Yes, it’s January of 2025 and everyone’s thinking about the future, new year, new you and the like. Heck, everyone’s posted, emailed and shouted out their year wrap up in a sea of holiday noise already. But we at KARJAKA, we like going against the grain, and while we...
When Emilio approached me for a KARJAKA New York design of his up coming concert at roulette with contemporaneous featuring his collaborative works with composer Michael Folmer Hansen, I immediately thought of, an evening with Emilio Guarino considering I already had...
01.DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE A piece that taps into the intersection of art, fashion, identity, and the film industry. It draws parallels between Alice’s journey through Wonderland and Kristin Dodson’s experiences in Hollywood. highlighting the surreal challenges and...
Musicians, like all art discipline practitioners, are a special breed. Doesn’t matter where in the world you are, what culture you come from, what color of skin you have, when You last Played your instrument, even if decades ago, you’ve got instant connection, instant...
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Sitting in a coffee shop listening to a relative stranger tell her story, I was hooked. The story was the pivot of all pivots in a time when chaos ruled, and a virus had shut down life and seemingly hope... well not entirely. Everyone around the...
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Everyone has a story. No doubt I’m not breaking new ground in that statement. Whether it’s a commercial/private client, or a test shoot, I’ve got to get the story, their story, generally because I’m curious about people and even more so of who’s...
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR So, it’s the end of May. Ideally we try to get these magazines out at the beginning of the month, but then life happens and you’re closer to Memorial Day than you are Mother’s Day. But all in all that seems appropriate for this month’s edition....
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR NEW Year, New You... BS It’s MY Photo and I’ll Smile if I want to. I’ve never been big on this whole reinvent yourself guru mantra that gets spread at the beginning of every new year. Maybe it’s because my birthday always looms a mere few weeks...
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR I'll Take: Staying in New York during the holidays for $500, Alex. It's that time of year. Pumpkin everything, parades, gift nightmares, travel woes, and family drama. Have I covered it all? Not likely but you get the point. Me, I stick it out...
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR I have a low threshold for the Horror genre as a whole. I know I might be expressing something controversial, however outside of Hitchcock and a few other master works, (Is Hitch even considered horror by today's standards?) I could live without...
