Contributors

Madeleine Vizard

“It was my first time working with Vogue and I loved collaborating with the team on this shoot,” says Melbournebased multi-disciplinary artist Madeleine Vizard on her creations used in ‘Green shoots’, from page 68. Drawing inspiration from the sea, Vizard set out to bring the botanic hue to life by manipulating flowers through sculpture to accompany vibrant verdant accessories. “I was given a lot of creative freedom with the florals and the only thing set in stone was the green product, so there was room to play,” she says. “I like combining man-made and natural materials, so I thought the floral sculpture coming out of the shoe would tie in well.”

Nardi Simpson

Tasked with interviewing Yolngu woman Magnolia Maymuru for the cover of this issue, Yuwaalaraay storyteller, performer and award-winning author Nardi Simpson explores the depth of connection between woman and country. “It was wonderful to speak to a countrywoman about culture, homelands and family,” shares the writer. “As I listened to her speak of the love of her homelands, I was transported there, sitting on the beach at Yirrkala [in Arnhem Land], hearing its gentle, rolling waves and drinking in the colours of sunrise.” On how the assignment challenged her, Simpson says: “The responsibility to frame Magnolia’s personal words with the right context and integrity – to write someone else’s story – is a very different approach for me.”

Damien Cave

When Damien Cave moved here in early 2017 to set up the local The New York Times bureau, he didn’t expect signing up his kids for Nippers would ultimately lead to his new book Into The Rip: How the Australian Way of Risk Made My Family Stronger, Happier … and Less American. “I found myself surprisingly anxious by the demand placed on my kids in the ocean,” he says. In this month’s Voice (from 58), Cave explores his changed outlook from this ‘new beginning’. “There are deeper shifts that come from the accumulation of seemingly small changes. [It’s] forced me to think beyond myself and remember something philosopher Blaise Pascal said about humankind: ‘We are all something, but none of us are everything.’”

Stephanie Yazbek

Inspired by the power of femininity and the wonder of nature’s cycles, Sydney-based collage artist Stephanie Yazbek endeavoured to create “otherworldly” images that demonstrated ‘new beginnings’ for this month’s trend report ‘A new day dawns’, from page 62. “I obsessively play until I’ve collaged out in front of me a mirror of the feelings and visuals I have internally,” says Yazbek of her creative process. “The most rewarding part of my work is allowing my stream of consciousness to run free, allowing my thoughts and feelings to come out into physical form. Sometimes I work out what I’m feeling or trying to say after I’ve created my collages,” she shares.