Interview April 2016 : The New Progressives by Gregory Harris

[Melancholybaby]

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[TREVOFASHIONISTO]

doesnt look like a cover to me, but i love the composition of everyone. Amandla should be on countless covers.

 

[Melancholybaby]

The New Activists
Photographer: Gregory Harris
Stylist: Elin Svahn
Subjects: Ethan James Green, Jessica Yatrofsky, Hari Nef, Shanna Merola, Cameron Russell, Sheida Soleimani, Lily Scout Kwong, Amanda Stenberg, Sean A. Watkins, Tyler Ford, Rowan Blanchard & Emmanuel Olunkwa
Make-Up: Sally Branka
Hair: Tomo Jidai


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[Melancholybaby]

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[Melancholybaby]

Interview Magazine Features ‘The New Progressives’ in Social Activism-Themed April Issue

Interview Magazine is looking beyond the celebrity cover in April with a themed issue on social change.

The issue, which goes on sale Friday, features advocates, some known, others not, who are leading the charge on subjects ranging from gender and racial equality, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender issues, environmental protections, political transparency and gun control, among other things.

Although the magazine includes interviews with known activists, such as Susan Sarandon, Chelsea Manning, Oliver Stone, Rick Owens, Cecile Richards and Jane Goodall, editor in chief Keith Pollock said his staff decided to put a group of lesser-known “noisemakers” on the cover with the tagline “The New Progressives.”

“We’re a magazine that celebrates personalities and celebrities but we felt that to get this message across, it was about bringing this group together,” said Pollock, who offered that the conversation right now is about the “contentious presidential election” and the push for “progress and change.”

Shot by Gregory Harris, the cover features Rowan Blanchard, Amandla Stenberg, Hari Nef, Ethan James, Emmanuel Olunkwa and Tyler Ford. Inside, the magazine has devoted a 14-page portfolio with mini profiles on a host of emerging activists.

The through-line for many of new guard is social media, said Interview senior editor Chris Wallace, who noted that platforms such as Twitter and Facebook have helped “amplify” the voice of this generation.

“I’m so impressed by how nimbly they [the activists] can navigate between issues,” said Wallace, who explained that there’s “solidarity” among activists in this generation, and thanks to social media, they advocate for easily many causes, not just one.

When asked who would snap up the April Issue of Interview, a magazine known more for pop culture coverage than social activism, Wallace offered: “I hope The New Yorker reader and Thrasher Magazine reader…I hope we speak to both of them. We have a huge range that we’re able to cover.”

The thematic issue is in a sense, Interview’s response to explosive cultural moments such as the riots in Ferguson, Mo., Wallace offered.

He noted the challenge a 10-issue-a-year magazine has in trying to enter the conversation. By highlighting emerging leaders, Interview is able to take part in a meaningful way. The magazine will also begin rolling out some of the stories in the April issue this week, and it will unveil an Instagram campaign related to social change that dovetails with the issue.

“If it [the issue] is a little gleeful, I’m responsible for that,” Wallace said. “There’s a lot of possibility given to people who haven’t had a voice. They are finding a voice. That’s what the magazine is about and what magazines are about. That’s what magazine culture is about.”

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[Benn98]

What a terrible cover! What made them go for that shot? Looks more ID or Dazed than Interview. The lineup sounds promising...only looking forward to Jane Goodall and Fonda. Women who've progressed, and have interesting insights.

I'm slowly getting nauseated with seeing these crusaders everywhere I turn. It's becoming gimmicky, especially for fashion magazines. And it's always the same people.

 

[MON]

They were on a roll!! Why would they let this happen? Why?

My goodness, it's like a Gap ad!

And that ed, Vogue Paris x Sims??

 

[Wolkfolk]

I love this !

Yes the aesthetic is very 90s , very early Dazed days but it's really brilliantly done and strangely enough even though we've seen this styling everywhere lately this is done very beautifully. So kudos to Elin Svahn on the styling. Great casting and the portraits are really great. I also love that Gregory Harris shot the cover and the main story. At least we can count on Interview to give us some fresh blood.

Talking about freshness, how can you say this is wrong when all the other fashion magazines are youth absessed yet for them youth is only synonymous with Instagram followers, nepotism rejects and posers. Here we have a magazine that celebrates youth for something that is actually relevant and worth being proud of. When was the last tile we saw any major fashion magazine dedicate an entire issue to social activism ? At a time when the fashion world feels so lackluster and shallow this is amazing IMO. It shows how far above the rest Interview is.

 

[Bertrando3]

Very 90´s I like the concept very much

 

[TheoG]

At first sight I initially didn't like it but the more I look it, the more it grows on me. Although I'm a bit bored of the millennial, social media activist themed type shoots, I appreciate this one especially for the cast for the most part.

 

[phungnam96]

I just hate the B&W portraits and that cover. Love the rests

 

[KateTheGreatest]

I don't know who the people on the cover are nor do I care.

 

[justaguy]

This looks more like a cover for Newsweek focusing on today's teens.

 

[mistress_f]

sorry but no @ all of this

 

[Deleted member 45369]

Hmm something I'd be interested in reading for a change instead of another cate Blanchett story where she talks about her "craft" I'll take it.

 

[kokobombon]

I don´t care about this but I get that I´m not the target. That said, I appreciate the layout effort.

 

[anlabe32]

I haven't a clue who any of these people are, except Cameron.

Don't like the cover but the ed is okay.

 

[TheVeed]

Not the 'target' audience either but absolutely absolutely LOVE this. This is done in such an interesting way. Seems different than Dazed to me, more mature (which is not a knock on Dazed at all.) Love this, am very impressed by Interview.

 

[Nepenthes]

Love this cover and the direction of this issue!

 

[Fiercification]

I have a feeling we might start soon bemoaning the days when actors/singers covered fashion magazines .

The images are decent enough (Harris can't seem to escape the looming shadow of his former mentor Sims) but I feel this is somewhat forced, and quite frankly not particularly interesting for Interview's usual target audience...but hey, I've learnt not to judge this book by its cover .