This rust coloured fourth edition showcases American photographer Baldwin Lee’s imposing shot of New York’s Twin Towers, taken between 1975 and 1979, as the focal point of its now staple bisected cover design. Reproduced in full-bleed inside, the photograph marks 25 years since the harrowing terrorist attacks we remember as 9/11. Opening the issue, readers will find a 14-page spread dedicated to ‘World Matters’, featuring a series of briefings from across the globe. Elsewhere, in ‘Fear and Doping in Las Vegas’ Daniel Waite Penny reports from The Enhanced Games, an event where athletes compete aided by performance–enhancing drugs, in a sinister display intended to advertise to bystanders; Catherine McCormack shares the series ‘Quince años de Danna’ from photographer Alice Mann, following the fifteenth birthday celebrations of Ecuadorian teenager Danna—a spectacle of pink ball gowns, glitter and sparkly heels—capturing ‘girlhood’s evergreen longings for a particular fantasy of femininity’; and Charles Shafaieh sits in conversation with novelist and playwright Ariel Dorfman and journalist Tariq Ali respectively, engaging in an extended discussion on censorship and their practices. Plus, a whole host of other stories scavenged from across the globe, spanning Elmira, Coronation Island, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, Iran, Chile, Aleppo and Lahore.
