Stunning new magazines Girls and Boys celebrate the newest model talent

Date
9 March 2015

I realise that a key part of my job is overcoming the difficulty in describing for the internet just how great printed matter is in the flesh, but with Girls and Boys magazines I really feel like I’ve got my work cut out for me. Created by fashion photographer and art director Brendan Freeman, the two new biannual publications celebrate the freshest in new model talent, and they do so in the simplest, cleanest way imaginable – large-format black-and-white magazines which pair outfit shots with close-up portraits.

I’m not sure whether it’s the photography or the styling that makes them feel so alive, but the whole package is completely beguiling. The models appear totally at ease, as though Brendan has extracted some ineffable quality from their character and crystallised it with his lens, while each one is set completely apart from all the others with a defining feature, a pair of shoes, a pose or a haircut. It’s an uncluttered insight into the slightly foreign but nonetheless fascinating modelling industry, and it’s perfectly executed.

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Brendan Freeman: Boys Magazine

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Brendan Freeman: Girls Magazine

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Brendan Freeman: Girls Magazine

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Brendan Freeman: Girls and Boys Magazine

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Maisie Skidmore

Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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