Valeri Beth Horn

Jun 26

Jun 26 LA Canvas Magazine - 'The Experience: Q+A with Magdalena Wosinska'

Magdalena Wosinska escaped from Poland and was listed as a “trader” by the age of nine. She received paid trips to Paris and Spain to shoot magazine covers at 17. She bought her own house in Los Angeles at 24. She played bass in a metal band and toured the world for eight years. She possesses a highly covetable resume of work, from shooting campaigns for companies like Urban Outfitters and Converse, editorials for Vogue, Spin and of course, LA CANVAS. For most individuals, this would take a lifetime to accomplish. For lifestyle photographer Wosinska, this was her reality all by the age of 32.

Jun 22

Jun 22 Electrify Magazine - 'In The Raw With Surrealist Photographer Duo Synchrodogs'

Valeri Spiwak

, Travel, Art

Natural, irrational and appealing are the methodical descriptors the photography duo known as Synchrodogs chose to characterize their work. Although untraditional in nature, these attributes prove iconic and true for all of their photos

Apr 6

Apr 6 Live Fast Magazine - 'Art Crush: Kristen Liu-Wong (NSFW)'

Valeri Spiwak

Art, Style

Kristen-Liu Wong’s art makes me feel like someone crawled inside my emotional epicenter, and dragged out kicking and screaming my most basic desires and fears. It gets me squirming inside of myself and I cannot look away. It has something to do with how she uses disparate feelings in the exact same space, overlapping and even complementing one another.

Jan 27

Jan 27 Live Fast Magazine - 'Fashion & Art Merge In Free People The Artist Issue'

Valeri Spiwak

Style, Art

Eccentric art meets new-age, bohemian fashion in this month’s Free Peoplecampaign, “The Artist Issue.” Perfectly merging two free-spirited worlds, this collection takes virtuosity beyond just a casual crossover of fashion and art, thrusting fans into a world of unrelenting creativity.

Nov 12

Nov 12 LA Canvas Magazine - 'Clifton’s Cafeteria is Back to Blow Your Mind'

Valeri Spiwak

Dining & Entertainment

Historic gem, Clifton’s Cafeteria is located on Broadway between 7th and 8th streets in the Historic Core of Downtown LA since the 1930s. Dormant for years, the iconic establishment is about to crack open its re-furbished doors after years of construction and palpable anticipation.

Following four years of detailed remodeling and months of intricate interior and exterior design by acclaimed Londubh Studio, the cafeteria-style eatery has reached completion. Clifton’s invites Angelenos to take a trip back in time and dine on savory dishes while relishing in the surrounding iconic decor, antique photographs, and decades worth of memories.

Oct 30

Oct 30 LA Canvas Magazine - 'FIRST LOOK: Free People’s November Magalog'

Valeri Spiwak

, Style

Beauty meets unrelenting style with Polish babe Magdalena Frackowiak, who stars as part of Free People’s November Magalog in the California style inspired editorial titled Cali Christmas. Hot weather resort fashions take center stage, highlighting the perfect warm weather styles for an overall beachy and casual holiday look. Head-turning hues in company with playful prints make for poolside perfection and a cutting-edge, new take on Holiday cheer.

Sep 29

Sep 29 LA Canvas Magazine - 'Swoon: Stillness, Drama + Functionality In COS’ A/W’15 Campaign'

Valeri Spiwak

Style

A unique balance between calm and drama meet bold contrast and stellar functionality in the COS Autumn / Winter 2015 collection. Prominent influences of Japan permeate throughout the new collection, from the draped layering of the kimono to the dramatic minimalism of the natural, industrial Mono-ha art movement. Even Japanese-inspired cloths are used for single-breasted blazers, worn with kimono V-neck jumpers and T-shirts.

Aug 17

Aug 17 LA Canvas - 'Melrose Place: Zimmerman Opens New Flagship Store'

Valeri Spiwak

Style

Founded by sisters Nicky and Simone Zimmermann in Sydney in 1991, Zimmermann prides itself on its “sophisticated femininity, clever color combinations and delicate, original prints.”

The new 3,000 square-foot Zimmermann location will house a large selection of the brand’s “ready-to-wear” offerings as well as key pieces from the swim collection. Designed by Meacham Nockles Macqualter, the new flagship store’s aesthetic truly parallels the clean, fresh aesthetic and seductively understated and overall casual feel of the Zimmermann brand.

Apr 24

Apr 24 Amadeus Magazine - 'Labor Of Love: Lolipop Records' Relentless Mission To Carve Out Creative Community in Los Angeles'

Valeri Spiwak

Dining & Entertainment

Your Ugly Sister. Adult Books. Froth. Drinking Flowers. These are not titles of raunchy adult films nor are they the names of Hollywood’s latest swanky lounges, but rather the unforgettable names of some of the first bands to work with LA’s most iconic indie record label, Lolipop Records.

Apr 7

Apr 7 Amadeus Magazine - 'Dreaming In Color: A Conversation With French Illustrator Lucas Beaufort'

Valeri Spiwak

Art, Travel

Many artists tribute their years of accumulated success and talent to their early adolescent exposure to the arts, claiming to have created masterpieces from the crib and learning how to paint before learning how to walk. For French illustrator Lucas Beaufort, it wasn’t until the age of 26 when he first picked up a brush, quit his day job of eight years, and pursued his newfound yet deeply rooted passion for creating.

Feb 15

Feb 15 Live Fast Magazine - Babe Talk: Anya Violet & Ashmore Ellis of Babes Ride Out

Valeri Spiwak

Travel

Women who ride motorcycles, what could be more badass than that? It is hard not to insinuate some sort of feminist agenda when picturing a group of women who ride their bikes out to the desert for an all-female camp out. However, the goal for this particular group of women is not to aggressively spread overbearing womanism, but rather to encourage women to ride motorcycles safely, for the right reasons and to provide a “really fun open environment for women to be more comfortable in the motorcycle community.”

Valeri Horn