Student athletes, from the GIRLS GOTTA RUN FOUNDATION program, train on the outskirts of Bekoji, Ethiopia, 2016. Photograph by KENT ANDREASEN from the BEKOJI project with KNOX ROBINSON and JOEL WOLPERT.
23.5
2015 — 2016
Its name a refernce to the axial tilt of the earth, 23.5 (twenty-three-point-five) was a platform dedicated to global cultural narratives as told through short films and photo essays. Presented by the technology company VSCO, known for its innovative photography app, the programming featured stories from its own international community of amateur photographers and projects made through collaborations and commissions with guest creatives.
Select 23.5 projects
"Bekoji" (Installation Edit) by Joel Wolpert
"Kyoto" by Alan Algee
"A Line Drawn in the Rez Dirt" by Everything Is Stories
"Conversations with Otura Mun" by Omid Fatemi
Credits
Creative Director, Sr. Editor: Lee Harrison
Editor: Brandi Fluent
Art Director: Kristian Henson
Producer: Wilson Cameron
Executive Producer: Meagan Wood
Chief Creative Officer (VSCO): Wayne Wu
Photograph by KENT ANDREASEN from the BEKOJI project, 2016.
Photograph by KENT ANDREASEN frrom the BEKOJI project, 2016.
Young student athletes, from the GIRLS GOTTA RUN FOUNDATION program, make time for play between school and training, Bekoji, Ethiopia, 2016. Photograph by KENT ANDREASEN from the BEKOJI project.
A blur of runners training in a eucalyptus grove on the outskirts of Bekoji, Ethiopia, 2016. Photograph by KENT ANDREASEN from the BEKOJI project.
Still from a trailer for KYOTO by ALAN ALGEE, 2016.
Still from a trailer for KYOTO by ALAN ALGEE, 2016.
Still from the short film KYOTO by ALAN ALGEE, 2016.
A Navajo tribal elder sits for a portrait, Round Rock, AZ, 2016. Photograph by CLARKE TOLTON from the DINÈTAH project by EVERYTHING IS STORIES.
Dusk in Shiprock, NM, 2016. Photograph by CLARKE TOLTON from the DINÈTAH project by EVERYTHING IS STORIES.
A cattle drive near Shiprock, NM, 2016. Photograph by CLARKE TOLTON from the DINÈTAH project by EVERYTHING IS STORIES.
The son and grandson of Navajo medicine woman WALKING THUNDER, near Sheep Springs, NM, 2016. Photograph by CLARKE TOLTON from the DINÈTAH project by EVERYTHING IS STORIES.
Still from the short film CONVERSATIONS WITH OTURA MUN by OMID FATEMI, 2016.
Poster design by WAYNE WU, 2016.
Cover design by KRISTIAN HENSON, 2016.
Algiers, Algeria, 2014. Photograph by MARCELA BARRIOS. Published by 23.5 in 2016.
Notting Hill Carnival, London, England. Photograph by CRAIG BERNARD from his archive of images made between 2007 and 2016, part of an ongoing project by the photographer entitled SWEAT & HYPE. Published by 23.5 in 2016.
Notting Hill Carnival, London, England. Poster featuring a photograph by CRAIG BERNARD. Published by 23.5 in 2016.
Notting Hill Carnival, London, England. Photograph by CRAIG BERNARD. Published by 23.5 in 2016.