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    Navigating the Coachella Obstacle Course With The Cobrasnake

    From PinkPantheress to Fakemink, candid images shot by Mark Hunter during Weekend 01.

    WRITER: Ashantéa Austin PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Hunter
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    As Coachella kicked off festival season last weekend, the California desert buzzed with bold style. Headline performances drew in the crowds, but the real spectacle unfolded across the festival grounds, where thousands of attendees transformed the landscape into a living runway. This year was no exception, and no one captures an event quite like Mark Hunter, better known as The Cobrasnake. Through his lens, we got an up-close look at the outfits that lit up feeds the moment the weekend got underway.

    Mark rose to prominence in the early 2000s by documenting nightlife and youth culture with a candid, party-first perspective. His photography helped define the visual identity of the pre-iPhone era, capturing everyone from underground tastemakers to global celebrities in his signature unfiltered snapshots.

    Explore Coachella through his eyes below and hear his thoughts on all the ways the festival has changed—and stayed the same—since he first started visiting more than a decade ago.

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    Chloe Cherry and The Dare shot by Mark "The Cobrasnake" Hunter at the first weekend of Coachella 2026.   
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    A statement style of the early and mid 2010s, Jeremy Scott's iconic adidas collaboration showed signs of a resurgence at this year's festival.   
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    The Cobrasnake's hard flash and candid portrait style helped define the indie sleaze aesthetic of the pre-iPhone era. That visual language carries through to these images of Diplo, Wet Leg's Rhian Teasdale and Fakemink.   
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    Creator Tara Yummy shot by The Cobrasnake.   

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