Issue No. 10, 2016-17. Contributors’ Notes 

MONICA ALBORNOZ is a junior majoring in Studio Art and minoring in Psychology. She is mostly interested in the concepts of memory, trauma, and alienation, and is exploring ways to incorporate them into her art. Monica grew up in Bogota, Colombia, and is currently studying abroad at NYU Berlin.

ALEX BOLLINGTON is a sophomore at Gallatin who is currently concentrating in environmental science and activist photography. He hails from England but has spent time moving around the world liv- ing in places like New Jersey, Hong Kong, and South Carolina. Alex hopes to one day work for National Geographic, but until then you can find him running around the city with his camera trying to find the coolest spots to shoot.

CARLY STORM BORTMAN is a senior in the Comparative Liter- ature department. Her focus is on Creative Writing with a minor in French. She is enrolled in the BA/MA program and will complete her Master’s degree in Comp Lit following completion of her undergrad- uate degree this May. Previous publications include her short story “The Author” and poem “A + B” in the Fall 2016 issue of Brio, NYU’s Undergraduate Comparative Literature Journal. Carly is from Natick, Massachusetts.

ARTHUR COOKE is a Los Angeles-born image-maker interested in conflicting sentimentalities. He is currently going to school in New York and makes and takes pictures as a way of remembering as well as constructing alternative ways of looking at the world through photographs.

SERENA DEVI is a Journalism and Social and Cultural Analysis stu- dent at NYU. She is originally from Lexington, Kentucky.

CLAIRE DORFMAN is a junior in the Photography and Imaging Department at the Tisch School of the Arts. An interest in pursuing a Spanish language degree led her to South America last year, where she spent several months documenting the architectural landscapes of the different cultures she encountered. After graduation, Claire intends to return to Latin America to continue her work with photographic education and conservation.

JEAN-LUC MARSH is a senior at New York University (CAS ’17) pursuing a major in International Relations and minors in Environmental Biology and Middle Eastern Studies. He is an avid backpacker, amateur photographer, and ceviche aficionado.

NATHAN MIERSKI can do more push-ups than anybody. JAMES KELLY QUIGLEY was born and raised in New York.

CARLIANN RITTMAN is a junior majoring in Media, Culture, and Communications and minoring in Creative Writing who refuses to brush her hair and likes to dance around in oversized hoodies pretending that Prince wrote his songs about her.

ELENA CABOT RODRÍGUEZ is an NYU student from Boston, Massachusetts. She’s currently a sophomore at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study where she is studying English Literature and Creative Writing. She’s recently become interested in photography.

EMILY ROESE is a senior at Gallatin studying psycholinguistics and literature. She values storytelling as a generative tool for change, and has written for Milk Media and Huffington Post among other news outlets. As a graduating senior she hopes to one day have a job. 

BRENDAN ROSENTHAL is an artist interested in creating a greater understanding between different cultures. His interest in cross-cultural communication began during his travels to Israel. Seeing part of the climate in the Middle East, he became curious how art could serve to dissolve opposition. Brendan continued his interest in cross-cultural communication, studying at the Shanghai Theatre Academy’s Winter Institute in Shanghai with plans to study at Tisch’s International Theatre Wing in Amsterdam.

TASHIANA SEEBECK is a sophomore Linguistics major from Buena Park, California. She would like to thank her parents and Tim Kim.

Much of JOEY SOLOMON’s work centers around false senses of be- longing and beauty, and the quiet detriments of mankind’s influence on Earth. Now twenty years old, he has exhibited in galleries and museums internationally. The image shown in this volume is from his collective series titled “The Remarkable Stretching House,” a personal narrative based on the acceptance of letting go and the delicate convergence of past and present. Joey Solomon is a current student at NYU’s undergraduate Photography & Imaging department, minoring in Creative Writing. See more of his work at www.joeysolomonphoto.com.

CAROLINE WEEKS is a senior in CAS studying English and Creative Writing originally from south Georgia. She began writing poems and her first novel around age nine and aspires to become a professor of Creative Writing. She is a feminist, mental health advocate, and lover of language.

LAWRENCE WU is a senior at NYU studying Social and Cultural Analysis. He loves dollar pizza, new forms of digital storytelling, and Russell Westbrook. He was also featured on a “This American Life” episode that destroyed and rebuilt him (in a good way). Follow him for more work @lawrencioguapo.

KIT ZAUHAR is a senior at Tisch majoring in Film & TV Production with a minor in Creative Writing. In her spare time she enjoys knitting, eating tacos, and karaoke. As of now her writing and film explore the intersection of sex, love, and technology. You can find out more about her work and life at www.kitzauhar.com.