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This one’s been hard to keep a secret: Kim Kardashian is our Winter Issue cover star, shot by Jean-Paul Goude. You ain’t seen nothing yet. Buy it here.

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photo by Dana Lixenberg styling by Andrew Dosunmu

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Kate Moss for CK Jeans

Kerry Washington looks stunning on the cover of Allure

It's so rare to see a Hollywood star on the cover of a magazine without being Photoshopped and heavily made up within an inch of her life. But Kerry Washington's November 2014 Allure cover is amazing: the star is fresh-faced and beautiful. Even though we know she's all made up, the illusion of "I woke up like this... flawless" is fabulous. Slay, Ms Washington. Slay!

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There’s a striking intimacy embedded in almost every single portrait taken by South African photographer Mpho Mokgadi, that adds a delicate, poetic and romantic touch to his images - an intensely captivating factor that leaves one drawn to both the individuals in Mokgadi’s photographs and Mokgadi himself.

Raised in South Africa’s capital city of Pretoria, Mpho Mokgadi’s relationship with photography began at an early age when his mother bought him his first point & shoot camera. Currently studying to obtain his 3- year National Diploma in Photography, the 25-year-old photographer has won an academic award for the most improved student 2012, and was an award winning photographer for a Pretoria News and Nikon South Africa competition. Mokgadi has also had his work featured in various online art magazines including 10and5.

About his journey as a photographer, Mpho says:

"What inspires me is the everyday reality of life and creating history through the lens. I spends most of his time refining, perfecting, even obsessing over my work. I have a very curious eye, which gets me into trouble sometimes.

Through my own photography I seek to document my own personal experience, to capture scenes and events as I see them and share with others the beauty and diversity of the experiences I have seen.”

Highlighting African Photographers

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Chamakay // Blood Orange

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The Dapper Rebels of Los Angeles, originally published in LIFE magazine, July 15, 1966.

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Beverly Peele, Christian Dior Spring/Summer 1993

Get your hands on this calendar of naked game rangers (in support of the rhino)

Hmm, you look awfully familiar... (Pic: Rangers for Rhinos/ Facebook/ Josie Borain)

There are many ways to raise funds for a cause.

#Rangers for Rhinos #South Africa #rhino #poaching #anti-poaching #Save the rhino #calendar #Josie Borain #Mamba Online #Facebook

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Capturing Nairobi’s Essence through Portraits, with @lafrohemien

To see more of Sarah’s portraits, follow @lafrohemien on Instagram.

“I tend to put my subjects against a backdrop that will not only tell a story about them, but also about the city,” explains Kenya Instagrammer Sarah Waiswa (@lafrohemien). “Nairobi is a diverse landscape and it is important for me to show that in my photos.”

Originally drawn to Instagram as a way to see the world through the lens of others, Sarah now shares her own photographs that reveal her city’s unique juxtapositions. She says, “Nairobi is one of the few places in the world where you can capture wildlife with the city skyline as an unexpected backdrop.”

For Sarah, sharing her city through photos of its inhabitants opens up new avenues for storytelling. She hopes her portraits reflect the nature of Nairobi: “It is alluring and mysterious at the same time.”