ALPINO DETROIT . 2024
This project features Chef Collin Campbell and Pastry Chef Samantha Hamrick in the newly launched award winning Alpino Detroit….
BEHIND THE SCENES | SS24 | BAJA SUR
I pinch myself always on this incredible life on repeat and starting straight away here in 2024. A writer recently asked me if I could choose any place to return to again where would it be? My response. Home. Yes, home. As boring as that might sound, I travel the world as not a tourist, but as a traveler. I have more stamps in my double passport than most will have in a lifetime. I circle the globe fully what feels like at least once a year telling stories in the space of lifestyle for editorials and brands alike with a cinematic considered feeling of authenticity. Yes. So for me, of all the places in the world that I could go back to… I would choose home. To my little nook in my New York City life with my rock at my side making the most of incredible meals over a glass of reserved vino, at home! A dream!
AD | LANDROVER DEFENDER | ATLAS OBSCURA
FEATURING CO-FOUNDER DYLAN THURAS & FAMILY FOR LANDROVER DEFENDER – DEFENDER 130. We take to the Hudson Valley as Dylan shares his destinations for these prime hills with the explorers guide to the HV. Special thank you to all the teams on this one. -CH
BEHIND THE SCENES | SS22 | ITALIAN RIVIERA
This summer the second installment of the next Alpine Cooking book brought me back to Italy with camera in had as we hit the road for the first set of many nexts. Now, we land at fall, and I am back again. I spend nearly half of my year on the road, and call NYC home, but the range of travel offices takes the cake when it comes to being productive on the road. Needless to say my favorite hotel desk of 2022 was here deep in the sleepy mountains in Piedmonte in a village that will remain unnamed for another year until our book releases… stay tuned!
NAT GEO TRAVELER UK – MAY
NAT GEO TRAVELER UK – LAND OF PLENTY. MAY ISSUE. 2022. To the uninitiated, St. Lucia is a tranquil as it appears on postcards: all palms, platinum sands and luxury boltholes. But, taking its cue from the volcanic forces that formed it, this is a country that serves up plenty of high drama – oozing mud baths to storied sailboat trips and mountain trails. …
Words Adrian Phillips. Photographs Christina Holmes
GLEN DYE | UK | WINTER CHEFS RESIDENCIES | FEATURING PIPPY EATS & WHYTE RUSHEN.
GLEN DYE. WINTER CHEFS SERIES. I head to the one and only Glen Dye. Tucked deep in the Aberdeenshire landscape this vast acreage is full of life, full of beauty near Banchory. We spend the end of weeks of winter with a series of incredible chefs as they use the land for inspiration within their dishes. And embrace the wild to its full.
PERSONAL PROJECT | LIFE LINE | 2021
TRAVEL & LEISURE | TRAVERSE CITY | ISSUE JULY 2021
Travel & Leisure – The Lake Effect . July Issue. Only the crystalline shores of Lake Michigan, vintners are embracing the character and challenges of the land – and defying the expectations of Midwestern wine making. Written by Jeff Chu.
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JOURNAL | PARKS SERIES – BADLANDS
The National Parks – Series 01 – Badlands. As we approach summer so much new is approaching on this end in new work, new travels, new everything what feels like a new life after last year. So gear up, ha! Live it full, hit the road with me as we head out again on amazing adventures for incredible campaigns. In the mean time, take in some nature as we reminisce in whats to come in summer months ahead, remembering last years jonts into unknown territory as we all sought refuge in the wild as we found calm in the storm we all faced. Featuring the Badlands National Park, of South Dakota as the first installment, and coming soon available as collectors series for all your winter puzzling-ling … is that even a word, with the family.
PRESS | THE ALPINE ARCHIVES
The journey of the Alpine project started in 2017, ended in 2019, released at the tale end of a long year of movement to such excitement to be hit with a nearly hard stop with the virus. We prepared the studio for you, nearly there after months of preparation, loads of partners, and an exciting launch ready to happen winter of 2020. Sadly the show never happened, the year was one shock wave after another for us all, some more than others. The disappointment of this beauty of a launch we felt, yet knew we would be able to share it one day again.
