Marcel Winatschek

Green Hair

VICE knows exactly what I need, and they nail it every month. Prostitutes, good music, breathtaking photography—not as separate things, but as one system that only works because they’re inseparable. They get that.

This month there are three spreads. Squat Rave is green-haired Laura and her horny dog, a bourgeois fantasy that fits in four frames. Then Cool Kids, which is girls making out and playing SNES—exactly where I want to be when everything outside is falling apart. And Preppy In Pink has Daisy, driving through New York in a car that feels like mine, for a moment that feels like mine, as long as the photographs last.

The photography makes it work. Good light, specific models, moments that feel real without apologizing. Not trying to teach you anything or sell you something you don’t want. Just images that do their job.

They pull you out of wherever you are. The weather outside becomes irrelevant. Everything you were thinking about stops existing. For a few minutes, there’s nothing but this.