VICE Vol. 3 · No. 5
The Drugs Issue — UK edition
UK VICE Volume 3 Number 5, The Drugs Issue, provisionally dated June 2005 and corresponding to VICE's global Volume 12 Issue 4 identity. The issue combines VICE's early British free-distribution youth-media model with drug reportage, fashion and photography, including Larry Clark's Tulsa material and contributions/relationships spanning Terry Richardson, Richard Kern, Thatcher Keats and the wider VICE editorial network.
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- VICE
- Condition
- Very Good−
- Completeness
- Complete under the standing TMR magazine completeness rule; no missing originally issued component has been reported.
- Date
- June 2005 (provisional)
Catalogue note
UK VICE Volume 3 Number 5, The Drugs Issue, provisionally dated June 2005 and corresponding to VICE's global Volume 12 Issue 4 identity. The issue combines VICE's early British free-distribution youth-media model with drug reportage, fashion and photography, including Larry Clark's Tulsa material and contributions/relationships spanning Terry Richardson, Richard Kern, Thatcher Keats and the wider VICE editorial network. The rear cover carries a period American Apparel 'Made in Downtown LA' advertisement.
Why this object matters
The UK Drugs issue documents a particular photography, drug-reportage and free-distribution culture. Its regional/global mapping and original advertisement state support 8.5, with the provisional local date preserved.
Evidence limits: Complete under the standing TMR magazine completeness rule; no missing originally issued component has been reported.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.5 / 10.
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