Photography: A Giant Dog | Pleasure Venom | Dregs @ Hotel Vegas
A Giant Dog | Pleasure Venom | Dregs @ Hotel Vegas Photographer Levy Castleberry After a year and a half of silence, Hotel Vegas brought live shows back in the dramatic wild fashion we have come to expect from them. Playing to a sold-out crowd, A Giant Dog, Pleasure Venom, and Dregs gave Austin the kick in the chest it needed. Here at Anon, we have been a fan of the photography of Levy Castleberry for quite some time. We are excited to have our inaugural feature of his work being with this show; it all the more helps hit home the feeling that we as a community are getting…
Artist Spotlight: Inna Mosina
"I do not feel separation on the basis of gender, age, religion, or nationality. I feel part and whole at the same time. My goal is to contribute to the world with the help of creativity. The power of women and the creation of a freedom, equality and inclusive world is the main theme and inspiration of my art, now. Love yourself and the world, and dream, dream until the dream comes true!" - Inna Mosina
Artist Spotlight: Daria Amaranth – “Mon reflet”
Our journey in loving the photography of Daria Amaranth continues with the latest collection Mon reflet. Personal yet secretively distant; the notable features we expectedly look forward to from Amaranth remain. It is being surprised to experience the style one would assume we have by now grown acceptingly familiar with which suspends the moment of looking through these shots for the first time.
Exploration, Optimism & Fashion: An Interview With Jackson Montgomery Schwartz
....to exist creatively in a way which inspires those around him to aim not high with their ambitions but instead to look within themselves to embrace the joy which comes through finding an artistic vessel worth pouring oneself into again and again on the path of self-exploration forevermore is as beautiful as the work Schwartz crafts. Be it musicians, writers, models, whatever the walk of artists currently calling Austin home, all seem to see his creative presence as a mirror before which they may see their better selves reflected.
Mixtape Monday: Holy Sex by JXNART
In anticipation of our featured interview with Jackson Montgomery (JXNART) coming out tomorrow, we asked if he would be up to put together a playlist for us this week as well. With usual optimistic energy Jackson said yes. We love it! Hopefully, you do as well!
Artist Spotlight: “Bloom” by Brat Baby Beauty
I began this project wanting to show off the incredibly creative people whose work I love. To come up with a comfortable place where we could be vulnerable together, a place where we could speak openly about our dreams and excitement for the future. Hopefully, there, in that place, we would create something truthful, reflecting our trust in each other, a moment made beautiful collectively.
Artist Spotlight: Cyril Ely & Anatoly Pavlov
Using photo manipulation Russia’s Cyril Ely and Anatoly Pavlov create white empty spots and corruption with the use of a heat lamp to transform their photographs. On this Illume project, there is an equal balance between chaotic destruction and the crisp emotive truth of black and white film. You can find more of their work here.
Artist Spotlight: Yuka Kobayashi
Abstract in a Brakhage sense with defined simplicity of underlying confusion, Yuka Kobayashi (aka St. Discipline) has a ghostly presence of future and past speaking directly to the unsureness of our place, her place, in the now. Originally from Tokyo, currently creating in Berlin, Kobayashi's voice through the breadth of her work carries a warm mystique. Each individual piece created—be it drawing, collage, painting, etching, photography, or the NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED videos (!!!!!!)—stands out solely for itself while offering one more perspective on an everchanging volume of work increasing in substantiality.
Artist Spotlight: Alex Paradox
Setting out to capture with nostalgic appreciation the staying gold glory days of Roberta Bayley and David Godlis when they first lit the eyeballs of the world on fire via those inky pages of Punk Magazine, the new series from Austin's Alex Paradox, Punks, is a true to form reminder of how late seventies New York is the holiest of holy for still relevant inspiration and why transposing the ideology to our place now through noble appreciation under a skillfully directed lens becomes once more a transcendent snapshot of the everlasting beauty in greasy rebellion lifted by the optimistic wings of youthful conviction.
