Michal Chelbin’s tender portraits capture teens in uniform

How to Dance the Waltz is a five-year project that explores the connection between youth, uniforms and dress codes. Photographer Michal Chelbin wanted to unpick the heightened traditional gender roles that come with certain uniforms and the air of performance forced upon them. The project sees Chelbin travel around the world to places such as military boarding schools in Ukraine, Seville’s...

Yi Luo’s short explores a day in the life of a woman with her favourite coat

Animator and illustrator Yi Luo, aka Yinfinity, has recently released her short film One Pair Coat. The film is an exploration of the relationship between Jolanda and Hendrik, but the twist is that Hendrik is actually Jolanda’s favourite coat. Due the sweetness of Luo’s characters, the viewer accepts this concept immediately and we follow the pair as they go to...