Who’s That Ass?

Lily and Rebecca were shot by Ryan McGinley on one of the cross-country, all-nude photo-making trips he goes on every summer. Now you’ve seen their asses adorned with foxtails, but what’s inside their brains? Let’s find out! We know you care.

ON THE LEFT: LILY
WHEELWRIGHT

Vice: What was going on in that picture?

Lily Wheelwright: Whatcha been up to these days? Tell me a funny story about your co-cover girl Rebecca. This is your second time being on the cover of Vice. Are you jazzed or what? Vice

ON THE RIGHT: REBECCA SCHIFFMAN

Vice: Do you remember Ryan taking that picture?

Rebecca Schiffman: Vaguely. We were just having fun being foxes. Ryan had us do so much crazy stuff, so it’s all a blur. There was a lot of jumping off cliffs into water and stuff. I especially remember having to walk through bushes naked. That was particularly alien to me, being from the city… All these prickly leaves itching you.

Tell us a bit about yourself.

I’m a musician and a painter. My dad’s a Reconstructionist rabbi. I do a zine about the Upper East Side called the UES Journal. I’m from there, and after going to college at Cooper Union I got so sick of downtown that I moved back uptown and now I love it there. I feel like I discovered it anew.

Lily told me about how you were terrorized by a doll.

Oh god, yeah, it was an American Girl doll. The “Samantha.” It was a terrifying presence in my house my whole childhood. I would have to run past it. Finally I put an ad on Craigslist offering it up for free. I didn’t want any blood money for it.

Now you tell me a funny story about Lily.

On the road trip we were playing this dumb game called “How Hard Can You Hit Yourself?” It was just all of us going around in a circle, taking turns punching and slapping ourselves. I remember Lily was the most fearless, even more so than the boys. Even after everyone else stopped she just kept going, punching herself in the face really hard. We were all cracking up. The next day she had a black eye and I think that’s the black eye she has in the picture that was on the cover of the Vice Photo Issue last year.

Update: We are sad to report that Lily passed away on March 22. We send our sincere condolences to her friends and family, and we will be running a memorial in her honor in our next issue.