The born-and-bred Brooklyn photographer discusses his documentation of 1980s New York, his innate “love for humanity”, and the importance of inner-city community
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New Yorker staff writer
Rachel Syme, whose writing topics include “clothes and people and people in clothes”, established Penpalooza in the spring of 2020 as a way to turn pandemic ennui and dread into something creative.
While some people consider letter writing to be slow and old-fashioned way of communicating, others beg to differ – something evidenced in the response to this project. Indeed, the excitement behind the Penpalooza hashtag on Twitter and Instagram is palpable, feeling both contagious and genuine, with proof in the aesthetics invested into the letters: decorated stationery, delicate calligraphy, colourful collages, vintage paper and rubber stamps, as well as tactile wax seals. “But you don’t need all of that,” assures Syme. “If your first letter happens on the back of a receipt, that’s fine.”
Bridgerton, 2021(Film still)
Costume designer Ellen Mirojnick reveals what it took to create the costumes for the romance drama – and why Regency style is so timeless
January 11, 2021
While 2021 has got off to a somewhat shaky start, Netflix’s seductive drama
Bridgerton has provided a welcome respite from the onslaught of depressing political and pandemic-related news, reaching an estimated 63 million households since its Christmas Day debut.
The show’s vivid, visually-arresting costumes are undoubtedly a part of its appeal. These pieces – which number a staggering 7,500 – are the work of Ellen Mirojnick, a prolific Hollywood costume designer with three decades under her belt (