Legendary art director Ezra Petronio talks about taking Polaroids of upstart industry trailblazers, being mentored by Miuccia Prada, and pioneering cult fashion mag Self Service
In Ezra Petronio’s world, no man is an island and collaboration is king. Accordingly, the primary words the celebrated art director and co-founder and artistic director of Self Service magazine pens in his recent monograph are quite literally, ‘a shared journey’. Similarly, when his publisher suggested some friends might provide quotes about his work, he dismissed the idea for something more universal. “I said no way – if you happen to want people then I’ll ask them to answer questions on creative integrity,” he explains.
Subsequently, Ezra Petronio: Visual Pondering & Image Making features,...
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