This sort of vulnerability with the self is exactly what inspired our May digital coverโthe Intimacy issue. In thinking about what being intimateโboth with others and with yourselfโmeans during such strange times, we of course wanted to explore dildos, orgasms, and Chaturbate culture. It is office, after all.
But we also wanted to move beyond that. What do our current conditions mean in terms of being intimate in all facets of the wordโbeing intimate with your thoughts? With abstraction? With objects or ideas? Do you cringe at your overgrown hair when looking in the mirror and the Snapchat camera? How has isolation played a part in your want or need to be intimate? Have you developed any new intimate relationships while in quarantine?
We asked 13 subjects to explore these ideas in a series of remotely-shot portraits and videos. We also asked each subject to write a diary entry with this vulnerability in mind.
Check in to the magical beauty of Julia Fox. The it-girl started out as a Downtown New York fixture. Simultaneously a photographer, writer, fashion designer and party girl, Fox was creating a name for herself as being one-to-watchโshe was just one of those girls.
One of those ethereally beautiful and striking girls who you look at, who you hear speak, and you just think, "Damn, why isn't she a star yet? With no formal acting experience under her belt, Julia beat out hundreds of other girls and landed a huge supporting role in the film Uncut Gems starring Adam Sandler. This was the inevitable big break she was waiting for.
