The absolute best photos of 2017 (in The FADER)
Butts, flowers on fire, Migos.
Winter Fashion
Photography by Caroline Tompkins. Fashion by Shibon Kennedy.
The day Trump became president I watched the inauguration on my laptop while editing a fashion story about butts.
The next day I walked down 5th Ave. breastfeeding my daughter. We were surrounded by thousands of other women. We were yelling.
The following 12 months would be punctuated by moments like this. A constant tug between the rhythm of motherhood and this serrated American moment.
The photography I love from this year occupies a similar space. These are images that wobble. Bodies fall, stretch, and are pressed against glass. Faces are obscured by leaves, hands, shadow, or viced by a bison jaw. A rose is on fire.
These are photos that feel like 2017 to me. A bit stuck. A bit free.
Kelela
Photographer Renell Medrano. Fashion by Shibon Kennedy.
Stormzy
Photography by Carlota Guerrero. Fashion by Margherita Alaimo.
Dreamcrusher
Nathan Bajar
Perfume Genius
Photography by Cara Stricker. Fashion by Hillary Taymour.
RAYE
Cian Oba-Smith
YB
Akasha Rabut
Paramore’s Hayley Williams
Jason Nocito
Cardi B
Photography by Samantha Casolari. Fashion by Kollin Carter
Lil Peep
G L Askew II
Lil Peep's Bed
G L Askew II
J Hus
Dan Wilton
Lil Yachty
Photographer Brad Ogbonna. Fashion by Shibon Kennedy.
Outtake from Noah Cyrus GenF
Amy Li
Levels Barbershop, New York, NY
Doug Segars
OMB Peezy
Sean Lemoine
Julien Baker
Lyndon French
Migos
Photography by G L Askew II. Styling by Marko The Curator. Prop styling by David Browne
Young M.A.
Photography by Cait Oppermann Fashion by Shibon Kennedy
Cashmere Cat
Chantal Anderson
Dreamcrusher
Nathan Bajar
Summer Fashion
Fashion by Shibon Kennedy. Photographer Samuel Bradley
Summer Fashion
Fashion by Shibon Kennedy. Photographer Samuel Bradley
Kelela
Photographer Renell Medrano. Fashion by Shibon Kennedy.
Fall Fashion - Texture
Photography by Leah Mandel & Natalie de Segonzac. Fashion by Nazuk Kochhar
Swae Lee
Mary Kang
Perfume Genius
Photography by Cara Stricker. Fashion by Hillary Taymour. Grooming by Casey Gouveia
Lil Uzi Vert
Tyler Mitchell
Winter Fashion
Photography by Caroline Tompkins. Fashion by Shibon Kennedy
Julia Michaels
Renell Medrano
Kiddy Smile
Anaïs Boileau
Hayley Williams
Jason Nocito
Nef The Pharaoh
Mancy Gant
Ruby Olisemeka, Graham School Garden
Naima Green
Young M.A.
Cait Opperman
Romeo Santos
Rose Marie Cromwell
Snail Mail
Amy Li
Snail Mail
Amy Li
sorority noise
Christopher Leaman
Raye
Cian Oba-Smith
ibeyi
Photography by Amber Mahoney. Fashion by Shibon Kennedy
Ibeyi
Photography by Amber Mahoney. Fashion by Shibon Kennedy
J Hus
Dan Wilton
Mr Eazi
Ike Edeani
Kali Uchis
Photographer Tyler Mitchell. Fashion by Mar Peidro
Cardi B
Photography by Samantha Casolari. Fashion by Kollin Carter.
Photography by Leah Mandel & Natalie de Segonzac. Fashion by Nazuk Kochhar
Georgia Pratt
Amanda Jasnowski