Artist Spotlight: Anastasia Hexahedron – “The Mist”
Anastasia Hexahedron set to work on her latest series "The Mist" not with a concept in mind but by accident. Having studied through the night into the early morning she got up for a drink of water. Looking out of the window and seeing only an absolute nothingness as the heaviest of fogs covered her city of Yaroslavl, Russia, she grabbed her camera and wandered around the waking dawn dream state of a city appearing abandoned. Her aloneness pressing in with each step.
Oddball Vintage Photo Set: Youth, Tenderness, and Skipping Class in the 90’s
Oddball Vintage began with the intention of showing what skipping class in the 90's might have looked like in a way which would encompass youth and tenderness in the process, how perfect these turned out could not have been anticipated.
Artist Spotlight: Derek Vaughan Nunez Strahan
"I have no idea what the hell I am doing. I’m just trying to document the things happening around me. I think life is wild and beautiful and super chaotic. I want to capture all of that somehow. I love life and I think that’s what I want my photos to say about me, that I am living and enjoying it. No matter how frightening or fun it all may be, I am grateful to be alive and to see." - Derek Vaugh Nunez Strahan
Trista Alley: All American Recycling
All American Recycling By Trista Alley bldalovesyou.com All American Recycling 9202 FM812 Austin, TX 78719 (512) 243-1183
Artist Spotlight: Austin Armstrong
Through the photographs of Austin Armstrong we feel the bridge from our place in this moment to the past. There is an ideology to every single shot, a line running through the all of appreciation, understanding, a therapeutic closeness holding hands with time eternal.
BEST of SXSW 2019: Show Photos (Part 3)
Best of SXSW 2019 Part 3 Amyl and the Sniffers | The Mystery Lights | Banditos | Leo Rondeau
BEST of SXSW 2019: Show Photos (part 2)
BEST of SXSW 2019: Show Photos (part 2) Banditos | Thelma and the Sleaze | Muther | Surfbort | Annabelle Chairlegs | John Wesley Coleman III | Pscience
Steven’s Visions: Vol. 2 – SXSW 2019
Steven's Visions: Vol. 2 - SXSW 2019 Featuring: Priests | Fontaines DC | Moving Panoramas | Golden Dawn Arkestra | Alex Maas | Frankie & the Witch Fingers | Blushing | Nothing | Thyla
BEST of SXSW 2019: Show Photos (part 1)
Best of SXSW 2019: Show Photos (Part 1)
Steven’s Visions: Vol. 1
Steven's Visions: Volume 1 Show photography by Steven Gonzalez
Artist Spotlight: Remy:Badout
Remy:Badout works in Polaroid based photography which is then digitally processed. This is Badout's latest series MARS.
Artist Spotlight: Meghan Baas
Like our fathers driving alone through the night listening to Seger's "Night Moves," the photography of Meghan Baas bleeds nostalgic tears for the timeless irreplaceable MOMENT; the living memories felt infinite from creation on.
Artist Spotlight: I.S Mancha
Photographer I.S. Mancha captures ideological American optimism through nostalgic romantic eyes. Carl Jung once wrote, “who looks outside dreams; who looks inside awakes,” Mancha does both.
Artist Spotlight: Marcin Nagraba
Polish photographer and graphic designer Marcin Nagraba creates affecting, powerful, haunting photographs. The work a mixture of Gregory Crewdson if Crewdson were to place all levity on the individual in his shots combined with Andreas Nilsson (especially his video for Fever Ray‘s “If I Had A Heart“) if Nilsson were driven to capture the creative breadth of his work into a single shot. We love the balanced simplicity of such complexly designed frames, the duality washes over you with even the briefest glance. One warming feature of Nagraba’s work is the often use of his mother as model. Marcin Nagraba – Website | Instagram | Facebook
Daria Amaranth – “I’ve Been Thinking That…”
Daria Amaranth's style of inflicting the personal yet distracting reality of reflections conflicting weight remains present as ever.
