Lodown #129 - Summer 2025

Lodown #129 - Summer 2025

Highlights of our VÉHICULES issue include…
ESTEVAN ORIOL… Depending on your demographic profile and location, your first point of contact with Chicano and Cholo culture might have happened through the elaborate calligraphy of Chaz Bojórquez. Or, maybe, it simply was the first pair of Dickies you proudly sported. It is most likely, though, that East LA and its associated cultures were not only introduced but gained a significant spot in your (pop) cultural vocabulary through the iconic photography of Estevan Oriol.

BOOGIE… Born in Belgrade, Serbia, but calling NYC his home since 1998 already, Boogie is a master of capturing the grim, brutal, and borderline grotesque stories the underbelly of this world’s metropolitan areas is giving birth to - from Kingston over Moscow to New York and Istanbul.

ADAM NORMANDIN… Los Angeles-based painter Adam Normandin might be known best for his ultra-realistic depictions of freight train cars, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that his paintings are rooted in reality. More than often placed in desolate settings, his trains (and automobiles) are covered in graffiti and tags, they’re corroded and bear testimony to constant usage as people and goods get transported to destinations others decided to be worth heading for.

WINNI WINTERMEYER … Wintermeyer, who was born and raised in Bochum but has lived in San Francisco for quite some time, splits his working hours between editorial work for prestigious clients including the Washington Post, Bloomberg, and Wired UK, as well as personal projects and fine-art photography. He soon got enthralled with the unintentional beauty that arose when viewed from above, evoking calligraphy and abstract art, where others may only see tire traces preserved on asphalt.

- plus more elaborate features and visual awesomeness from the likes of: Filip Rygalski, the KPM Racing Team, Tom Sachs, Cchristopher Chiappa, Yoshirotten, Muhammad Fadli, Russell Kleyn and many others.