one-time home state of Hawaii for photographer Sasha Cutter’s photos of the homeless population on the Waianae Coast. Above, watch an extended edit of Cutter’s photo essay, narrated by the story’s writer, FADER deputy editor Eric Ducker, and residents of Waianae. Read the full story here.
FADER 57: TV on the Radio Cover Story
- story Edwin "Stats" Houghton
- photo Jason Nocito
When we decided to put Brooklyn’s TV on the Radio on the front cover of our Photo Issue we were living in a state of uncertainty: We didn’t know who our next president was going to be, the economy was on the verge of catastrophe, and a bunch of scientists were about to turn on a machine that could potentially have sucked our entire planet into a black hole. Our country may still have a long way to go, but we have a new president, are excited about life (in spite of America’s rock bottom financial situation), and the Hadron Collider ended up doing a bunch of harmless stuff that scientists thought was really cool. After the jump read Edwin Houghton’s feature on TV on the Radio, in which they address many of their existential concerns, accompanied by an epic set of closeup photos by Jason Nocito.
FADER 57: American Wars
- story Julianne Escobedo Shepherd
- photo Peter van Agtmael
In our current photo issue, we feature some of our photographers’ most personal work: Peter van Agtmael has been documenting American soldiers, both in Iraq and Afghanistan and as they return home, since 2006. View the slideshow from the American Wars photo essay, with commentary by one of his subjects, Iraq veteran Raymond Hubbard. After the jump, read Julianne Shepherd’s accompanying story from FADER Number 57.
Slideshow: American Wars by Peter van Agtmael
- story THE FADER
On the eve of arguably the biggest election of our lifetimes, it should be impossible to overlook what will be the most difficult task facing our new president: commanding our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Current economic woes and the election itself may have overshadowed these wars in media coverage for the last several months, but nearly 200,000 American servicemen and women remain in the two countries and thousands have returned home in various states of injury, in need of care and support, whether physical, mental or emotional. FADER contributor Peter van Agtmael has been back and forth to Iraq and Afghanistan repeatedly since 2006, documenting the lives of young soldiers as they fight and as they return home. Some of his photos appeared in our current Photo Issue, and we’ve assembled even more here in this slideshow, with narration from Iraq veteran Raymond Hubbard.
FADER 57: Lucky Torres
- story Laura Checkoway
- photo Lauren Fleishman
After the jump read the feature story on Lucky Torres, from our current Photo Issue, and click here to watch a slideshow of the photos, as narrated by Lucky and writer Laura Checkoway.
Slideshow: Lucky Torres by Lauren Fleishman
- story THE FADER
As part of our current photo special, we decided to alter our usual style feature. In tune with the other photo essays in the issue, we styled, photographed and profiled Lucky Torres, a woman with a dark past and big dreams who strives everyday to survive right here in New York City. In the slideshow above, view all of the photos from the story as well as some outtakes, along with narration from Torres and the writer of her story, Laura Checkoway. Click here to read the full story from issue.
FADER 57: Refugee Motels
- story T. Cole Rachel
- photo Gabriele Stabile
For our annual photo issue, Gabriele Stabile presented a selection from his long-running project documenting the initial experiences of refugees arriving in the United States. With the help of the International Organization for Migration, Stabile was able to photograph the first experiences of many refugees in the transition motels they are housed in while they await placement somewhere in the US. Up above, watch the slideshow, featuring an extended cut of the photos narrated by Stabile, and after the jump read T. Cole Rachel’s feature on Stabile’s photo work at the refugee motels.
NYC: FADER 57 Issue Release Party
- story THE FADER
Since last spring we’ve been spending a lot of time at Heathers. So much time, in fact, that we were already there when our FADER 57 issue release party showed up on Wednesday. F57 Gen-Fer XXXChange DJ’d while everyone drank complimentary Bass Ale. At some point we looked around and noticed that we were surrounded by friends and family (actual blood relatives not included), and by 10pm XXXChange’s set was over, everyone was admiring the photo essays in the issue and FADER contributing editor T. Cole Rachel was rounding out the night with Fleetwood Mac on the speakers. We can’t complain.
FADER 57: AIDS in America
- story Matthew Schnipper
- photo Krisanne Johnson
In our current Photo Issue, we feature some of our frequent contributors’ most personal work. Longtime FADER photographer Krisanne Johnson documented the lives of several young African-American women living with HIV and AIDS. We’ve collected many of the photos along with audio commentary by Johnson and one of her subjects, Lolisa Gibson, in this slideshow, and after the jump, you can read Matthew Schnipper’s essay which ran with the photos in the magazine. Next Monday, we will post the next slideshow and feature: Gabriele Stabile’s “Temporary Residence,” focusing on transition motels many refugees must stay in when they first arrive in the United States.
