Spread by Stephanie Mill in NIGHTED Life 3
The BO$S LADIES issue.
48 page full color, full bleed zine featuring photos & stories from:
Alexis Gross, Destiny Mata, Joe Skilton, K. Eleanor Bleier, Marija Strajnic, Stephanie Mill, Anna Li, Ryan Florig, Charis Northwind, and Lauren Lepore.
Up now in the NIGHTED Store
Brand new zines full of rare action shots, stories and other graffiti treats.
Both zines ship with stickers. These are very rare, so if you wanna grab some, get on over to the NIGHTED Store.
by Stephen Harper from NIGHTED LIFE 2
Out now!
New 68 page zine featuring photos & stories from:
Ben Gore, Brendan “Chunks” Megannety, Bongripsinthehood, Christopher Taylor, Dimitri Karakostas, GYER, Henry May, Jamie Moore, Kalf Life, Kurt Angler, Liza Mandelup, Marco Hernandez, Michael Beon, Seth Graham, Stephen Harper, Steve Rulez and Tanner Ballengee.
Pick one up in the Nighted Store!
*NIGHTED LIFE 2*
Pre-order now and get a secret gift!
NIGHTED LIFE 2 this week!!
Photo by Seth G. // Hidden Doorways
Nighted Life Presents: Blood of the Young
BOTY is the hardest working group of folks in the zine game, straight up. Everything they do is sick as fuck, and if you aren’t already up on them, we feel sorry and hyped for you at the same time.
For those who don’t know, what is Blood of the Young?
Blood of the Young is… well, a lot of things, haha. I guess we make books and zines and prints and shirts and other wearables and make exhibitions happen and are based in Toronto, Canada. I guess we’re a tight-knit group of hardworking artists staying busy.
Where did the idea originally come from?
Reilly was living on the west coast, me on the east… we had known each other for years through music stuff (he was in a band, i was good at taking photos) and were essentially doing the same things- making a bunch of stuff and not being sure what to do with it. We kinda just accepted that it makes more sense to work together than as rivals, so we decided to… do something about it, haha.
Do you have individual roles within BOTY?
Nah, we don’t play that game- we all got ‘creative director’ on our cards, haha. We all do everything- no matter what. We’ve kinda sorted out our workflow after 100+ zines, haha.
How do you choose the photographs/ people to be featured?
It’s easy- it’s something good. That’s the only criteria, haha. I mean, obviously there’s some 'cultural’ lean towards graff and skateboarding or whatever, but that’s because it’s what we know. I’m sure if we were a bunch of university dorks or trust fund dslr busters our blog would be hella different, haha.
Can you describe what you look for in a “good” photo?
It belongs to someone, you know? It doesn’t look anonymous. It just slams you for some reason, ANY reason.
Do you guys work day jobs, too? How much of your time is spent on the BOTY hustle?
24/7 BOTY stressing, haha. I guess we moonlight at dayjobs, never really seriously… we’re in a lucky position, I suppose- we’re both busy with our 'art’ outside of BOTY, whether it’s freelance or whatever, so we kinda keep that money coming in. That being said, I am so broke right now I could cry. Our studio got fucked and I fucked a job so i’m $1k down this month… good luck paying my rent, I guess.
(Note from the Nighted editor: That’s a fucked up situation, please support the homies!! Go spend some $$ in the BOTY Shop!)
What else are you guys into? Where can we catch you in your spare time?
Writing on other people’s stuff or skateboarding- not much else 'cause there isn’t really any spare time. I mean, we have no choice but to stay busy- it’s all we know.
What’s next for BOTY??
God, you tell me! We’ve got a big sale this week for 'Grey Thursday’ in our shop… two new releases by the end of the year, and hopefully gold teeth by spring.
Shout-outs:
Blood of the Young: Joey Skilton, trh, Sonia, Dimitri.. Shout out to Josh Hicke and Jamie Allan Shaw, they’re in the gang too! Oh and Brendan Meganetty, he’s family.
Thanks again to the BOTY gang- go peep their blog and shop- and look out for some photos from them in Nighted Life 2 next month!
The folks over at No Thoughts interviewed Nick Garcia (me), the dude behind NIGHTED. Check it out HERE.
((Very honored to be featured by some seasoned veterans in the photo zine game! Please help spread the Nighted Life…))