"I often confuse my self-worth with my outward appearance and sometimes this industry exacerbates that mindset. However, I do think that being photographed allows you to play different characters d (...)
eeply embedded in yourself, which is an immensely fun and rewarding experience. It can be really therapeutic." Joe from New Pandemics Agency. Rings by Chris Habana. Pants by Vasilis. New York City. New York. USA. 2018. © Gregory Halpern | Magnum Photos
"Social Media, especially instagram takes a HUGE toll on the relationships with oneself, even more with our relationship to photographs. With such quick access to gratification and satisfaction, I (...)
think people tend to abuse what instagram can do. It becomes an obsession for attention, which becomes an obsession with one's perception of themselves, and everyone else becomes obsessed with other people's online lives. It is a dangerous concept in my opinion, I've seen people worry so much about their online identity, or care so much about others." Sage from New Pandemics Agency. Top by NIHL. Shorts by Dean Dicriscio. New York City. New York. USA. 2018. © Gregory Halpern | Magnum Photos
"Modeling gives me a confidence I never thought I’d reach. Being photographed gives me a view of myself from a different perspective. That allows me to see myself for who I truly am, in full form. (...)
Not just how I feel about who I am." Mecca from New Pandemics Modeling Agency. Bra by Possessed Fetishwear/ Jacket and Pants by Telfar. New York City. New York. USA. 2018. © Gregory Halpern | Magnum Photos
"I’m a stubborn person when it comes to things I care for. I just plan on standing my ground and being honest to myself and to the world about who I am and what I’m about. Being photographed made m (...)
e realize that if I bumped into a clone of myself, it’d be like bumping into a complete stranger. It’s really fascinating, and has definitely influenced my artistic practice, but I wouldn’t say that it’s necessarily important to me."
Mylean from New Pandemics Agency. New York City. New York. 2018. USA. Pants by Telfar. Shoes by Syro. © Gregory Halpern | Magnum Photos
"Otherness lives in cohesion with battles just to exist. Self identification was a big hurdle for me personally, and once I found comfort existing in synchronicity with my feelings and my spirit, t (...)
hen I was able to truly flourish in my personal and my work life, and feel like my strongest self." Cameron from New Pandemics Agency. Earrings by Edgar Mosa. Top by Gauntlett Cheng. Jeans by Wesley Berryman. New York City. New York. USA. 2018. © Gregory Halpern | Magnum Photos
"An Image possess the power of documentation and representation. Some of my favorite images have a way of affirming and inspiring and depending on the context in regards to a photograph my percepti (...)
on of myself shifts between storyteller and story book character. It’s helped me recognise how so much in life is part truth part performance.", Rahm. Mecca and Rahm, from New Pandemics Agency. Earings by Edgar Mosa. Bra by Possessed fetishwear. New York City. New York. 2018. USA. © Gregory Halpern | Magnum Photos
Gregory Halpern "It’s empowering to me as a person of color to see myself represented as a standard for beauty and also just life. It adds a dimension of reality to an industry that rests on fantasies. " Anaury fr (...)
om New Pandemics Agency. Dress by Dean Dicrisco. New York City. New York. USA. 2018. © Gregory Halpern | Magnum Photos
Gregory Halpern "Community is everything. Dependence is the only thing that makes independence possible—I am individual because I am part of a group, and I am connected because I am discrete. Community makes the (...)
otherwise insurmountable challenges of being a trans woman conquerable. I take my sisters’ pain away (at least temporarily) when I hold them and they do the same for me. Community, sisterhood, creates an impossible doorway through which we walk, together, into a new world", Miles. Miles and June from New Pandemics Agency. Miles's dress by Gauntlett Cheng. June's full look by Jean Paul Gautier from James Veloria Vintage. New York City. New York.USA. 2018. © Gregory Halpern | Magnum Photos
Gregory Halpern "Otherness lives in cohesion with battles just to exist. Self identification was a big hurdle for me personally, and once I found comfort existing in synchronicity with my feelings and my spirit, t (...)
hen I was able to truly flourish in my personal and my work life, and feel like my strongest self." Cameron from New Pandemics Agency. Earrings by Edgar Mosa. Top by Gauntlett Cheng. Jeans by Wesley Berryman. New York City. New York. USA. 2018. © Gregory Halpern | Magnum Photos
Gregory Halpern "Social Media, especially instagram takes a HUGE toll on the relationships with oneself, even more with our relationship to photographs. With such quick access to gratification and satisfaction, I (...)
think people tend to abuse what instagram can do. It becomes an obsession for attention, which becomes an obsession with one's perception of themselves, and everyone else becomes obsessed with other people's online lives. It is a dangerous concept in my opinion, I've seen people worry so much about their online identity, or care so much about others." Sage from New Pandemics Agency. Top by NIHL. Shorts by Dean Dicriscio. New York City. New York. USA. 2018. © Gregory Halpern | Magnum Photos
Gregory Halpern "I’m a stubborn person when it comes to things I care for. I just plan on standing my ground and being honest to myself and to the world about who I am and what I’m about. Being photographed made m (...)
e realize that if I bumped into a clone of myself, it’d be like bumping into a complete stranger. It’s really fascinating, and has definitely influenced my artistic practice, but I wouldn’t say that it’s necessarily important to me."
Mylean from New Pandemics Agency. New York City. New York. 2018. USA. Pants by Telfar. Shoes by Syro. © Gregory Halpern | Magnum Photos
Gregory Halpern "I often confuse my self-worth with my outward appearance and sometimes this industry exacerbates that mindset. However, I do think that being photographed allows you to play different characters d (...)
eeply embedded in yourself, which is an immensely fun and rewarding experience. It can be really therapeutic." Joe from New Pandemics Agency. Rings by Chris Habana. Pants by Vasilis. New York City. New York. USA. 2018. © Gregory Halpern | Magnum Photos
Gregory Halpern "An Image possess the power of documentation and representation. Some of my favorite images have a way of affirming and inspiring and depending on the context in regards to a photograph my percepti (...)
on of myself shifts between storyteller and story book character. It’s helped me recognise how so much in life is part truth part performance.", Rahm. Mecca and Rahm, from New Pandemics Agency. Earings by Edgar Mosa. Bra by Possessed fetishwear. New York City. New York. 2018. USA. © Gregory Halpern | Magnum Photos
Gregory Halpern "Modeling gives me a confidence I never thought I’d reach. Being photographed gives me a view of myself from a different perspective. That allows me to see myself for who I truly am, in full form. (...)
Not just how I feel about who I am." Mecca from New Pandemics Agency. Bra by Possessed Fetishwear/ Jacket and Pants by Telfar. New York City. New York. USA. 2018. © Gregory Halpern | Magnum Photos