Dominican Artist Portfolio for Document Journal photos & text: Mitch Zachary @beautifulandcandid stylist: Diana Choi @dianaschoi hair: Heidy Brathiny @brathiny make-up: Alexa Rivera @byalexarivera photo-asst: Mia Vasquez @miavasq_ fashion-asst: Jasmine James @jasminejamess__ producer: Billy Kiessling at @modem_creative_projects_ casting: Stephanie Rodrigues @bezar art direction: Adam Behlen @adambehlen pa’s/spirit leaders: Yaneli Sánchez & Gabriel Sánchez @yso.mv @gabrielmsx Models: Darwin Martinez and Jendri Pimentel at Perkins; Ashanty De la Cruz at Luis Menieur; Stephanie Rodrigues, Edgar Garrido, Rey Peña, Daniel Messina Dietsch, Heidy Brathiny, Carolin Williams Morales, Ruth Aquino, Acentoh, Daniela Minyetty, Lucas Isaac de Óleo Rodríguez Super special thanks to @tiempo.de.zafra for holding us together throughout this shoot & experience 🫶✨ — Excerpt from article: Tiempo De Zafra; Art and design collective How does nurturing other local talent play into your studio? To be honest, it’s a hard balance. Having a small practice brings a lot of challenges. We often speak about our responsibility here. For example, we work with a young artist named Nicole, and she really nurtures us. A lot of the people that come into our studio are younger than us and look up to us, and we have to show up for them. When you pave the space for them to be and do their thing alongside while you’re doing yours, it creates room for growth. Having these conversations is part of us showing up for ourselves too, because it’s hard to know who we’re impacting. It [feels] good to be able to do what we love and encourage others to do the same.