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ED ITO R I N CHI E F CHIEF CRE AT I V E OF F IC ER HEA D O F CO NT E N T
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Austin Hunkins Alexander Rodchenko El Lissitzky Alexey Br odovitch Randy Dunbar Car ly Cohen Yosuke Onishi Paul Renner Vladim ir M ayakovsky Ter r y Richar dson Par ker Day M ar tin M am om i Tr iston Rober ts
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Dear R ead er s , Turf Mag az ine’s or i g i n a l i n te n d e d p u rp o s e w a s to i nform the i n t er nat ional ur b a n c o m m u n i ti e s o n fa s h i on, musi c and l i festy le. I t has come to o u r a tte n ti o n th a t w e have become mu ch m or e. We wou l d l i k e to th a n k y o u a l l fo r your conti nued su ppor t . Wit hout ou r i n c re d i b l e fo l l o w i n g th e cl ose bri dge we cre at e wit h t he p u b l i c to th e i r i d o l s a n d i cons al i ke w oul d neve r b e f at hom ab l e . -Austi n Hunk ins Edi to r in Chief
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IN THE FIELD FOOD
DOWNTOWN’S BEST SANDWICH. The Epic Search for Downtown Los Angeles’s Most Delicious Sandwich Los Angeles has its fair share of great sandwiches, and even takes credit for inventing one: the French dip. Since the “accident” of the French dip in the early 20th century, LA.’s sandwich pantheon has added many standard-bearing types, such as the pastrami, corned beef, Italian submarine, Cuban, Greek and even Vietnamese sandwiches, a claim to its diversity from Westside to Eastside. In addition to decades-old favorites, there are some new-school sandwiches that have become instant classics. Here presented, 25 epic LA sandwiches to eat before you die. Los Angeles has its fair share of great sandwiches, and even takes credit for inventing one: the French dip. Story & Photos: Austin Hunkins
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IN THE FIELD TRAVEL
I LOVE NEW YORK Why New York is capital of the world and why you need to be there now. Even if you’re not mesmerized by the city’s soaring skyscrapers and monuments, you’ll be blown away by its flourishing arts, food, fashion and nightlife scenes. You can spend your morning browsing Fifth Avenue’s designer racks and your afternoon catching stunning city views from the Top of the Rock Observation Deck. Or, if you’re an art lover, you can admire the striking works on display at the Met and the Guggenheim before feasting on ethnic fare in Chinatown or Little Italy. If you still have some energy (and cash) left over, don’t miss the chance to snag tickets to an award-winning Broadway show or hop over to one of the low key rooftop bars and jazz clubs illuminating the Meatpacking District after dark. Story & Photos: Austin Hunkins
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IN THE FIELD 5TH FLOOR
FIDM’S BEST KEPT SECRET: THE 5TH FLOOR. An inside look into FIDM’s most desirable location to showcase who you are and why you’re here. Visual com pros are experts at designing the perfect window display or pulling together the perfect outfit—and making it look like a work of art. With classes in quick sketching, Photoshop and Illustrator, and practice working in teams and analyzing trends, students become experts at design and visual communication. In the classroom, students collaborate on real-world projects with companies like Saks Fifth Avenue and Disney Stores North America. Internships have included Anthropologie, Giorgio Armani, Warner Bros., and luxury brand owner Richemont. Story & Photos: Austin Hunkins
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RISE THE ASCENT OF TRAVIS SCOTT
HOW THIS HOUSTON RAPPER AC C E L E R AT E D TO THE TOP OF THE MUSIC WORLD AND BECAME A GLOBAL ICON FOR MUSIC, FA S H I O N , A N D L I F E S T Y L E .
BY: AUSTIN HUNKINS PHOTOS: CARLY COHEN
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t Up & Down, the club/bar on 14th St., Travis is throwing
a typically raucous party to celebrate Rodeo’s midnight release. Through the madness the audience learns small nuggets of information about the record: Travis “worked on [Rodeo] for eight months with [his] closest fucking friends” and “90210” is his favorite song on the album and, as such, we should “pay attention to this shit.” His one explicit thank-you is to Sickamore, my onetime L.A. spirit guide, whom Travis refers to as a “bald-headed motherfucker.”
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he industry icon and 300 Entertainment CEO
is seated at a table (liquor completely untouched) with his new fiancée, the Chinese model-turned-art consultant Xin Li, casually taking in a scene where he is easily the calmest, oldest, and most important guy in the room. One imagines he’s been in this exact same position many times before, feting the aspiring rap star of the moment at some “hot” nightclub. Cohen’s exact professional relationship with Travis is a murky one that I never end up fully understanding. Travis isn’t signed to 300, but Cohen is involved with some aspects of management bringing Travis’ manager count to something around three and the two are close.
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still can’t pin Travis down, as he is utterly consumed with what’s happening right now: toasting to the greatest accomplishment of his life thus far. I get it. While Travis rages—the next day he will let his 700K-plus Instagram followers know he threw up.
I find myself almost uncomfortably close to Lyor Cohen as Rodeo booms around us.
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DOCUMENTING THE DEFINING YEARS OF HIP HOP
CHI MODU
When Modu ďŹ rst met Tupac during a shoot in Atlanta for The Source magazine in 1994, he quickly won his trust and respect. This was the beginning of a relationship that would last until Tupac’s death in September 1996, when he was shot in a drive-by in Las Vegas after a leaving a Mike Tyson boxing match.
Chi ďŹ rst picked up a camera while a student at Rutgers. After honing his skills at the International Center of Photography, he landed a job at The Source, which was the deďŹ nitive magazine of hip hop culture. It was here that Chi developed relationships with the biggest icons of the hip hop movement, including Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, and L-L Cool J, most of whom were not yet famous.
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Tupac felt comfortable around Modu because, in Modu’s words, “I didn’t really look at my subjects as just celebrities. I saw them as young black guys like me. It allowed me to get closer and it allowed them to be comfortable and just be who they were.” This is what allowed Modu to capture the candid, unstaged, human side of this emerging superstar rather than the commercialized persona he was encouraged to portray. Instead of seeing Tupac onstage performing, we see him at home during unguarded moments, doing those commonplace things all of us do, looking young and vulnerable.
In addition to shooting over 30 cover photos for The Source as their Director of Photography, Chi was able to capture the musicians in candid, unexpected moments, due to his disarming manner and unique perspective. His photos include some of the most groundbreaking, memorable images of that era, including Tupac Smoking and Biggie WTC (standing in from of the World Trade Towers). He not only chronicled and deďŹ ned the most important phase of the hip hop movement, now a global force, he also was able to deďŹ ne the artists and show them as real people, rather than one-dimensional celebrities.
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Chi’s unusual background is probably responsible for the unique way he sees and captures the world around him. Born in Nigeria and raised in New Jersey, Chi had to decide at a young age whether to return with his parents to Nigeria or stay behind at boarding school. He chose boarding school, and found himself at Lawrenceville, the prestigious prep school attended by the likes of Michael Eisner and Malcolm Forbes. With his parents on the other side of the world, Chi developed a strong independent streak, which later would manifest itself in his work.
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