Portrait Photography
July 14, 2025

25 Years Later, Photographer Revisits People With Mixed Race Identity in America [Interview]

Artist and photographer Kip Fulbeck is revisiting his examination of identity as someone of mixed Asian descent. In 2000, he set out to create The Hapa Project, photographing people, like himself, of mixed heritage. Now, 25 years later, he has returned to photograph 130 of the original participants and to add to The Hapa Project in an effort called hapa.me. The word “hapa,” meaning “half” in Hawaiian, is the starting point of this reflection on identity and self.

Read Article

Health
July 14, 2025

Relationship Psychologist Recommends Saying These 7 Phrases to Your Partner to Help Deepen Your Love

Relationships aren’t always sunshines and rainbows. Even couples that have been together forever might occasionally struggle to feel truly secure, loved, and connected. It takes conscious effort, self love, and commitment to maintain a healthy, long-term relationship, but Harvard psychologist Dr. Cortney Warren believes there are seven daily phrases you can use to help keep your love alive and strong.

Read Article

Street Art
July 13, 2025

20 Years of Vhils’ Exceptional Art Now on View in Retrospective Exhibition

Portuguese street artist Alexandre Farto, also known as Vhils, rose to fame thanks to his innovative technique of drilling portraits onto the surface of walls. Now, his career is being celebrated with a major exhibition at Munich's Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art (MUCA). Strata is a comprehensive look at Vhils' artistic production over the last two decades.

Read Article

Inspiring
July 12, 2025

Kindergarteners Learn How To Sign “Happy Birthday” To Celebrate Beloved Custodian Who Is Deaf

Equity and inclusion can take many forms. A wonderful example of this was the 60th birthday celebration of James Anthony, a custodian at Hickerson Elementary in Tullahoma, Tennessee. When he opened the door to the kindergarten classroom, he was greeted by a group of children wishing him a happy birthday. But since Anthony is deaf, the children learned how to sign the song in American Sign Language (ASL) for him. Anthony, known as Mr.

Read Article

My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.