So as we make our way into the unknowns of 2021, we are preparing again for a presentation to you of the long awaited beautiful archive. Thank you as well to so many who made that space come to life for the show that never was yet was planned to perfection. To Stefan for being my rock and partner to the core taking on sharing in this adventure that brought us ups and downs when we were already loaded with heavy. To Ryan for all the back and forth with the printing of the beautiful archive. To Nafisa for your endless movement I asked of you with tasks never ending. To Maricela for your management of the bits from the pr side of the whirlwind of coordination that needed to happen. To Josh for building the most amazing planters and seeing through tedious tasks not so glamorous, and more. To our partners that we are still growing our philanthropic work and partnerships with for when we are able to launch.
Stay tuned for the archives of work that is activist driven and leading with environment. Right now more than ever our voice can lead to change and the visuals we present can help people to appreciate the beauty asking questions of why. I think the silver lining has shown its self, not only is life saying slow down, appreciate, listen, be present, think before you move. This beautiful land we call home is also asking us to take better care, to listen, to see what we have done. We stay true to the roots of a very specific detail of global warming focusing our efforts and voice to glacier melt reasons behind, repercussions of which are very real and being lived with by many already in high altitude regions. Stay tuned. Ch
PRIOR | ITALY | THE GRAND AOSTA HOTEL
Words By Meredith Erickson. Photography Christina Holmes. A table is set for lunch: wine glasses, pewter plates, a bottle of Valle d’Aosta Prié Blanc on a pink tablecloth. A window above the wooden banquette with zabaione-cream cushions embroidered in Alpine flora overlooks the Sant’ Orso meadow, the largest mountain meadow in Europe. Behind it looms the Gran Paradiso mountain, the only one of four “giants” over 13,000 feet that is completely in Italy. The sun streaming in from the window gives the scene a vintage-postcard feel, as if it was taken a world away, a century ago.
AIRBNB JOURNEY CAMPAIGN – GUEST | CATSKILLS | FEATURING STEFAN & CHRISTINA
And like that its live. With a new campaign launch for AirBnb we head on a journey, a story. The goal to have as much fun as possible, exploring together with partner my love, my light, my rock and I take a journey into the hills of upstate, road trip, discover, explore and stay up in one of my favorite regions upstate, Andes NY. Second to my favorite Callicoon where it all began almost a decade ago. And yes, upstate where yes I finally found my next investment, yes….!!! Lets just say I should of bought yours Tony, noted life. Take the journey with us literally, basically in the back seat on a very personal adventure as we embrace all that is of a stay in an AirBnb. Seeing the differences of what it is to explore now during a time of Covid along the way and all things local in between. And then join in as we share the flip-side of the same experience from the hosts point of view. Stay tuned for this amazing full story to follow. #airbnb #journeys #campaign
AIRBNB JOURNEY CAMPAIGN – HOST | CATSKILLS | FEATURING JOE & MEGAN
JOURNAL | YES, DETROIT
Back on the road in what seems like a dream some days, I feel like the ever evolving world of shoots and production is still constantly shifting as we all find our new footing. With that as my assistants make fun, yes the new thermometer in the camera kit, takes up way to much space! Agree! As I head back to Detroit this time for an editorial I’m beyond excited about, masked up, hand sanitizer in tow up and away. Detroit always amazes me with the heart, the passion that everyone who is creating there has. How incredible the work is that’s being done there. How there is a movement there literally happening that no one is paying attention to that’s going to be amazing and change the landscape of fashion. I feel humbled always with the relationships created, the amazing people I get to collaborate with and meet, those amazing that are really truly making change for good not their pocketbooks. This last trip was no different, even in the midst of a pandemic. Get ready for it, headed out in print for 2021.