Stories

Explore fashion, film, and archives through the lens of emerging image-makers — Sixteen brings together bold new voices with forgotten stories from the past.

  1. Stefan Ruiz, Telenovelas & Cholombianos

    Stefan Ruiz shoots South American Telenovelas actors and Colombian cholos.
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  2. Connor Cunningham, Isabella Lovestory

    Photography by Connor Cunningham
    Styling by Gabrielle Marceca
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  3. Ricky Alvarez, Puebla York

    Photographed by Ricky Alvarez
    Styled by Marcus Correa

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  4. Xavier Encinas, Sketched of Spain

    Xavier Encinas captures Spanish traditions for Sixteen Journal Volume 9.
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  5. Sam Nixon, La Goonie Chonga

    Photography by Sam Nixon
    Styling by Ron Hartleben
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  6. Juan Brenner, Maximón

    Maximón, “The one who existed before the earth took form,” accord- ing to Tz’utijil beliefs. This pre-Columbian deity was the only one authorized for worship by the Spanish priests.
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  7. Jack Davison, Jaleo

    Photography by Jack Davison
    Styling by Victoire Simonney
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  8. Merrick Morton, West Coast Portraits from the Hood, 1980-1996

    Beginning in 1980, Merrick Morton set about going to East and South Central Los Angeles—traveling as far as San Diego—to document street gang culture.
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  9. Darren Gwynn, The Art of Flamenco

    Photography by Darren Gwynn
    Styling by Victoire Simonney
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  10. Sam Gregg, San Juan del Rio

    Sam Gregg shoots San Juan del Rio grieving context for Sixteen Journal Volume 9.
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  11. Joseph Rodriguez, Spanish Harlem

    When Brooklyn-raised photographer Joseph Rodriguez first debuted his body of work shot in Spanish Harlem in the 1980s, it changed the face of documentary photography.
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  12. Thibaut Grevet, Los Angeles 2147

    Photography by Thibaut Grevet
    Styling by Victoire Simonney
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