Can Street Style Photography Survive Its Golden Age?
Last year, Japanese photographer and publisher Shoichi Aoki announced he’d be closing his cult street fashion magazine, FRUiTS. “There are no more cool kids to photograph,” he said at the time, blaming, among other things, the rise of fast-fashion chains like Uniqlo and H&M for the decline in his subjects’ individuality. While relatively few people are directly familiar with Aoki or his work, his influence in contemporary culture is significant. Aoki started