Mastering Engineer Heba Kadry was born in Egypt and grew up listening to early 90s indie shoegaze records whenever she could get her hands on them. She works at Timeless Mastering in Bushwick in the studio she physically helped build.
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Meet Natalia Mantini
in Photographer
Natalia Mantini, is a self taught photographer based in New York City. Often turning her focus onto women, her work materializes as a great praise to the female form and its emotional complexities. When not photographing, she enjoys reading about astrology, watching true crime, and making candles. Her work has been featured in various publications including VICE, Bullett, S Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Billboard. Natalia is from Redondo Beach, CA and she moved to NYC 2 years ago.
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Meet Alaa Balkhy
Alaa was born in Jeddah and raised in Montreal. Her passion for art developed with her changing surroundings. She founded the brand Fyunka and is currently working on the launch of a cultural publication she co-founded called Minaa Zine.
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Meet Jessie Webster
in Photographer
A Los Angeles based editorial and commercial photographer specializing in lifestyle, travel and interiors. Her ongoing passion for aesthetics and storytelling, combined with years of studying portraiture and landscapes, have helped Jessie create her distinct style.
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Meet Erika Spring
in Musician
Meet NYC passerby, Erika Spring, a musician based in Astoria, Queens.
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Meet Andrea Toscano
in Artist
Meet NYC passerby, Andrea Toscano, a designer based in Greenpoint.
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Meet Rian Fossett
Meet NYC passerby, Rian Fossett, the social media director and label coordinator at Matador Records.
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Meet Nada Alic
Nada is a Los Angeles-based writer and editor, by way of Toronto, and the author of Future You, a collection of short fiction. By day, she manages editorial for Society6, a print-on-demand marketplace for 200k artists.
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Meet Ivy Weinglass
in Ceramist
After graduating from NYU where she studied Media and Marketing, she worked in music marketing before trying her hand at wardrobe styling, and eventually, prop styling. These days, she focuses most of her time to ceramics and other crafts.
Read MoreJewelry Designer Laura Lombardi
in Jeweler, Entrepreneur
The sculptural design of a Laura Lombardi piece is instantly recognizable dangling from the earlobes or hung around the neck of many a Passerby. The designer's eponymous line has attracted the attention of an ever-growing number of fans, including us.
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Meet Jessica Comingore
Born and raised in LA, Jessica Comingore is a self-taught graphic designer and the founder of The Elysian Edit, a design, culture, and lifestyle website dedicated to the art of refined living.
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Meet Anita Bertolini
Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Anita moved to New York three years ago to finish school, graduating from Hunter College with a degree in Music. She is currently recording an EP for her first solo project, under the name "La Berta", produced by Noise Club.
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Kalen Kaminski of Upstate
We recently met with Upstate designer, Kalen Kaminski — whose work has been featured on a number of Passerbuys profiles. This Greenpoint-based tie-dye artist has built up a niche following for her vintage-inspired designs.
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Meet Sabrina Diaz
in Entrepreneur
Sabrina Diaz grew up in Bergen County, New Jersey. She describes her high school as “your quintessential and stereotypical school,” closely resembling Mean Girls. There was even a rumor going around that the movie was based off her school. By her junior year, tired of of that scene, Sabrina took any opportunity she could to get out of her school and her hometown, often ending up in the city. She knew that New York was where she wanted to be for college, and started at LIM before moving to FIT, where she studied marketing and business.
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Meet Chloe Dewberry
in Marketer
Meet NYC passerby, Chloe Dewberry. By day, she is the Content Coordinator at Opening Ceremony and co-founder of JARS NYC. By night, she's a record-collecting "mother" to two cats named Tito and Raymundo.
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Meet Gaby Ron
in Curator, Consultant
Born in Tel-Aviv, Israel, Gaby is a curator and cultural producer. Gaby has lead, curated and researched projects that merge interdisciplinary practical work experience with academic studies.
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Meet Claire MacDonald
in Producer
Meet NYC passerby, Clair MacDonald, a producer and lover of movies.
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Meet Beata Kanter
in Manager
Meet NYC passerby, Beata Kanter, co – founder / creative director of Maak Haus. Currently she’s working on the launch of Madame Maak, which will be an online magazine documenting and exploring all of the creatives involved in HMS.
Read MoreSuzzan Atala of Tuza Jewelry
in Jeweler
Tuza is a jewelry brand designed by Suzzan Atala. We started to notice Tuza pieces popping up up in the outfits and recommendations of our passersby, so we visited the designer in her Chinatown Studio to talk about her line.
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Meet Kaye Blegvad
in Illustrator
An illustrator and general maker-of-things, Kaye makes ceramic sculptures and homewares, a line of jewelry under the name Datter Industries, and runs Horizontal Press, a grubby small press.
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