Photographer Ella Pavlides
Fashion Rachel Allison
Introduction Madison Huizinga
Photographer Assistant Bella Galliano-Hale
"I have always had a fascination with objects. The way that they hold stories, either explicitly linked to a memory or by becoming vessels for speculation. I have built up collections of objects over the years; old toys, fossils and bones found digging in the garden as a child, bottle caps and tin cans flattened by cars."
-MILO KESTER
"I seem to be drawn to corners that feel mundane but also, through the light and atmosphere, feel beautiful or wild in some way. My childhood was spent growing up above my family's restaurant in a busy part of central London, with holidays in the highlands of Scotland. I can feel the influence of both places in my work."
-RANNY MACDONALD
"Sometimes the creative process feels incredibly focused and calming, and other times, frustrating or obsessive. Painting is slow, so there's a lot of time spent sitting with uncertainty."
-LAWRENCE PERRY
To be rooted is to be anchored. It is to feel that some part of us is fixed, that something about our history can endure. Naturally, when we want to feel rooted, we look to where we came from. Our hometown landscape and childhood mementoes not only ground us, but also spur inspiration for new creation. But being rooted is also somewhat of an oxymoron, as nothing is ever that fixed. Memories and emotional associations are simultaneously stable and ever-changing, as are the physical spaces and objects themselves.
Artists Milo Kester, Ranny MacDonald, and Lawrence Perry are interested in the fixed and transient elements of their homes and present environments. Whether from the rocky, dusty landscape of Los Angeles or the rolling green hills and quiet restraint of England, they are fascinated by the stories inherent in seemingly mundane, insignificant moments and objects. The graininess of a VHS tape, a bottlecap ring lost and found on the roadside. Paint peeling off the side of a building, a teenager figuring out how to tie his first tie. They are moved by that which is both immovable and fleeting, and the interaction between the man-made and the natural physical world.
Take in the full 18-page story beyond this teaser. Our brand new Spring Summer 2026 issue, "ROOTS", is available to buy online. The digital version is now available for purchase.
