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Harley Weir photographs Senegal in ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ magazine editorial “Fluxus”

Frank Ocean’s zine features a photo series by London-based photographer Harley Weir that captures the people of Dakar, Senegal, located in West Africa. The models reenact quotes from various artists, poems, and performance art projects. Weir shot the images in 2015 under Ocean’s creative direction.

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Frank Ocean photographs life-size toy BMW racecar in “Scale 1:1”

In his new magazine, Boys Don’t Cry, Frank Ocean published a photo series featuring a remote-control toy and “life-size” model BMW E30 M3 Sport Evolution. The photoshoot juxtaposes children playing with a small RC car and an adult driving a full-size version out of a large toy box.

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Jim Mangan photographs Frank Ocean’s ATV adventure in ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ zine

American photographer Jim Mangan captures Frank Ocean and his longtime friend Ray Buck driving amphibious all-terrain vehicles in the article “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Water Moccasin” in Ocean’s Boys Don’t Cry magazine. Mangan captured the photo series along Red Creek near Perkinston, Mississippi, in 2015.

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Frank Ocean publishes poem, photo series “Jumbo”

In his new magazine, Boys Don’t Cry, Frank Ocean shared a verse and photographic series titled “Jumbo” that features his friend Ysham Jackson modeling outfits styled by fashion director Rita Zebdi. The series includes an image used on one of three magazine covers.

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Wolfgang Tillmans photographs Frank Ocean for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ magazine

In his zine, Frank Ocean appears in a series by German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans titled “I’m a Morning Person,” captured in Berlin in January 2015. The piece includes four portraits, one of which is the cover photo of Boys Don’t Cry and its companion album, Blonde.

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Viviane Sassen photographs Frank Ocean in Japan for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ magazine

In his zine, Frank Ocean explores the car scene in and outside of Tokyo in a photo series by Dutch artist Viviane Sassen titled “Foxface.” Notably, the editorial includes a portrait of Ocean wearing a racing helmet, which he used on one of three front covers for Boys Don’t Cry and two of four album covers for his companion project, Blonde.

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Romain Gavras writes comic “Le Go Fast” in Frank Ocean’s magazine

In Boys Don’t Cry magazine, French film director Romain Gavras published a comic strip featuring graphics by London-based artist Pablo Jones-Soler. It contains a series of text messages from a drug mule, who explains the process of trafficking product from Morocco into France and the rest of Europe.

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Frank Ocean shares photo series “Glitterboy Down (Best Day Ever)” in his zine

In Boys Don’t Cry magazine, Frank Ocean included a photoshoot with friends camping outside Munich, Germany. The series includes an image of his friend smoking in a car, which he used on one of the three digital album covers for Blonde. The piece also samples a text by American neo-conceptual artist Jenny Holzer titled Truisms.

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Frank Ocean releases ‘Blonde’ and ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ magazine

Ocean debuts his highly anticipated studio album, along with a 370-page, large-format art book, which he is giving away for free at pop-up shops in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and London.

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