For the past month or so I have worked with incredible artists and photographers on the making of Spirited’s Noir generation.

My favorite part in Spirited’s trajectory is when I can work closely with the story and guide its path with a series of elements: the artist, the feedback, the muse and the final product.

These are unreleased and unselected shots that are not going to be in the magazine because we couldn’t justify using all of them to tell a story (even knowing we wanted to), but are images I love for one reason or another. I finally begin to understand what it means to have too much of a good thing. I’m in love with this issue, I’m in love with the magazine right now and its possibilities.

Thank you friends.

Photography Brendan David Coyne

Fashion & Production Amanda Maciel Antunes 

Kair&Mua Kacie Corbelle

Models Holli Featherstone & Avion Pearce

Made in China Editorial.

In exhibit at Lorem Ipsum Bookstore Gallery throughout the month in preparation for our upcoming reception and readings.

photography Brendan David Coyne

fashion editor Amanda Maciel Antunes (d.aMa)

model Hazel James

The aisle.

The Wedding Ceremony.

Part I of many. This one goes as a teaser to those waiting. 

“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about.” 
— John Steinbeck (East of Eden)

[photography Brendan Coyne]