Hartford poet brett a. maddux releases his latest collection of poems titled american variation. The following is a selection of photography and poems from the collection written and photographed during a six month journey through North America.

Worcester MA’s arcade bar, Free Play.

Photography by Fernando Payano, Featuring Kuli Barongozi.

A nostalgic juxtaposition of old cinema and modernity in fashion.

Portraits shot on 35mm film by Jalen Riley.

The Black-owned film photography staple in Brooklyn, NY.

Keeping with the rhythm of this season’s color trends in bold complimentary fashion.

Love N' Co's single release party on November 18, 2022, at Parkville Sounds in Hartford, CT. Featuring Indigaux and Keila Myles.

While we’re often living under pressure we forget God is pressure, and in the light of God we are free.

Photographer Allis Chang showcases local California wildflowers as an ode to the spring season and the lifecycle of a wildflower.

Shamari Reid attempts to gain access to all that lies beneath the mystique of creator and renaissance woman, Jonovia Chase.

Aislin Magazine hosts a Secret Garden Party celebrating the release of the Secret Garden Issue, our 1st print release in nearly 2 years.

Catalina Aranguren is a photographer whose work is a dialogue about the modern world and our place in it.

Photographer David Elliott writes about the power of photography amidst both the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement.

Photographer Ana Santos explores the vulnerability that can be found in both being dressed and undressed.

Neco Johnson photographs Black womxn in natural environments illustrating that their unadulterated beauty can be captured in any setting.

Photographer May Naibo and Model/Stylist Chi Ilochi showcase hope and light for the victims of gentrified neighborhoods.

A photo series exploring the inside of Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary.

Photographer Jamyr Greene explores the tones and vibrations of melanin skin in the sun, displaying the natural beauty of Black women.

Alyssa Mattei captures the resilient and independent variety of life that co-exists in the delicate island ecosystem of Galapagos.