Artist Spotlight: Bella Kirchner
Intentional or not, Austin based photographer Bella Kirchner can sink your soul with a mere glimpsing of her prints. Kirchner has an acute sense of the thread connecting the life bridge from hopeful idealistic youth to ever alive truth in aging and the encapsulated wonder of it all. There is simplicity within the frame of her subjects which speaks and moves yet remains timeless and nostalgic. The weight of the lives captured, the tangible realness of their being, Kirchner stirs wonder in permanence. Her photos will be on display this Saturday December 8th at the Tin Whistle Art Gallery ( 5305 Bolm Rd). Details on the event can be found…
Space Age
Model: Marissa Wardrobe: C. Rinella Designs Photographer: Thomas H P Jerusalem, MUTE Photography ( Instagram ) Thomas H.P. Jerusalem of MUTE Photography is a Chicago based German photographer. After living in Frankfurt, Germany and London, UK, he relocated to Chicago, in 2004. Thomas H.P. Jerusalem is specialized in fashion and conceptual photography with a focus on Magazine, editorial and commercial work. His work has been published in the US and in international magazines including VOGUE Portugal, ESTETICA USA, Italian VOGUE/PhotoVogue, FHM, Dark Beauty, DODHO, Kaltblut, NEO2. He is a PhotoVOGUE Gold Artist, and has been listed in the ONE LIFE 2012 Catalog and is represented by the prestigious New…
Taste of Nostalgia
Photographer & Stylist: Mona Cordes Make Up Assistant: Mary Model: Widad of Flagmodels
Interview with a Glampire
Models: Felix Lenz + Laura Minor Photographer: Sloane Lenz Wardrobe: THIS IS SLOANE – Collection 7 Shot in Montgomery, Alabama, Interview with a Glampire unravels a gamble and balance of good luck versus bad luck, of characters being a little out of their element and forced to reckon with the situation.
Photography/Interview – Under the Blue Light with Pearl Charles
Artist: Pearl Charles Photographer: John Allen Producer: Nathan Edge HMU: Kate Leatherwood Styling: Nicky Turner Inspiration for this photoshoot was taken from retro photography, a mix of psychedelia and screenshots from The Holy Mountain. Organic patterns were mixed with linear symbolism to evoke ethereal mysticism. All images were taken on 35mm film. Under the Blue Light with Pearl Charles Over the sounds of crying cicadas and under the blue light of a much needed bug zapper, I caught up with Los Angeles singer/songwriter Pearl Charles in the middle of her coast to coast US summer tour. Following the show…
Deep Woods
Model: Lena Seyfarth Make-Up: Kristy Karczewski & Aiga Jekabsone Hair: Aiga Jekabsone Designer: C. Rinella Designs Wolf: Sabian (Owner: Tina Marie) Photographer: Thomas H P Jerusalem, MUTE Photography ( Instagram ) She surely memorized every bush, shrub and berry by now. Her mom spent the past two hours explaining in detail how to get to grandma’s house and she had to recite everything she said. When she confused it, they started over. “I know Mother, it’s the blueberry bush, not the blackberries. believe me, I only confused the words.” But her mother wanted her Little Red Riding Hood to be safe, so they started over again. And again.…
8 Palms
Photographer: Josh Robicheaux ( Twitter ) Clothing: Brittany Anele ( Twitter ) Models: Praise / Rudy / Vic Photographer Josh Robicheaux captures Artist Brittney Anele’s handmade + handpainted apparel for progress
Double Vision
Photographer & Stylist: Audrey Models: Samantha & Linh Using components that both compliment and differ from each other, Double Vision resembles a magic trick, two performers appearing within the forest.
Somniloquy
Photographer / Art Director / Stylist: Daria Amaranth Models: Anna Kharkovaia / Julia Medvedeva / Xeniya Medvedeva If We Would Talk: A Short Film by Daria Amaranth If we would talk (a film by Daria Amaranth) from Daria Amaranth on Vimeo.
