“Fuck romantic.” Katharina Poblotzki got started in photography five years ago, with an impromptu adventure. While still living in Stockholm, Katharina was approached by a German magazine, who commissioned her to shoot Swedish singer, Jens Lekman. She borrowed a camera, took the train to Gothenburg, and ran around a place called Killer Hill, abounding with [...]
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“I can be who I want to be, so long as I know who I am.” Toast, tails and titties. Meet the very ill, Iris Schieferstein. Iris Schieferstein is a German-born taxidermy artist, and, if you know anything about German law, they aren’t exactly ‘cool’ with that. In fact, it’s unlawful to pick up [...]
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“Intriguing work and inspiring disposition.” Good luck or good timing, Carlie Armstrong had both. Back in high school, where she became enamored with photography, a passionate teacher would impart all her knowledge to Carlie of a then-dying medium; film. Just as the digital form was on the brink taking over, and plans for pulling out [...]
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“Hedonism is our discipline, love is the drug”. Moga e Mago quite literally translates to ‘the modern girl’ and ‘the magician’. What manifests is a collection of accessories that is teeming with magic, modernity and spiritual hedonism. The name is inspired by 1920′s Japanese women called ‘modan garu’ or ‘moga,’ who lived in a revolutionary, [...]
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“Ignorance is not bliss…” Our “Conversations With” series kicks off with Shad, who talks to us about work ethic, his fave authors, and fashion, before his show in Toronto. From the cutting-room floor, you can read Shad’s views on Common at the White House here – thanks Vancouer Sun! Vancouver being Shad’s last stop before [...]
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If you understand then, you are wrong… I woke up with a start on a dreary Tuesday morning, which was actually closer to afternoon. And in Holland it was later still. About 5pm when Henny De Man sent me a two liner email. “hanhoogerbrugge. skypename” Ring, ring. “Hello?” said Han. Ah, the evolution of the [...]
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I Like, You Like: A SUPER Philosophy We thought our SUPER interview for CONTRA would warrant a translator, but when founder Daniel Beckerman answered our Skype call, he had us gobsmacked at his almost perfect English, and the colloquial manner with which he spoke it. It was as if we had known Daniel for ages, [...]
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Screws, thorns, nails, teeth and skulls. These are among the things you’ll find in Michael Mercanti’s Toronto studio. More of a hardware designer than one of jewellery, Michael Mercanti likes to work with metal, and throw in a few morbid concepts. His designs have a raw authenticity that draws comparisons to Duchamp’s ready-made objects, such [...]
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Some photographers wait for ‘magic hour’. Chris Fortuna creates his own. Beauty and light. These are the tools with which Boston-native fashion photographer Chris Fortuna, was given to work with. It all began simply enough. Chris Fortuna was a teenager in Boston, Mass., toying around with a Yashica Mat camera, and soon enough, found himself [...]
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