Joseph Gordon Cleveland

EDITORIAL PREVIEW: CRUEL SUMMER

Yes, I realize how many people have used this tagline before. I don’t care. The blistering heat of late inspired my latest impromptu shoot, focusing on easy, summer pieces with enough interest to keep you from the t-shirt doldrums, even when you feel like your skin is melting off. Not feeling particularly up to trolling Newbury …

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | JUNE 27, 2011

“Your body is not a word, it does not lie or speak truth either. It is only here or not here.” From one of my favorite poems, Their Attitudes Differ, by Margaret Atwood. It is an inescapable truth which very few know of me: I am terribly, terribly sentimental. Over the weekend, I found myself listening …

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ANOTHER BA-NA-NAS ‘CELEBRITY’ CLOTHING COLLECTION

This is bollocks. Frankly, Zoe is a talented stylist, a successful reality-TV personality (whatever that even means), and has emerged from her maelstrom of personal issues (both publicized and not-so…) as a very, very strong ‘brand.’ So it’s only natural that she’d capitalize on that brand equity with an eponymous clothing collection, non? Not so much… …

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EDITORIAL: I’M GOOD, I’M GONE

When Conor Doherty calls to tell me he wants to shoot, invariably I’m in. Add to that one of my favorite Boston models, Matt Atwater, and you have love affair on film. [Don’t worry, Conor, it’s purely platonic… you’re a good-looking guy and all but I’ve seen you wear chinos. You’re safe for life after …

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EDITORIAL PREVIEW: I’M GOOD, I’M GONE

Model Matt Atwater, Photographer Conor Doherty, and I decided on a whim to tool around our beautiful town for an ersatz photoshoot that turned out to be anything but.  To illustrate the point: the image above is nearly straight from the camera, uncropped and unretouched. More to come Monday… Until then, get out of the house and …

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