Employees of the Month

GLENN O’BRIEN
We first got into Glenn O’Brien in the late 90s through an old tape-trading buddy who lent us a snowy VHS copy of Glenn’s groundbreaking 70s public access call-in show, TV Party. His first gig was working with Andy Warhol on Interview magazine, and he went on to write and edit for Rolling Stone, High Times, Oui, Playboy, Artforum, and a bunch of other low-budget rags. He’s produced a handful of books, acted in films, and in 2009 was named one of GQ’s Top 10 Most Stylish Men in America. When we met him to discuss his piece on the intersection of sex and fashion, we spent the entire meeting geeking out over him. Two weeks later he quietly filed his copy, which was excellent, of course.

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Photo of Glenn O'Brien by Marco Scozzaro

KAZUMI ASAMURA HAYASHI

Born and raised in Tokyo, Kazumi Asamura Hayashi launched her career as a stylist in New York in 1999 and began working as a photographer in 2005, contributing to titles like the journal, Dune, and Purple. After moving back to Tokyo, she was named editor-in-chief of the art and fashion magazine Libertin Dune. In 2009, she and her pal Fumihiro Hayashi (a.k.a. Charlie Brown) opened an art space in Tokyo called the Last Gallery, which has since exhibited Terence Koh, Jason Dill, Sandy Kim, and other good eggs. (The gallery is currently closed due to a lease-related snafu, but Kazumi is hard at work trying to reopen it.) For this issue she interviewed Kansai Yamamoto, the designer behind David Bowie’s most iconic 1970s costumes.

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STOLTZE AND STEFANIE

Stoltze and Stefanie are the Danish/Singaporean photo duo behind this issue’s “En Vogue” fashion shoot. When we approached them with our idea to photograph pretty women wearing some of history’s most restricting and fetishized trends, they said something like, “Yeah, that’s nice, but we have a better idea. Let’s only shoot black, Asian, and racially ambiguous chicks,” and we said, “Oh shit, you guys win! Now go find some models!” and the rest is history. When they’re not figuring out ways to photograph a woman with bound feet without actually torturing her, they spend their days working on S magazine, where Jens (Stoltze) is the editor-in-chief.

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IAN BRADLEY

Ian Bradley is one of those guys who can’t walk a block in any direction without being stopped by at least ten people. You can’t go anywhere with the man because everyone knows and loves him. He’s been working for VICE for several years now and has styled some of our more bizarre shoots, dressing half-naked magicians, bros blowin’ shotties, ladies at a sexy pizza party, sad girls crying in clubs, and our tribute to American Gigolo. This time around we decided to give Ian a break and let him style a nice, straightforward fashion story devoid of any weirdness so he could actually use it for his book. He probably should have been on the Employees of the Month page ages ago. Sorry Ian, our bad!

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LOGAN WHITE

Logan White grew up taking pictures of her friends naked, which is a great way to learn about photography and the human anatomy, plus you get to see all your buddies’ naughty bits. Logan is a sixth-generation Southerner who draws inspiration not just from nearby nude bodies but also from growing up in Macon, Georgia. Her work explores the female psyche, mysticism, sexuality, and death. You can see those themes clearly in the shoot she did for this issue, which features mysterious ladies doing weird things in a parking garage. Her photography has been exhibited around the world and published in Bullett, Número, the Lab, Bloomberg Businessweek, Dazed & Confused, and Nylon.

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