Sneeze Magazine #8 Cover - Izabel Goulart, Photo: Robert Nethery, Stylist: James Tinnelly

Robert Nethery photographed Izabel Goulart for the cover of Sneeze Magazine Issue #8, with stylist James Tinnelly in NYC.

Sneeze Magazine Issue #8 Cover
Model: Izabel Goulart
Photographer: Robert Nethery
Stylist: James Tinnelly
Hair: Jordan M
Makeup: Mizu

Sneeze Magazine #8 Cover - Izabel Goulart, Photo: Robert Nethery, Stylist: James Tinnelly

Robert Nethery photographed Izabel Goulart for the cover of Sneeze Magazine Issue #8, with stylist James Tinnelly in NYC.

Sneeze Magazine Issue #8 Cover
Model: Izabel Goulart
Photographer: Robert Nethery
Stylist: James Tinnelly
Hair: Jordan M
Makeup: Mizu

Sneeze Magazine issue #8 cover preview - Izabel Goulart, Photo: Robert Nethery, Stylist: James Tinnelly

Robert Nethery photographed Izabel Goulart for the cover of Sneeze Magazine Issue #8, with stylist James Tinnelly in NYC.

Sneeze Magazine Issue #8 Cover
Model: Izabel Goulart
Photographer: Robert Nethery
Stylist: James Tinnelly
Hair: Jordan M
Makeup: Mizu

Sneeze Magazine issue #8 cover preview - Izabel Goulart, Photo: Robert Nethery, Stylist: James Tinnelly

Robert Nethery photographed Izabel Goulart for the cover of Sneeze Magazine Issue #8, with stylist James Tinnelly in NYC.

Sneeze Magazine Issue #8 Cover
Model: Izabel Goulart
Photographer: Robert Nethery
Stylist: James Tinnelly
Hair: Jordan M
Makeup: Mizu

Black Tie Optional

Contributing Editor Editorial
Model: Rachel Alexander
Photographer: Robert Nethery
Stylist: Michaela Dosamentes
Hair: Jordan M
Makeup: Mizu

The entire story can be seen at: ContributingEditor.com

Sneeze Magazine #5 - Valentina Zelyaeva, Photo: Robert Nethery

Sneeze Magazine Issue #5
Model: Valentina Zelyaeva
Photographer: Robert Nethery
Stylist: James Tinnelly
Hair: Jordan M
Makeup: Sara Glick

Regina, Photo: Robert Nethery

Robert Nethery photographed Regina Feoktistova on Memorial Day, May 25, 2009 on Long Island.

Model: Regina Feoktistova
Photographer: Robert Nethery
Stylist: James Tinnelly
Hair: Jordan M
Makeup: Sara Glick

Regina, Photo: Jordan M

Yesterday, model Regina, photographer Robert Nethery, makeup artist Sara Glick, hair stylist Jordan M and stylist (myself) took a road trip in Sara's car to Long Island for a shoot.

Jordan brought his vintage Polaroid Land camera and caught these moments in between shots on precious peel-back Polaroid film:





This was my favorite Memorial Day ever - making pictures in the sun with an amazing, inspired team and a beautiful woman.

A.M. Homes, Photo: Robert Nethery

Robert Nethery photographed author A.M. Homes for Wishful Thinkers, a limited edition book & gallery show at Milk Gallery. Proceeds from sales of the book & prints exhibited at Milk Gallery benefited FINCA International.

Wishful Thinkers is a project by Blackstar, a new design collective founded by creative director Marie Suter and photographer Viki Forhsee, to benefit the Foundations for International Community Assistance. FINCA International's mission is to provide financial services to low-income entrepreneurs in an effort to help create jobs, build assets and improve standards of living. Started in 1984, the microcredit organization reaches nearly a quarter of a million clients in more than twenty countries. FINCA International lends primarily to women in accordance with the belief that the surest and most direct way to improve the welfare of the world's children is to bolster their mother's ability to care for them.

