caravan, issue one
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First ever issue, enjoyTRANSCRIPT
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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