Artwork by Zoë Trautz
Artist: Zoë Trautz ( Instagram ) Austin, Texas based artist Zoë Trautz works at a non-profit organization where she feeds parrots and continues to make surreal and biology-based illustrations on the side. She channels her visions and artwork from her background education in biology and psychology and her experience with mental illness. Her influences stem...
The Tragic Murder of a Hamburger
Photography & Post-Production: Ilka & Franz ( Instagram ) Food Styling: Udo Reichelt-Schaurer (Hers Agency) Set Design: Adam Purnell The project started with the idea of the title, “The Tragic Murder of a Hamburger”, and we created the story around that. One of our early ideas was to cut up a hot dog with...
Nickelodeon’s The Orange Years: Not Just Another History Documentary
For those of us growing up as kids in the 80’s and 90’s, the mention of Nickelodeon brings back a flood of nostalgic memories, from tuning in past our bedtimes to gleefully indulge in SNICK’s late night shows, to having Clarissa explain life’s daily and confusing intricacies to immersing ourselves in Rocko and Heffer’s...
Black Representation Matters
Illustration by Sonia Margolin The representation of black people in television, literature, and film has a direct correlation with black activism. These are powerful mediums that can reach wider audiences and convey unique points of view and narratives. There has been a lot of diminutive characterization and misrepresentation of black people. Many studies reveal...
Artists On Our Radar: Alayna Kingston
Alayna Kingston is a student & photographer from Austin, TX. Instagram – – – – – – – – – ANON: How would you describe your photography? Alayna: I’ve always considered my pictures candids of people I’ve cared about. It wasn’t really done for anyone else. It was for me by me to remember. Because when I look...
Artists On Our Radar: D.H. Carter
D.H. Carter is a bohemian at heart — roaming in search of a home that suited him, Carter experienced a plethora of cultures, people, and art after living in Europe, the Middle East and the United States, becoming fluent in a variety of languages. After spending more than 15 years in the marketing and advertising...
House Invasion
Director: Surabhi Tandon Photographer: Kassia Karr “Objects to Desire” Or, Objects as metaphors; instead of using the object in question for its appropriate function, we played around with what could do and what each of those actions could symbolize. For “House Invasion”, we used hair as the object and tried to create a...
Objects to Desire
Objects To Desire // the lesser said, the better. Photos : Suryakant Sawhney Directed / Edited : Surabhi Tandon “Objects to Desire” arose out of many different conversations and a couple of challenging attempts to shoot with film. But the longer it took, the clearer the vision became. Of course, meeting some really interesting...
Snap Dragon
Artist: Gui Dance ( Instagram ) Photographer: Kate Leatherwood ( Instagram ) Encapsulated by the wind song I gleefully stepped on smooth terrain The narrow lines of the earths lips And surrounding the dragonflies calm conjuration Of the warmth of a natural oasis
I’m Sleeping Under the Dead Tree
Photographer: Daria Dshalelova ( Instagram ) Model: Daria Albekova Daria Dshalelova was born in small city Pervouralsk in 1989. She is inspired by every day happenings — people, architecture, weather, and music in coffee shops — which she channels into wondrous and magical characters in her photography. Dshalelova is constantly surrounded by endless forests...
No Homework on Saturday
Photographer: Charles Wong ( Instagram ) Model: Kasia Podolak (Icon Models) Wong’s photoshoot for No Homework on Saturday explores a side of school that few have seen. It is a quiet rebellion against conformity and turns familiar public places into a theater for adventure and discovery. Based in Toronto, Canada, Charles...
