Mark Hunter, The Cobrasnake: Y2Ks Archive, 2022

A Y2K #FBF from Paris Hilton and The Cobrasnake (the alias and blog title from US-based photographer Mark Hunter). The Cobrasnake was a 00s platform where cool kids were famously crowned via the posting of truly chaotic party pictures taken by Hunter, recalls Laura Havlin in a new feature for Elephant that asks: are IRL influencers toppling their online rivals in the post-pandemic party scene? With a renewed appreciation for Indie sleaze currently in full swing, and a new book of Cobrasnake’s best-ofs recently published by Rizzoli, the answer, it seems, is yes… Click here to read on.