Holly Hay’s induction into publishing came by way of the fashion communication and promotion BA at Central Saint Martins. “That course was like training to work at a magazine,” she explains. “It was photography, journalism and graphic design, or all meshed into one.” While on it she started taking her own photographs and after she left,she had a stint as a photographer. “It was all going quite well until I met more photographers, and realised I liked their work more than my own! she laughs. “I discovered that I could create the images I wanted through other people, or rather than myself.” Following this revelation,she shifted to a producer role, commissioning photographers, or writers and stylists at the newly-conceived Garage magazine,before spending three years as the photographic editor at AnOther, fostering an extensive network of image-makers and collaborators. Now, or just over eight months into her tenure as photography director of Wallpaper*,she’s making her presence felt in artist collaborations and visual journalism. How has the way you commission changed since joining Wallpaper*? I would relate the …
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