HERO - LAUNCH ISSUE
Robbie Wadge by Matthew Kristall

SUMMER/FALL 2009

IT’S TAKEN MANY DAYS AND NIGHTS OF ENDLESS TOILING TO BRING YOU THIS SELECT LITTLE PACKAGE OF WHAT WE THINK IS QUITE POSSIBLY THE RIPEST BUNCH OF INTERNATIONAL MODEL TALENT YOU ARE LIKELY TO FIND. THERE’S RYAN FROM THE CAVALLI SHOW, RORY FROM THAT TOPSHOP THINGY AND WE SWEAR WE’VE SEEN HARRY IN A JW ANDERSON AD... AND ALTHOUGH WE REALLY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO WRITE THAT WE HAD PHOTOGRAPHED GUYS ‘FROM PARIS TO BERLIN AND EVERY DISCO I GO IN’, INSTEAD IT TURNED OUT THE PARIS SHOOT FELL THROUGH SO IN FACT THAT WOULD BE A LIE. COME TO THINK OF IT THERE WERE NO DISCOS EITHER.

BUY IT!

A SNEAKY PEEK INSIDE THE LAUNCH ISSUE – 100 PAGES ON GORGEOUS UNCOATED PAPER

THE LAUNCH ISSUE, FEATURING:
RYAN KONING FROM MAJOR MODELS NYC, LIVIO AND MAX FROM Q IN NYC, JAKE AND SAM FROM SELECT IN LONDON, ANTHONY FROM D1 IN LONDON, REMY FROM MODELS 1 IN LONDON, NICOLAS FROM CENTO IN BERLIN, JASE, WESLEY, OLLIE, RICKY AND RORY FROM M&P LONDON, LUUC FROM REPUBLIC IN AMSTERDAM, ROBBIE FROM VNY IN NYC, ALEX FROM STORM IN LONDON, JAREK AND MICHAEL B FOX FROM I LOVE MODELS MODELS MANAGEMENT IN MILAN, HARRY FROM NEVS IN LONDON, PATRICK AND PATRYK FROM NINE DAUGHTERS AND A STEREO IN COLOGNE, ROY FROM RE:QUEST IN NYC, LUIZ FROM BEATRICE IN MILAN AND RIVER FROM MAROE/STARS IN MADRID.

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS:
CARLOS VAZQUEZ, DAMIAN SAMMARCO, FABIEN KRUSZELNICKI, ISABEL ASHA PENZLIEN, JAMES WEST, JEREMY KOST, KIRA BUNSE, MASSIMO PAMPARANA, MATTHEW KRISTALL, PELAYO DÍAZ ZAPICO, SAM SCOTT SCHIAVO, SIMON HARRIS AND STEFAN HEINRICHS.

HERO MAGAZINE: Ryan from Major Model Management, New York, photography by Matthew Kristall

HERO MAGAZINE: Ryan from Major Model Management, New York, photography by Matthew Kristall

Ryan from Major Model Management, New York, photography by Matthew Kristall

HERO MAGAZINE: Max from Q, New York, photography by Jeremy Kost

Max from Q, New York, photography by Jeremy Kost

HERO MAGAZINE: Luuc from Cento in Berlin, photography by Massimo Pamparana

Luuc from Republic in Amsterdam, photography by Massimo Pamparana

HERO MAGAZINE: River from Maroe/Stars, Madrid, photography by Carlos Vazquez

River from Maroe/Stars, Madrid, photography by Carlos Vazquez

HERO MAGAZINE: Nicolas from Cento, Berlin, photography by Stefan Heinrichs

HERO MAGAZINE: Nicolas from Cento, Berlin, photography by Stefan Heinrichs

Nicolas from Cento, Berlin, photography by Stefan Heinrichs

HERO MAGAZINE: Michael B Fox from I Love Models Management, Milan, photography by Sam Scott Schiavo

Michael B Fox from I Love Models Management, Milan, photography by Sam Scott Schiavo