Bamboo Zhujun Ding: The Exquisiteness of Traditional Chinese Costumes

Photography and Text by Bamboo Zhujun Ding. . THE EXQUISITENESS OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE COSTUMES Inspired by “China: Through the Looking Glass,” a 2015 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Anna Wintour Costume Center curated by Andrew Bolton, I decided to focus my Assignment Two on Chinese traditional dress Qipao, also known as … Read more

Katherine Jania: True Penitence

Photography and Text by Katherine Jania . TRUE PENITINENCE There is an eerie silence walking the hallways lined with rusted numbered doors. Some rooms boast large holes, carved out by former inmates searching for freedom. Others are empty, the only light peaks through the skylight or what the prison guards called the “Eye of God.” … Read more

Katherine Jania: Reflection

Photography and Text by Katherine Jania .  REFLECTION “90% of my outfits seemed inspired by the movie Oliver Twist.”  Noël grinned looking at her childhood photo. She wore a paperboy hat and a forced smile, her mother proudly holding her hand. Not seeing her for 7 years, I was insistent to meet when she called … Read more

Jennie Shapira: Alone Together

November 10, 2015 by Jennie Shapira . ALONE TOGETHER Eroticism encompasses the ideas of sexual desire, sensuality and romantic love. This shoot was intended to focus on all three of these concepts, following two subjects already well in love. What keeps something within the realm of erotic, without leaking into the world of pornographic, has … Read more