Burst and Bloom.

Photographed by Conor Lamb. Styling, Rika Nurrahmah. Production Manager, Jen Kessler. Model, Iris Colburn for RED Modeling Agency.


Necklace, Joomi Lim. Shirt, Helmut Lang. Shoes, Gio Diev. Shirt worn as skirt, American Apparel. Lip stain, Estee Lauder.


See more of this shoot here.

Visionaire 61

Maggie and I finally made the easy, two-subway-stops trip to the gallery on Mercer to see the magazine that broke a Guinness world record in the flesh. For years the super team behind Visionaire - Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, and James Kaliardos - had always wanted to make the largest magazine ever, inflating the excitement behind seeing beautiful photography and artwork beyond what the eyes (and hands) could originally handle. Thanks to the sponsorship and conceptual push of African Global founder Nizan Guanaes, the team assembled the contributed artworks and miraculously scurried over to a billboard printer in Wisconsin to create a very impractical, but very beautiful magazine.



standing next to the 'standard size'

It takes two to tango, but it also takes two to flip through this massive issue. We didn't want to be liable of damaging the $1,500,79 x 57.8 inches super-mag, so we went over to the "standard size" and took turns daintily flipping through the works of Ryan McGinley, Bruce Weber, Karl Lagerfeld, and Marina Abramovic, to name a few.

The two versions of the magazine are available for the public to peruse until the end of January. Gallery hours are 11-7 p.m. I highly recommend that you do not go alone. Also check out Visionaire's website for an absolutely adorable promo vid featuring three models purchasing the issue at a newsstand and taking it out for a "relaxing" park read.

Bastards of Young

Conor and I have been friends since I was a freshman in college. In a nutshell, he's a charming, 23-year-old photographer who dresses sharp, works hard, and never turns down a crazy night out. He's certainly one of the most ubiquitous personalities on campus, and his works are equally so - but for all the right reasons.

His works have appeared on just about every visually driven publication on campus, and just last summer he completed a photo internship with Urban Outfitters in Philadelphia. Off-duty, however, he still keeps his imaginative eye and his collection of cameras busy. Conor's latest project is a book that contains a compilation of photos documenting what I believe he captures best (among other things): the wanderlust-minded, fashionable youth in their natural environment.

Titled "Bastards of Young," the book is available for preview at this website. If you fancy his works, you can own a tangible, visually compelling 8.25" x 10.75" copy for only $15. According to the website, it's a 46-page, perfect-bound book "inspired by The Replacements and American dirt." Oh, and I'm in three of the photos. (Shameless plug, don't care.) The collection of photos above are b-rolls taken from his blog.

You can check out Conor's photo page here and his Tumblr (which also contains music, film, and the occasional lols).

Photo credit, Conor Lamb.