April 2011
{tap} style, literature, & fashion culture
{contents} Cover by Mary Rippe {4} A Note From The Editor Letter by Geneva Gleason {6} Inspirations Photo by Xio Alvarez {8} Backstory Self-portrait by Mary Rippe {10} Odysseus’ Emotions Explained Photo-story by Mary Rippe {18} Street Style: East Village Photos by Geneva Gleason {22} My Childhood, I Guess Photo by Clara Smith {23} 1999 Poem by Rebecca Plotkin {24} Thoughts Photo by Kaitlin Abrams
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{a note from the editor}
{Since the beginning of {tap} in 2009, we have been dedicated to publishing the most aesthetically pleasing, fashionable, and artistically stylish magazine possible for our readers. In this issue you will see an innumerable amount of changes and alterations, but we would like to assure you that our mission and morals are the same. {tap} may look different, but it is our sole aspiration that this change of appearance enables even more every day style from our much beloved readers. As this is our 2nd anniversary issue, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you, whether you discovered {tap} yesterday or have been with us from the beginning; our publishing journey. We would be meaningless without your support. Our gratitude is overwhelming, and we hope that {tap} continues to be your source of fashion inspiration and entertainment for many years to come. Happy birthday to us!}
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“I thought that it was interesting how each book in the Odyssey was like a story in of itself. I also find this true for photographs; how each photo has it’s own unique characteristics. I decided to merge my visual aid into something not only visual but linked to another story. I chose the photos to be in black and white because grayscale draws attention to the tone, texture, shadows, lighting et al. of the composition. Details such as the shadows and the tones are like the details in the story (being the picture) that helps to shape it’s identity. Like Odysseus, his characteristics and the way he forged his identity can be seen through this small section of the Odyssey. Basically: tone = Odysseus’ defining traits in the story. Also, the shadows in the shots are representative of Athena to Odysseus and how she always shadows him throughout the book. She is the one who sends Nausicaa to the river to wash her clothes where Odysseus just happened to be. She’s also the one who wakes Odysseus from his slumber, causing him to get out of the tree and seek help. Even later on she changes Odysseus’ appearance to appear more pleasing to Nausicaa and others. Athena is Odysseus’ shadow who aids him throughout the book as the actual shadows in the shot aid the story of the picture.” -Mary Rippe, Contributing Photographer on her photo-story “Odysseus’ Emotions Explained”
ODYSSEUS’ EMOTIONS EXPLAINED A photo-story by Mary Rippe.
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My brother was born that day Devon wanted a cheeseburger And I wanted an English muffin Back then I still called her “Dev”
We went to a park Styled like an inner-city slip n’ slide Sprinklers with the little rocks stuck in with the concrete making up the sides Built to spray laughing children in the summertime But I’d be gone long before that It was winter.
There was a red jungle gym Too twisted for a three-year-old version of myself to climb Go play, my uncle said But I didn’t want to.
I was always too shy I had to grow into my confidence But he was born cross-eyed And very un-shy
{thoughts} “Then everything was still. Absolutely still.� -Mary Pope Osborne