-Melinda Anderson

Wishful Thinkers - A.M. Homes & Jennifer Venditti

According to Wikipedia, The Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA International) is a non-profit, microfinance organization, founded by John Hatch in 1984. Sometimes referred to as the "World Bank for the Poor" and a "poverty vaccine for the planet", FINCA is the innovator of the village banking methodology in microcredit and is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modern day microfinance.



Milk Gallery is hosting "Wishful Thinkers", a photography show of 50 Inspirational Women, to benefit FINCA International tonight, between 7 to 10pm.

Filmmaker & Casting Director Jennifer Venditti is amongst the 50 Inspirational Women photographed for "Wishful Thinkers". Her debut film, Billy The Kid, won numerous awards, including the Jury Prize at the South by Southwest Festival.



Author A.M. Homes was photographed by Robert Nethery for Wishful Thinkers. A.M. Homes is the author of the novels, This Book Will Save Your Life, Music for Torching , The End of Alice, In a Country of Mothers , and Jack , as well as the short-story collections, Things You Should Know and The Safety of Objects , the travel memoir, Los Angeles: People, Places, and the Castle on the Hill , and the artist's book Appendix A. I've written before how much the books & short stories of A.M. Homes mean to me.

Women Loves Robert Nethery

Robert Nethery was born in Amityville, New York on the south shore of Long Island. Amityville is the town immediately to the east of where I grew up. At 2 years old he relocated to Miami, Florida. He grew up around the beach and sun of South Florida, becoming obsessed with skateboarding and then with surfing.

During middle school he started listening to punk music when all the other kids were listening to freestyle and the booty bass of Luther Campbell. He loved the good stuff as well so he became the surfer kid who listened to punk music but could still go to a house party and get down dancing to Stacey Q and 2 Live Crew. Working at the surf shop was his high school job. Going out at night in Miami at an early age exposed him to decadent people living the glamorous life.

Robert studied Graphic Design at the New England School of Art and Design in Boston. After school he returned to Miami. Through connections he made working at the surf shop in high school he started assisting photographers shooting editorial (as well as German catalogs) in Miami.

In Robert's own words:

Then one day I got a phone call from my good friend and ex boss Scott from the surfshop and he was telling me this guy Bruce was in the store and he is a photographer and that he had told him about me doing photo assisting and that if he ever needed an assistant he should call me. I didn't think much of it because we always had photographers shop there. Then about a week later I got a phone call from Bruce Weber I couldn't believe it he asked me if I was interested in working with him and that if so I should come meet his assistants in Miami. I went to meet them and did a job with them that weekend I ended up working with him for 2 years as his full time assistant traveling and having the experience of my life. I got to meet amazing people and see places that most likely I would have never visited. I also learned not only the technical aspect of photography but how to use a medium to tell a story and convey an idea from one of the best photographers in the world. I left Bruce's camp about a year and a half ago and now I'm working on my own photographs for fashion publications, other clients and always trying to capture what I remember growing up and trying to create the fantasy that I always wanted to live in but couldn't outside of my photographs.

That's when I began working with Robert. In October he emailed me an image that inspired him: a beautiful woman wearing a bodysuit with spaghetti straps and black hosiery. The image inspired me as well, and we discussed the idea of myself styling a shoot with him. We also discussed who was the right woman to photograph, and the right time.

Ana Mihajlovic is that woman that inspired us. She has all the essential qualities that good models have: symmetrical features, clear soft skin, lush hair, emeralds for eyes. What makes Ana a great model is her charm, her gentle ways, her strength, her patience, her body language, her sexyness, and her true love for fashion. This is my 2nd sitting working with Ana. For this shoot we collaborated - Ana brought the fringed sheer top/minidress and several other amazing pieces. Ana is a modern woman - she collects vintage fashion that flatters her and appeals to her sense of whimsy. Her discreet elegance and natural beauty make it impossible to take your eyes off of her.

Robert photographed Ana Mihajlovic on March 8th, 2009. It was a small, intimate shoot: just Robert, Ana, myself and Christian MacDonald assisting Robert. No hair & makeup - just a camera, light and Ana.

I look forward to working with Robert again this Saturday.

Ana Mihajlovic, Ph: Robert Nethery:


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