Chosen Family: reimagining community in a changing world By Document Journal

Document Journal

Illustrations by
Paige Viti

Posted
November 5, 2020

In the age of globalization and hyperconnectivity, photographer Emily Lipson and stylist Diana Choi explore the future of social connection

Models Sylvie Claude at The Btwn; Dien Kim at New York Models; Muhammad Fadel Lo at Next; Somalia Knight at We Speak; Owen Ley and Jentz Zirbel at Ricky Michiels. Hair Charlie Le Mindu. Make-up Allie Smith. Lighting Design & Camera Assistant Evadne Gonzalez. Stylist Assistant James Kelley. Hair Assistant Clarissa de Jesus. Casting Morgan Senesi. Producer Paige Viti.

Chosen Family: reimagining community in a changing world

Document Journal

Desiring literature with Nate Lippens and Kate Zambreno

Following Semiotext(e)‘s release of Lippens’s ‘Ripcord’ and ‘My Dead Book,’ the authors trace consciousnesses of queerness and class through both novels and friendships

“What we habitually see confirms us. Yet it can happen, suddenly, unexpectedly.”

Photographer Pegah Farahmand and fashion editor Dogukan Nesanir collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue

“To remain innocent may also be to remain ignorant.”

Photographer Rodrigo Carmuega and fashion editor Laetitia Leporq collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue

“All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget”

For Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, Sam Penn photographs some of her closest friends and collaborators near and far on Fire Island and on FaceTime screens

Chosen Family: reimagining community in a changing world

Chosen Family: reimagining community in a changing world

Issue No. 25 FW 2024–25