Art + Culture As Long As You’re Stuck in Your Apartment, Give Yourself a Story to Live May. 21, 2020 Artist Peter McGough has always insisted on living as if he’s in another era. »
Art + Culture CXA Agency Releases Return to Work Guide for Safe & Responsible Shoot Production May. 15, 2020 ‘How’ is one of the fashion industries’ greatest questions of today. ‘How’ will we work together again? ‘How’ will shoots work? ‘How’ will we stay safe? These questions and more prompted Steven Pranica, President of Creative Exchange Agency, to put process to paper and develop answers to ‘how’ in CXA’s “UnPause – A Guide to Safe & Responsible Production.” »
Photography + Film Still Life With Fly Swatter, or Hourglass, or Lemons May. 13, 2020 Five housebound photographers used everyday items to create images that speak to both their inner lives and the world beyond their walls. »
Art + Culture Inside the Boutique Agency That’s Changing the Face of the Industry Mar. 20, 2020 It is fitting that Creative Exchange Agency, the powerhouse artist management, production, and creative content firm, should be located in a sleek Chelsea high-rise penthouse towering above the center of the international art world. With the kind of floor-to-ceiling windows that would give weaker stomachs vertigo, the office of the agency’s founder and principal, Steven Pranica, has commanding views of Manhattan’s cultural, financial, and commercial sectors. »
Art + Culture How to Run a Successful Fashion Creative Representation Firm Mar. 20, 2020 In December a story about a former high-powered fashion agent and print magazine photography director sent shockwaves through New York’s creative and editorial community – especially those whose careers have taken a nose-dive since digital came into the picture. »
Art + Culture Creative Exchange Agency Presents Online Viewing Room, “Existential Time” Apr. 29, 2020 Online viewing rooms have become the norm in the art world as of late, and now the Creative Exchange Agency presents its multi-artist offering, “Existential Time.” »
Art + Culture Steven Pranica | CEO/Founder, Creative Exchange Agency Mar. 20, 2020 While the term “Renaissance Man” is often casually splashed around, in the case of the CEO/Founder of Creative Exchange Agency, Steven Pranica, the definition of “a person with many talents or areas of knowledge,” is actually quite fitting. »
Photography + Film David LaChapelle Explains His Inspiration for the Lizzo ‘Rolling Stone’ Cover Shoot Jan. 23, 2020 Lizzo’s “music is sort of escapist and happy, and I was really drawn to her for that joy that she’s got. She is the kind of girl that I would have gravitated to in high school” »
Photography + Film The Joy of Lizzo Jan. 22, 2020 She has become a new kind of pop superstar, full of relentless positivity. But it took a long time and a lot of heartache »
Photography + Film How a French Photographer Captures the Personal Spaces of Artists, Designers, and Architects Jan. 7, 2020 François Halard documents the homes and studios of luminaries such as Luis Barragan, Louise Bourgeois, Marc Jacobs, and Ugo Rondinone »
Photography + Film THE AWE-INSPIRING INTERIORS OF PHOTOGRAPHER MR FRANÇOIS HALARD Jan. 7, 2020 The Arles-based photographer talks to MR PORTER’s US Editor about his new book »
Photography + Film Intimate Polaroids of Joaquin Phoenix, Awkwafina, and More at W’s Best Performances 2020 Party Jan. 6, 2020 This year's edition brought out cover stars like Joaquin Phoenix, Chris Evans, and Laura Dern. But there was also a special guest: the legendary photographer Maripol, who captured attendees with her signature Polaroid lens-work throughout the night. »
Photography + Film The 19 Best Photo Books of 2019 Jan. 3, 2020 This year proved to be dense with releases, but we’ve managed to find the best 19 coffee table books of 2019, all of them bound to become timeless fixtures. »
Photography + Film Photographer Maripol Once Brought Live Bunnies Into Studio 54 Nov. 12, 2019 To a certain degree anyone can pick up a Polaroid camera and make an instantly beautiful image. But Maripol — a photographer who has worked with everyone from Dior to W Magazine — has made an art out of it. »
Photography + Film David LaChapelle on Climate Change and His 2020 Lavazza Calendar Oct. 23, 2019 Since 1993, Lavazza has sought out photographers like Helmut Newton, Annie Leibovitz, and Platon to create glamorous, often provocative calendars that reinforce the brand's deep connection to the arts. This time around they gave LaChapelle — who was also tasked with the 2002 edition and contributed to 2012 — free reign to celebrate nature however he saw fit. »