As summer winds down, most of us slip back into routine. Street-side tables and rocky coastal cliffs are swapped for office desks, inboxes, and the daily commutes. But for those who want to hold onto the fantasy before the season fades, the Dazed art and photography section has you covered.

August’s photo stories took us deep into the sweat-drenched shadows of London’s underground rave scene, where photographer Yushy captured the activities (and illegalities) of London’s basement raves. Across the Atlantic, Nadia Krawiecka took us into Rio de Janeiro’s street-side barbershops, inviting us into community hub Maquininha du Corte.

For those who’d rather stay in, there are sun-lit living rooms and lounging on sofas as photographer Vincent Wechselberger documents the tender relationship between queer siblings. Peer into teenage bedrooms from the 80s with an extended cut of Adrienne Salinger’s cult portraits. Or gawk at Kyoichi Tsuzuki’s obsessive cataloguing of Tokyo fashion collectors showing off their beloved bedroom shrines. Wherever you land, we’ve got you covered. Here are eight beloved photostories from the past month...

FENG LI, WHITE NIGHTS IN WONDERLAND

Feng Li’s White Nights in Wonderland captures surreal moments in everyday life, transforming ordinary street shots into scenes that are as uncanny as they are magical. Shot over the past two decades on the streets of Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, and his hometown Chengdu, his photographs reveal the “unbelievable coincidences” he encounters occurring around him. Li describes these moments as “surrealism within reality – the real and the unreal converging bizarrely and theatrically in the same shared space.”

Read the full story here on Dazed. 

YUSHY, SECTION 63

A step into London’s underground rave scene, Yushy’s Section 63: Underground & Unmasked documents the communities and heady energy of DIY dance spaces from 2022 to 2025. Drawn in by the pounding bass and chance encounters outside squat parties, Yushy found himself deep within secretive venues, capturing both the chaos and intimacy of a culture that has endured decades of government crackdowns.

“Over the years, a story started to take shape. Documenting it kept me sane in many ways, and made me more empathetic toward the people I met in that world,” he says. His images reflect a dedication to spaces that keep society moving at the toughest of times. “Being in these spaces helps grow both individuality and a sense of community. You can be alone in a club, but you will still be with people who care about the space you’re in.” With clubs closing at an alarming rate, Yushy’s work captures a subculture preserving the pulse of underground London raves before they vanish.

Read the full story here on Dazed. Section 63: Underground & Unmasked  is published by Velocity Press in October and is available to pre-order here

VINCENT WECHSELBERGER, SISTERS

Capturing connection across quiet corners of their homes, open grassy fields and amber-lit city streets, Vincent Wechselberger’s Sisters documents the evolving bond between him and his siblings. Drawing on memories from his rural Austrian childhood and life in Berlin, the series highlights the tenderness of both chosen and biological families. “We’re all queer, and I think queerness shows up not just in who we are, but in how we relate to each other, with softness, complexity, fluidity,” he explains. The series also reflects the intensity of those bonds: “We’ve pushed our bond to an intense level of closeness that can make others uncomfortable. It is raw, provocative, and sometimes almost scary, but for us, it is simply who we are.”

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SERGEI PAVLOV, MOUNTAIN

Close-ups, beach landscapes, and shifting light come together to form a tender portrait of love in the wilderness in Sergei Pavlov’s Mountain. The intimate photographic series explores his partner through fragmented, monochromatic images. But Mountain is more than a study of one person – it also reflects Pavlov’s philosophy on the delicate balance between art and life. “When I think about what makes a beautiful life, it’s always something more connected to nature, simplicity, and space,” he explains. These guiding ideas shape the series, from the mountain that opens the collection to the subtle interplay of light and shadow that animates each frame.

Read the full story here on Dazed. Mountain is out now.

ADRIENNE SALINGER, TEENAGERS IN THEIR BEDROOMS

Adrienne Salinger’s Teenagers in Their Bedrooms revisits the private worlds of American teens in the late 80s and early 90s. Originally published as In My Room in 1995, the series offered a glimpse into adolescence, challenging stereotypes of rebellious or directionless youth. Now, 30 years later, an expanded edition includes additional photographs and new texts, continuing Salinger’s exploration of self-expression within the sanctuary of the bedroom.

“When we look at a photograph, we immediately categorise who the person is… he’s a skater, she’s a burnout, he’s obviously doped up. I wanted to challenge those snap judgments and let the viewer into the worlds these teenagers were building,” she explains. The series remains a timeless study of adolescence, revealing how private spaces shape, reflect, and contain the inventive process of becoming oneself.

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Teenagers in Their Bedrooms by Adrienne Salinger is published by Artbook and out now.

KYOICHI TSUZUKI, HAPPY VICTIMS

Yoji Yamamoto and Maison Margiela items flood the floors of Tokyo bedrooms in Kyoichi Tsuzuki’s 2008 photo book Happy Victims. The series captures individuals whose lives revolve around a singular brand, revealing the ordinary, working-class people behind these excessive, collectable wardrobes.

“There is still a myth that high-end brands are for the upper class who live a high-end life with a high-end husband or wife, a high-end house with gardens, cars, and dogs or horses. But the reality is that many middle-class or working-class people try hard to experience a taste of high-end life by buying a high-end fashion item,” Tsuzuki comments on the culture of consumption and luxury in Japan.

Read the full story here on Dazed.

Happy Victims was recently reissued by Apartamento, with an updated foreword by Tsuzuki and an introduction by Isabella Burley of Climax Books.

NADIA KRAWIECKA, MAQUININHA DU CORTE

Capturing the rhythms of Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro’s largest favela, Nadia Krawiecka’s Maquininha du Corte is an intimate photographic series that opens the doors to Peterson Oliveira de Santos’s barbershop, a place that draws people from across the neighbourhood for his distinctive carioca cuts. Over several months, Krawiecka immersed herself in his world, documenting the daily life of the shop and the community that gathers around it. Building trust gradually,  her photo series reveals a place where beauty, care, and human connection come together.

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DAIDO MORIYAMA, QUARTET

Daido Moriyama’s photography captures the anarchic, theatrical and transient moments of post-war Tokyo. Famous for his blurry, off-kilter images, his work traces the city’s streets, underground theatres, and everyday life. This work is brought together in Quartet, which arranges four of Moriyama’s early titles and presents them in a single volume structured like a musical composition.

“For all the graphic force of Moriyama’s language, for all the dynamics of contrast, for all his unsparing subject matter, he is an intensely lyrical artist. He is as poetic as a songwriter,” editor Mark Holborn explains. The collection spans Moriyama’s theatrical street scenes and darkroom experiments, taking readers through the intensity of the world as he experienced it.

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Quartet by Daido Moriyama, edited by Mark Holborn, is published by Thames & Hudson, and out now.