DavidLeser
TheAustralianjournalistandauthoris knownas a pro-feministwriter.However,inhisnew
book,Women,Men&theWholeDamnThing,heexamineshowevena manwithhisvalues
canbeunawareofhismaleprivilege.Onpage62,hewritesaboutthelessonshehaslearnt
afterseparatingfromhiswifeandthehiddeninequalityinhismarriage.I wantmydaughters
to growupin a worldwhere...“cynicismis replacedbya beliefinthefundamentalgoodnessof
mostpeople.Anda worldthattacklesclimatechangeheadon.”Wecanallbemoremindfulby...
“walkinginanother’sshoes.Wecanstartinculcatingineveryschool,workplaceand
organisationalandpoliticalculturethemorefemininevaluesofco-operation,collaboration
and compassion, ratherthanthehyper-competitivekill-or-be-killedvaluesthathave
dominatedsocietyfor so long. Let’s call it radical empathy.”
ElizabethAyodele
AyodelewasbornandraisedinLagos,Nigeria,livesinNewYorkCityandhasa
modellingcareerthattakesherallovertheworld.“Thebestthingaboutmyjobis
theflexibilitytoembarkonanythingthatinterestsme,”shesays.The21-year-old
wasfreshfromwalkinginMiuMiu’sresort 2020 showinPariswhenwedressed
herinalltheSaintLaurentpieceswe’recovetingthisseason(page158).
I lookaftermybodyby...“doingPilates—I pickedit upwhileI wasinSydney.
I’malsoobsessedwithskincare.MyabsolutefavouritesaretheSukinCream
CleanserandtheOriginscharcoalmask.”Sofar,myfavouriterunwaymoment
was...“startingmycareerwiththeFendi[A/W2017]show,becauseofhow
unexpectedit was.OneminuteI’mrunningtocatcha businmyhometown,the
nextI somehowfindmyselfwalkingtherunwayinMilan.”I’mcurrentlyreading
...“HomoDeus:A BriefHistoryof TomorrowbyYuvalNoahHarari.I’vebeen
readingit sincethebeginningoftheyear,butthat’sonlybecauseI liketoread
threebooksat thesametime—readingjustoneis notas stimulating!Someof
myotherfavouritesthisyearareThe Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield and
1984 by George Orwell.”JamesTolich
TheNewZealand-bornphotographermovedtoSydneyas a teenandhassincelived
andworkedinParisandNewYork,amassinganimpressivebodyofworkforthelikes
ofHermès,CarvenandNike,as wellas AustralianfashionlabelsincludingDionLee.
Knownforhisuniquesenseofcolour,Tolich—whorecentlymovedbacktoSydney
—capturesgothicflorallooksat twilightin“EveryRosehasitsThorn”(page148).
Mystyleof photographyis largelyinfluencedby...“documentaryandartphotography.
MyfavouritesareDuaneMichals,AlfredStieglitzandAndréKertész,tonamea few.
Ofcourse,somegreatfashionphotographershavealsoinfluencedmypractice,namely
RichardAvedon,BruceWeber,IrvingPennandHelmutNewton.”I approachshooting
mysubjectsby...“buildinga genuineconnectionthroughrespectandpatience.I once
thoughtyouhadtobeextremelyoutgoingtobea successfulphotographer, which felt
unnatural for me. I found success in possessing a quiet confidence.”TomLazarus
Harper’sBAZAAR’s copydirectorspendsa
dayas beautyeditoras heroad-teststhenew
waveofgenderlessmakeup.Withfoundations,
concealersandbrowpencilspilinguponhis
desk,in“LipstickonMyCollar”(page174),
hemusesonthecurrentstateofbeautyas thebillion-dollarindustryinchesclosertowards
genderneutrality.Ashesuccinctlyputsit:“Vanityis universal.”WhenI triedmakeup,I was
mostsurprisedby...“howa concealerpencanPhotoshopyourskininseconds.That,and
howlittleI lookat myownfacethatclosely.”Growingup,myheroeswere...“inchronological
order,as faras I canremember,AnimalfromtheMuppets,HanSolo,MartyMcFly,John
Lennon,Prince,SirDavidAttenborough,KevinFrancis,HoldenCaulfield,SheilaE.,
MirandaSawyer,NelsonMandela”.Rightnow,I ammostexcitedabout...“unreleasedmusic
fromthePrincevault,swimmingintheoceanwithmykidsnextsummer,thethreebuilding
sites on my street finally wrapping up and seeing my English family again in 2020”.CONTRIBUTORS
GEORGES ANTONI; PHILIP CASTLETON; HANS BOOL; JAMES TOLICH. COMPILED BY CHRISTOPHER XI40 HARPERSBAZAAR.COM.AU September 2019