Go Bright
Photographer: Tyrion Zhao Art Director & Stylist: Anastasia Skutar ( Website ) MUaH: Lena Bondina Model: Irina via Tann MM Based out of China and Russia, the team for GO BRIGHT has a multitude of different visions on aesthetics and beauty but all were inspired by Sofi Tukker’s album “Treehouse”. In GO BRIGHT, they wanted to bring joy and playfulness with a tropical setting into their photoshoot.
The Lost Garden
Photography & Styling: Ottavia De Lambrinie Makeup: Angelo Dominelli Assistant: Cristina La Spada Model: Leanne De Haan at The Fabbrica Ottavia De Lambrinie is an italian photographer based in Milan. Through the use of photography she creates her own world to escape from reality. It’s a place of colours, fanciful and weird atmospheres, dolls and magic spells.
Lost Girls of the American South
Photographer: Audrey Gretz Model: Samantha Cruz The sort of juxtaposition these photographs in particular explored was the feeling of being a 16 year old girl, becoming a 22 year old woman in the American south. A hazy place that never leaves your veins, try as you might. Even when you grow up and move away and attempt to exorcise its impact on you through art and culture and liberal media. Every girl, every human, feels like they want to grow up and run to a place where they can be someone else. Learning the range of our own emotions forces us to face the falsity of the…
Futuro
Photographer: Nikita Flënov Stylist: Arina Celan Models: Egor & Sol Moscow-based photographer Nikita Flënov’s series for “Futuro” aims to depict something liberating and futuristic, where sex isn’t at the forefront.
Through the Glass
Photography & Makeup: Maria Kinosian Model: Anisia Potapova Maria Kinosian is a 25 year old conceptual photographer originally from Krasnodar, Russia, and currently based in Saint Petersburg. She finds inspiration from films, music, art and traveling, creating her own unique style in romantic, melancholic and surrealistic photography. Together with Anisia Potapova, she’s created the series “Through the Glass” which plays with water illusions and reflections. It depicts our varying self perceptions as well as how other people view us, and how different one can be from day to day, hour to hour, moment to moment.
KINETIC
Photographer: Hanna Kantor ( Instagram ) Model: Marta Konik ( Instagram ) MUA: Bianca Prieto Hanna Kantor’s photos were shot in an amazing Nomadic Garden in Shoreditch, London. On top of its fashion forward ways, Kantor’s kinetic style and curved reality stand out from the crowd. Coat & Top & Shoes – New Look / Jeans – Zara Coat & Top – New Look / Jeans – Zara Jacket – Lavon / Pants – Zara Coat & Top – New Look Jacket – Lavon / Pants – Zara / Top – H&M Coat – New Look
Pink Veil
Photographer: Alina Autumn Model: Anastasia We are waiting for the spring awakening, but for now we carry artificial roses in our hands. We create our own world, wrapped in a pink veil.
