Contributors
VANESSA GRANDA
Vanessa Granda is a Cuban-Lebanese photographer who grew up in Miami and now lives in
New York City. For her first contribution to
Bal Harbour, she worked with stylist Dominick
Barcelona to capture looks from the fall collections in The Space Between.º
We wanted to play with the concept of soft and hard, feminine and masculine and the
space between the two. We explored this in the set designÐ stretching really soft fabric to
create tensionÐ and in the looks: soft knitwear against an architectural, wooden chair or a
flowy skirt with a structured blazer. One simply does not exist without the other.º
RYAN
PFLUGER
A born and raised New Yorker who
transplanted to Los Angeles, Ryan Pfluger,
who shot this issue' s cover, is constantly
exploring what portraiture means in our
culture. His photographs deal with the
subtlety of body posture, the gaze and
how sexuality influences image making.
Most importantly, he allows his subjects to
feel present and seen. Over the past year,
Pfluger has been thoughtfully cultivating a
long-form personal project photographing
interracial queer couples and friendships.
The ongoing body of work Holding
Spaceº explores the complexity and nu
-
ance of intersectionality.
SELF-PORTRAITS
COURTESY
OF
VANESSA
GRANDA,
RYAN
PFLUGER
