america magazine
Smokey D. Fontaine | founder, publisher, editor-in-chief
Graham Rounthwaite | creative director
It was a simple idea, really, to bring together the best photographers in the world with the most innovative talents defining our culture. It was to be smart and unapologetically beautiful, a statement of who we are at a time when styles & genres, races & ethnicities, perspectives & attitudes were all crashing together often in provocative - and often misunderstood - ways.
Over 7 issues, 18 covers and more than 75 photo shoots, my creative director, Graham Rounthwaite, and I created some amazing moments. We took the braids out of Alicia Keys’ hair, shot Lenny Kravitz naked, did high fashion with Mariah, introduced Puff Daddy and Peter Lindbergh, and even got Kanye to talk! With Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs and Mercedes-Benz, even our advertising was super cool. Here are the covers:
