Summer in Harlem
Photography: Sieger & Blanche Studio ( Instagram ) Hair/Grooming: Jennifer Covington-Bowers ( Instagram ) Stylist: Avante Davis ( Instagram ) Modeling Agency: RED Models NYC Summer in Harlem‘s streetwear shoot is meant to embody the grittiness yet beauty of the Harlem culture using local models & designers. Rebecca Jeanson of Sieger & Blanche...
Controlling the Common Cold
Controlling the Common Cold by Melissa Hall ( Instagram / Twitter ) Melissa Hall received her MFA in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. She currently lives in Austin, Texas where she tutors English and writing to students with learning disabilities. In her spare time, Melissa volunteers as a grant writer for a...
Orient Paris Vintage
Photographer: Agnieszka Wojtun Stylist: Farah Slimani Model: Julia Maczuga / Como Model Location: InterContinental Paris Le Grand Hotel Orient Paris Vintage presents a mix of pieces from emergeante dubai’s designer shot at the InterContinental Hotel in Paris during the showroom Fashion Forward This style presents an artistic patchwork of...
Dear Thrive: My Creativity Has Dried Up
Welcome to Thrive! A weekly advice column for creatives and the generally confused. Dear Thrive, I haven’t created anything in a month. Have I dried up? Is this it? Do I give up now? -Beyond Saving — Dear Beyond, I want to be as sensitive to your plight as I can be, because while we...
Mixtape Monday: Rain All Week
Puppy Knuckles – The Frights Dusk To Dawn On Lygon Street – King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard/Mild High Club Black Hell – The Abigails Burden Of The Captain – The Growlers Never Be Mine – Angel Olsen Labyrinth – Toro y Moi Migration – ORB I Walked In The Fire – Dream Machine Night Songs – The Lemon Twigs Wishes...
Lunar Eclipse
Photographer / Art Director / Stylist: Daria Amaranth ( Instagram ) Model: Alisa Inozemceva As if in a kind of abstract space, a person can find oneself with unexpressed questions followed without any certain answers, an understanding and awareness of something deep and internal without words.
Perfect Blue
Photographer: Sasha Daritskaya ( Instagram ) Run ’cause there is nowhere to run. Feel everything you can to realize that there is nowhere to hide and no one to be with you. But the huge blue heart of sleepless streets. It seems to be the perfect color. Perfect blue. In the deep abyss of...
Fleet Foxes at ACL Live
Photographer: Ismael Quintanilla III ( Instagram ) Fleet Foxes at ACL Live in Austin, Texas
Mixtape Monday: Humanity’s Soft Eyes
Pastel Felt – Take It Out On Me L.A. Witch – Untitled Midnight Sister – Daddy Long Legs Julie Odell – People Cheering Duds – Elastic Feel Peyote Coyote – Satellite The Mad Doctors – Yuengling Malmsteen Citrus Clouds – Make a Life
Dear Thrive: Help! I Wanna Create Full Time
Welcome to Thrive! A weekly advice column for creatives and the generally confused. Dear Thrive, How do I transition from a normal job to pursuing my dream job as an artist/creative? -Lost in Corp-landia — Dear Corp-landia, Sadly for us artists, there is no obvious ladder to climb when it comes to creative work. Folks...
Poetry by PJ Carmichael
Poetry by: PJ Carmichael ( Instagram ) PJ Carmichael is a poet, writer, artist, adventurer, and spiritualist from Wakefield, Massachusetts. His work focuses on his interaction with and the contrast between the natural world and the urban environment. He currently runs Mass Love Distro, a multimedia production and distribution endeavor. Some Nights The...
Mixtape Monday: Tracks In Your Town
Sluur – Necktie Dude Elsberry – Worry Emme – Motioncure Lizzie Buckley – Bones Big Bill – Underwater The Secret Prostitutes – I Don’t Need You Easy Cap – Whose Life Did I Rob? La Orden – El Sol Y La Luna
Dear Thrive: Why Doesn’t Anyone Want to Listen?
