Ring Ghetto Gastro's Bop Line

October 14, 2024

Bronx-based culinary collective Ghetto Gastro, founded by Jon Gray, Pierre Serrao, and Lester Walker, recently unveiled their 'BOP LINE' campaign through @ghettogastrogoods with none other than wellness guru-in-chief, actress Gwyneth Paltrow. In what feels like a tongue-in-cheek nod to Goop’s ever-expanding wellness empire — where a jade egg and a detox tonic are considered life essentials — THE BOP MOBILE flips the script, embracing flavor over fasting.

Upcoming installments will feature actors Michael Ealy, Siddiq Sanderson, Jerrie Johnson, and rapper Malibu Mitch. But the real showstoppers are Ghetto Gastro’s newest toaster pastries: Brown Sugar and Sweet Potato, now available at Target.

Because sometimes, the real 'clean eating' is just a damn good pastry.

By Enzo Holdt
Video by Ghetto Gastro

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Newark Boys Chorus School x Something Special Studios

May 14, 2020

At the start of 2020, photographer Salim Green began visiting Newark Boys Chorus School (NBCS) which then led to a collaboration between the school and Something Special Studios (SSS). Over the course of a month, Green documented the school's significant impact on its students lives.

Established in 1969, NCBS is a tuition-free educational institution in Newark, New Jersey—and the only urban chorus school in America. The school's mission is to encourage and educate young students between third to eighth grade so that they can become “successful young men of sound character through rigorous academic and musical training,” according to a statement from NCBS.

While the school has always relied on community support to keep its doors open, NCBS needs our help now more than ever in the wake of COVID-19. The school and SSS are teaming up to raise money during the ongoing pandemic with a limited edition merch collection.

Text by Vivian Cheng
Photos by Salim Green

"As soon as you walk through the doors, you hear little kids singing—it's angelic. And I fell in love with it as I got to connect with the students. The boys were so full of energy, but there was a balance. They were always super focused and ready to perform. Then you catch them in the hallways, and they're all just running around, trying to do backflips and just being crazy. It's really a beautiful place," says Green.

Help keep their doors open by shopping the collab here, available for purchase now. All proceeds will be donated to the school.

Or make a direct donation to NCBS here.

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Amores Aparte Pero Siempre Juntos

This led to his new zine, Amores Aparte Pero Siempre Juntos (Spanish for "lovers apart but always together"). The work includes portraits of Velastegui's loved ones, friends, and snapshots of New York City nightlife and the underground club scene—as well as tangible objects of significance spanning from early 2018 to early 2020.

The book is a visual coming-of-age story, but it's also an artifact of the city viewed through the lens of a young creative. "My fondest memories from this time period are from when I had just turned 21," he says. "I had a lot of responsibility at that time, but a lot of independence as well. Life definitely felt like one big party back then." Oh, the thrill of just turning 21 in New York City—is there anything else like it?

Check out some of the photos below.

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Family of Man 2020

May 11, 2020

From January to May in 1955, New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) hosted The Family of Man photography exhibition. It showcased images from hundreds of different photographers from around the globe in a demonstration of unity and solidarity in the aftermath of World War II.

Fast-forwarding 65 years later, students from the University of Salford’s Fashion Image Making and Styling course have created a series of documentary photographs, inspired and named after the original Family of Man exhibition. Titled Family of Man 2020, the collection of images commemorates the love and humanity depicted within the original series.

"Families can be created through communities, through education, through friends," says one Salford student who took part in creating the latest exhibition. "I don’t discredit blood family and the importance of them, but it’s unfair to expect everyone have a strong blood family network and have that seen as the only important family network.”