December 2017: Old School Shirt Makers New York

. . Lab Session: Text by Kevin Stewart, Copyright 2017 . Sharing your life’s work, your passion, your craft with students opens you up to examining your body of work like a vaulted time capsule newly unearthed. On Tuesday, November 14, 2017 I spoke to a Fashion Photography class at UPenn. The teacher, Tony Ward my … Read more

Amber Shi: Erotica

  Photography and Text by Amber Shi, Copyright 2017 . EROTICA . Before 1839, descriptions of nudity and erotica mainly were reflected primarily in paintings, drawings and engravings. The definition of erotic photography has an undertone of sexually suggestive or sexually provocative nature. It wasn’t until the mid 20th century during the sexual revolution of the … Read more

Alexis Masino: Hesperides

  Photography and Text by Alexis Masino, Copyright 2017 . HESPERIDES . L’Eau Des Hesperides. A scent by Diptyque. Named after the Hesperides: mythological nymphs who guard Aphrodite’s garden and its golden apples of immortality. Nymphs in a garden protecting a forbidden fruit which promises eternal life. The scent and the story surrounding it is enticing, … Read more

Xiaonan Chen: Daydream

  Photography and Text by Xiaonan Chen, Copyright 2017 . DAYDREAM . It is a hot afternoon, no wind, no sound. What’s in her eyes is just the room painted by the golden sunshine. She grasps her straw hat, and the exotic metal earrings, and the cream-color mesh sweater covers on the black vest. She … Read more

Rongrong Liu: White

  Photography and Text by Rongrong Liu, Copyright 2017 . WHITE . There are different interpretations and connotations of white. In this magazine story, I want to show how different emotions and feelings white can express. The theme “white” germinated from my selfie at a hotel when the sunshine was so perfectly casting a shadow … Read more