A Very Align New Years
Align Magazine
Role - Art Director
Credits
Art Directors: Anna De Sanctis & Anfelika Stolecki
Videographer: Adrian Beltran
Stylist: Corinne Markus
Models: Keiran Christiansen, Lela Akiyama, Amani Sharma, & Corinne Markus
A reimagining of New Year's Eve that refuses its most expected image. Rather than centering the midnight kiss, this piece shifted focus toward the parts of the night that actually matter to many young women: getting ready together, shared anticipation, the ritual of being seen by one another before anyone else. Shot through a Y2K lens, the visual language draws from flash photography, gloss, hyper-femininity, and controlled chaos, building a world that feels instantly familiar but conceptually sharper. The night is framed as already complete before midnight ever arrives, because for most of us, it always was.
