The Weight of BeautyThe kind of man who’s done this a thousand times.Who knows beauty by heft, not hueby how it bruises when bundled too tightly,or droops under morning air. Hands that lift before the sun learns its name,palms lined with petals he never picked.He doesn’t need to admire softnessto carry it. No fanfare. No…
Whether it’s artists, filmmakers, gallerists, musicians, chefs, or authors, Something Curated is always aiming to bring you illuminating and often-times wide-ranging conversations with those at the cutting edge of the arts and culture. Here’s a selection of our favourites from 2025 so far. And we can promise you can look forward to many more to…
Community photographer Hark1karan will release his fifth book in as many years next month. Arawak, named after the Indigenous people of South America and the Caribbean, documents a single day in the company of the British Trinidadian Arawak Carnival Mas Band, which founder Lynda Joseph formed in 1999, captured at Carnival in 2024. Hark1karan’s practise…
Dan Martensen embodies the vibrant energy of his native New York, a whirlwind of passion for family, friends, music, and the city’s cultural fabric. He brings that same passion to his dual vocations: photography and bagels. He moves quickly, recounting significant moments from his life, including interactions with some of the world’s most famous names….
A man’s hand reaches towards an electric light source, his fingers tentatively caressing the glow, obscuring and revealing it at once. The image described is Lionel Wendt’s Bachelor Cruising South, shot in the mid-1930s. The photograph is quietly suggestive, its title a little less subtle, alluding to the pursuit of casual sexual encounters. It is…
Something Curated exclusively publishes the photo essay Gestures and Gazes by photographer Olivia Ghalioungui and stylist Manvi Bhatnagar. Exploring self-expression and craftsmanship across India, the series was shot in Delhi, Jaipur, Goa, and Amritsar, last December. The project weaves together two strands: the gaze, captured through a series of richly textured portraits, and the eloquence…
“I have a lot of photos with chins touching,” said Melissa Schriek over the phone from her Amsterdam home. We were going through some of the photographs from her last book, Ode: an exploration of the dynamics of female friendship. “I like that it’s almost a mouth,” she said, “It’s also very intimate when your…
Yellow cap paired with a blue satin shirt, Grace Jones has arrived at The Savoy. Her thumbnail has a tiny red crown stamped on it. It is 1981 and Sharon Smith is doing her rounds as a camera girl in the Midtown Manhattan club, when she approaches Grace with her Polaroid. It was not the…