Bathers
Based in Spain, photographer David Rodríguez has always been attracted to the art world with his love of photography starting in 2013. He bought his first reflex camera and began his training through courses and self-teaching. His fascination lies in photographing people with risky compositions and an element of surrealism. He remains inspired by works from Man Ray, Erwin Blumenfeld and Guy Bourdin. Rodríguez prefers creating imaginary concepts and stories not grounded in reality, allowing him to transform his surroundings and challenge the model with unusual situations. The use of his photography techniques, whether high speed, long exposure or something else, is determined by the conceptual preconception he has…
Human Ranges
Ludovica Anzaldi is an Italian photographer currently based in Paris, France. She grew up in Italy, between Rome and Sicily. After attending an artistic high school in Rome, she moved to Paris. In 2012 she attended the Parisian School of Photography Speos, and took an internship as an archivist at the Magnum Photos Paris. In 2014, she attended the ESAG Penninghen, the School of Artistic Direction. In her images, Anzaldi, attempts to represent human beings in all their complexities, darkness, poetry and sensuality. Anzaldi chooses to shoot women’s bodies to illustrate her purpose because it’s through their curves that Life happens. In each image, her models share a piece…
From Cuba With Love
Photographer: Amber Rana ( Instagram ) Cuba is a country stuck in time: vintage cars from the 50’s and mid-century modern architecture painted in beautiful pastels. Although beautiful, buildings are crumbling and there is a lack of technology. However, it was refreshing to be off the grid and take in the culture, people, and history of a country somewhat unknown to the United States.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at Stubb’s Austin
Photographer: Ismael Quintanilla III ( Instagram ) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at Stubb’s, Austin TX
This Is Sloane: Collection 6
Photographer: Sloane Lenz Wardrobe + Styling: Sloane Lenz Location: Paula and Raiford’s Disco in Memphis, TN Models: Feliz Lenz || Grace Lee || Anissa McHenry || Jen Hall Burris || Morgan Prewett || Dimple Kumar || Lola This shoot was for my most recent collection, ‘Collection 6’. ‘Collection 6’ is what you’d get if Elvis’ secret half brother Orion (google “Orion Reborn”) and Annie Oakley were partying at Studio 54 on Mars. I wanted to create these little ‘Sloane Rangers’ who embodied this western energy, but while also being really mod and fluid, almost like they dropped in from space and are obsessed with Elvis, so they’re trying to…
Thrive Anti-Resolution: Do What You Can With What You’ve Got
Welcome to Thrive! A weekly advice column for creatives and the generally confused. Happy New Year! We have officially made it through our first week of 2018. I hope you are all still feeling the energy of last week as we and those around us felt the cleansing power of a calendar flip and a year change. I have always loved New Year’s Eve, not just because I tend to be a bit of an idealist, but because I love the optimism it puts in just about everyone else too. It gives us the strength to clean off the slate and say, “I can do better” or “I finally…
CALL FOR PRINT SUBMISSIONS: THE FUTURE IS OURS
Looking to start this new year off on a creative high? It’s a good a time as any to submit your goods to ANON Magazine! Our 9th print issue is centered on what’s to come: THE FUTURE IS OURS highlights your hopes, dreams, actions, and energy for 2018 (and beyond) in the form of illustrations, paintings, collages, (film) photography, comic strips, poetry, short stories, opinion pieces, interviews, and collaborative pieces. As long as it fits on paper we’re so stoked to see it! ANON Magazine thrives on individuality, creativity, and unique voices on an international level — all original work is absolutely welcome for consideration. For those submitting photography and…
Snoop Dogg at Emo’s Austin
Photographer: Ismael Quintanilla III ( Instagram ) Snoop Dogg at Emo’s, Austin TX
Thrive Presents: Surviving the Holidays with Your Relatives
Welcome to Thrive! A weekly advice column for creatives and the generally confused. The year is winding down and we are all exhausted, partied out (or still partying), and thinking about new beginnings. We’re also reflecting on the year — accomplishments, disappointments, regrets. In short, it’s a tough time of year and nothing makes it tougher than hanging out with distant relatives who feel the need to give you advice on “life.” We’ve all seen the memes, we can all relate to the onslaught of questions from people we only see once or twice or year. “When are you getting married?” “Do you have a boyfriend?” “When are you…
Iryna
Model: Iryna Photographer: Thomas H P Jerusalem, MUTE Photography ( Instagram ) Thomas H.P. Jerusalem of MUTE Photography is a German photographer living and working in the Western suburbs of Chicago, IL. After living in London, UK for four years, he relocated to Chicago, in 2004. Thomas H.P. Jerusalem is specialized in fashion and conceptual photography with a focus on Magazine, editorial and commercial work. His work has been published in the US and in international magazines including ESTETICA USA, Italian VOGUE/PhotoVogue, Dark Beauty, FHM, Kaltblut, Dodho. He is a PhotoVOGUE Gold Artist, and has been listed in the ONE LIFE 2012 Catalog and is represented by the prestigious…
