People would ask me years ago, "Okay, you've done a war movie, you've done a shark movie, a UFO movie, you've done an adventure movie. What haven't you done?" And I've always said, "A musical." And no one's taken it seriously. Well, I hope this time they take it seriously. We couldn't have done any of this without any of us doing the best work we've ever done. God bless all of you. So, thank you for everything. — Steven Spielberg
Celebrating 30 years of Dazed’s boundary-pushing storytelling at the forefront of youth culture, this book reveals the past, present, and future of Dazed through its bold cover designs and manifesto-like headlines.
In 1991, the first issue of Dazed & Confused was released as a single A2 foldout newsprint by a then 20-year-old Jefferson Hack and the photographer Rankin. Now, 30 years later, what began as a print magazine has gone on to provoke a change in consciousness, becoming a vital cultural manifesto for today. Created for an audience that wants to be both informed and inspired to imagine, its radical approach to publishing means that Dazed is still at the forefront of youth culture today.
Split into ten chapters—taken from the magazine’s most memorable cover lines—this book explores how these early manifestos reflect the magazine’s ethos today. Time-traveling from the ’90s to now, a new generation of image makers sit side by side with archival materials to showcase how Dazed has always interpreted celebrity through its own boundary-pushing lens: from Alexander McQueen and David Bowie’s first official, recorded conversation and the designer’s “Fashion-Able?” cover, to a rare appearance and guest-edit by Chelsea Manning, to rapper Young Thug shot by Harley Weir.
Paloma Garcia-Lee as Graziella, iris menas as Anybodys, Sean Harrison Jones as Action, Ansel Elgort as Tony Wyzek, Mike Faist as Riff Lorton, Ben Cook as Mouthpiece, Patrick Higgins as Baby John, Skye Mattox as Maxie.
Ariana DeBose as Anita Palacio, Carlos Sánchez Falú as Pipo, Josh Andrés Rivera as Chino Martin, Ricardo Zayas as Chago, David Alvarez as Bernardo Vasquez, Sebastian Serra as Braulio, Julius Anthony Rubio as Quique, Rachel Zegler as María Vasquez.