Welcome to Thrive! A weekly advice column for creatives and the generally confused. Dear Thrive, What is it that makes some of us ready to pounce, ready to make the necessary change, while others flounder, become apathetic, or dig their feet into the ground even more? We remain closed for any number of reasons. What...
Marlon Williams’ New Music Video “Vampire Again”
Photo Credit: Steve Gullick Despite channeling his idea during a crisp Halloween night in Los Angeles, Marlon Williams‘ latest music video for “Vampire Again” feels entirely welcome at any time of the year. Having released his debut record off Dead Oceans in early 2016, New Zealand’s singer/songwriter Williams paints an aurally infectious and humorous...
Body Comparatives
Artist: Maciek Kryński ( Instagram ) My name is Maciek Kryński and I’m a 21-year-old Eastern European artist raised in Poland, based in London and Warsaw, and fascinated by performance, live art, experimental & musical theatre, acting and music. I highly regard the idea of contradictions and takes pleasure in realizing the complexity of...
Pulled Carrots Recipe
Pulled Carrots Recipe by Kate Loar Ingredients: 4-6 large carrots 1 T vegetable oil 1 small onion, minced 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 ½ c BBQ sauce (or enough to cover carrots) Liquid smoke, a few drops Preparation: Julienne the carrots. Heat the oil over medium and saute the onion and garlic. Add...
Elf Power Live at Barracuda
Photography: Mike Manewitz ( Instagram ) Words: Trish Connelly ( Instagram ) Spanning a two decade plus music career, Athens’ Elf Power has continued to bubble along the indie-rock surface and have since carved out their own niche. A significant player in Elephant 6 Collective (which includes the likes of Neutral Milk Hotel...
Dear Thrive: Meeting New People Sucks
Welcome to Thrive! A weekly advice column for creatives and the generally confused. Dear Thrive: How do people, like, MEET people now that we don’t live in the dorms?! I have NO idea. Love, H.K. — Dear H.K., Colleges and universities are environments built with one thing in mind: to keep their students...
Mixtape Monday: Too Much Traffic
Françoise Hardy – Comment te dire adieu / It Hurts to Say Goodbye The Frights – Kids Stan Getz & João Gilberto – The Girl From Ipanema Pink Floyd – Arnold Layne King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Let Me Mend the Past Jeff Rosenstock – The Track the Trash the Trash Shannon...
Feel Your Nature
Photographer / Makeup: Tanya Miroshina ( Instagram ) Model: Evgeny Loginov ( Instagram ) Stylist: Alina Artey ( Instagram ) “You know, I fell and found strange things here – roots, bushes… Has it ever occurred to you that plants can feel, know, even comprehend… The trees, this hazel-nut bush… – This is the...
Disiu / “Desert Rose”
Photographer/Stylist: Luca Cassara ( Instagram ) Model: Chiara Silvestri Location: Fuerteventura “DisÏu” is a Sicilian word for “desire”. I started to shoot this set by following my instincts: my model Chiara was with me in a gorgeous lagoon in Fuerteventura and the colors were magnificent. I took the red dress from so many others...
River Breeze
Photography: Ksenia Dolgorukova ( Instagram ) Photo Assistant: Ksenia Dolgorukova / Artem Sedanov Stylist: Anastasiya Minasyan ( Instagram ) Models Yana Samarkina / Alina Slastunova / Viktoriya Zayac / Yana Platkovskaya Makeup & Hair: Tatiana Morozova ( Instagram ) Clothes Provided By: Svmodnica A story about girls living in a small town near a big river, smelling...
Sparkling Boy
Photographer: Irina Bunyatyan ( Instagram ) Model: Nick Frank ( Instagram ) Make Up and Hair: Elena Malysheva ( Instagram ) I’m mad about photography and all we call ”art”. I adore shooting, meeting talented people and create something intriguing together with them. Sometimes each of us needs to let our inner self out...
