caravan, issue one

Started on the premise of

an infantile idea, Caravan

has become a reality, and

Natalie Kucken and I,

Lucas Regazzi , are pleased

that you have decided to

pick this up and glance at

the talent of some of the

most up and coming youth

photographers and writers

of our generation.

OUR MISSION:

Caravan Magazine is

committed to publishing

works of young artists,

poets and designers alike

who are innovators;

producing elegant, emotion

evoking art

With all said and done, we

have collected some of the

finest works from across

North America from the

most talented youth we

could find. Reading this

magazine will give you a

new sense of inspiration,

which is its intention. Go

outside, capture the world,

it’s all at your fingertips.

Age should, and will never

be a set back to the potential

and talent you have deep

within. Enjoy the read, we

know you will.

Regards,

Lucas Regazzi,

Editor-in-Chief

Natalie Kucken,

Head Photographer

Caravan Magazine

Produced in Toronto, Canada & Detroit, USA

2011 / All Rights Reserved / caravanmag.co

contentsin order of appearance

Untitled

Joe Curtin

Distortion

Natalie Kucken

Arinaceous Seams

Amber Ortolano

Descent into Confusion

Jordan Tiberio

Portfolio of

Sisilia Piring

Words and Images

Ashli Hunt

is a sixteen year old high school student, that calls

Los Angeles, California his home. Joe creates

photographs that are not only works of art, but

are honest by nature. A monochrome dream comes

to life., as Joe shows Caravan magazine a

fragile adolescent amongst a vast wilderness.

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Q: Simply put, where are you going, Joe?

A: “Photography will always be a hobby at the very least for me. i'm not entirely sure if i am capable or willing to have a career in photography so i'm hoping to pursue filmmaking. my mom works in the movie industry and i'dlove to follow in her footsteps. although most people want to go far away for college, i'm considering staying in los angeles and going to film school, seeing as los angeles is pretty much the center of the entertainment industry. then, right out of college, i will take a year or more to travel the world and document my travels in photos and through video. there are hundreds of places i want to visit and it would be fantastic to go to those places and capture beautiful photos and videos.”

Q: You can tell that with your photos you have a real eye and passion for creating images and scenes,

when did this love for photography surface?

A: “In august 2009 I started my 365 project on flickr and began taking photos frequently, but it wasn't until I found my mom's old minolta film camera from college that I really started loving photography and taking it seriously.”

Q: With all this evident inspiration, who would you say was your muse? If you even have one?

A: “The closest thing I have to a muse would be my mom's friend Kristy. She's an artist and her photos and paintings are phenomenal. We had lunch together recently and it was great to talk to someone with the same interests and she really encouraged me to try new things in the art and photography realm.”

Q: Off the topic of photography, do you have any personal quirks or vices?

A: ”My vice is that I am constantly eating food. Constantly. Thankfully I have a fast metabolism because I'm also really lazy”

Q: And finally, could you describe your fondest memory?

A: My favorite memory took place in Maui, Hawaii a few years ago. My mom and my siblings and I took a trip from our hotel to Hana on the other end of the island. We never actually made it to Hana, but we stopped at many places along the way. We saw a glassblower at a small town, ate burgers overlooking a beautiful beach, explored a shut down sugar cane factory, and then drove up to the top of a large hill and sat on the car and watched the sun go down behind the ocean. It was fantastic”

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My name is Natalie Kucken, I am seventeen

years old and living in Michigan, but soon

to be everywhere. I spend most of my time

daydreaming and striving towards what I

want. I am a quiet, light and striving youth,

I collect crystals, dreams and dried flowers. I

think that's who I am as a photographer

also, a collector of pretty things striving to

make them into quiet documentations of

light and youth. my favorite words are

dawning and fragile. I helped start

caravan because I am addicted to creating,

and to create something that does all of the

things this project could and will do is too

much to resist.

This series was shot very early in the

morning on the lower east side of

New York City. Everything was

unusually quite and cold, more than

it usually is at sunrise. It felt alien to

be walking around in all of the

silence among the homeless, sleeping

in the parks' grassy areas and how

strong the sunlight was in our sleepy

eyes. So that's where the distortion

came from, the feeling of that

strange morning.

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Arinaceous Seams from

Don’t be fooled by the quality of her

works, Amber Ortolano has recently

turned 15 and is wowing viewers around

the world by her beautiful and haunting

images. Situated in a small town in

upstate New York, Ortolano captures

herself in the ins and outs of day dreams

and reveries. When asking Amber why

she liked photography, she had this to say,

“I like photography because it’s

a form of literature for me. I

can speak for myself and other

people by using my

photographs as the words. I

feel as if I have a purpose,

which is to tell my story, and

the stories of other, which

otherwise would remain

untold.”

caravan is thrilled to be showcasing her

lovely captures.

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Jordan Tiberio

”I’ve recently moved to New York City to study photography and the move has proven to be a bigger change for me

than I originally expected. I am very inspired by nature as an artist, so one can imagine being surrounded by concrete

and buildings imposed a challenge on me. This small series is my way of conveying the feelings I've had recently

with my new environment. The first part of the series being full of motion represents the freedom I felt I had with

my work when I was living in the suburbs. I was comfortable with my work when I was home because I knew my

way around the bubble I created for myself. Here, I haven't yet formed that bubble because of how unfamiliar I am

with what is what and what is where here, which is represented in the second half of the series with the caged

girl. I believe that I've created a cage around myself by narrowing the way I think, believing I must have nature as a

backdrop to create my art. I plan on creating more images here at school revolving around the theme of being caged

or confined in an environment one is uncomfortable with. I hope that through this series I can show an adaptation to

new places, and feel safe with where my work is and who I am; I want to break free from my invisible cage.”

Photography to me is a method of story telling, but also giving the

viewer the ability to create a story of their own. Perhaps you don't see

what I see in this series, and I think that’s fantastic“ ”

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words and images by Ashli Hunt

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