BEHIND THE SCENES THE MAY ISSUE
PHOTO EDITOR SIDNEY SHERMAN SNAPS A BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE BIRTHDAY COVER
(TOP): SIDNEY AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MARISSA VONESH SMILE THROUGH THE “TACO TIME” PHOTOSHOOT (RIGHT): SIDNEY EXPLORES MIAMI FOR “ON MIAMI TIME”
THE COVERS art direction_ alexa aguilar & sidney sherman. photo_sidney sherman.
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Here at distraction, we believe that every day should be Taco Tuesday. Distraction has given into its taco cravings and indulged in this timeless Mexican dish – at least photo-wise. Keeping in fashion, photo Editor Sidney Sherman shot these hard-shell snacks for our guide to “Taco Time.” Believe us, we were just as hungry shooting this cover as you are looking at it.
We love our fashion shoots! For this issue we took a trip to El Tucan and stepped out of our comfort zone (pun intended) with these edgy poses. Photo Editor Sidney Sherman took photos while Editorin-Chief Marissa Vonesh propped up models Abby Podolsky’s and Isabella Vaccaro’s legs and held the curtain in a cramped corner that would give anyone claustrophobia.
art direction_sidney sherman & marissa vonesh. photo_sidney sherman.
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Distraction Magazine has finally reached double digits. What started as a personal project by a student has turned into a glossy, award-winning campus publication. It has been 10 years of writing risqué articles on pole dancing to more hard-hitting features on upcoming elections. Model Ali Goebel celebrates Distraction’s birthday with us while Photo Editor Sidney Sherman captured it all. Here’s to another 10 years of getting distracted!
We made a wish that we’d be able to create five covers, and it came true. This issue is significant for many reasons: the extra covers, the fact that its the magazine’s 10th birthday and that it’s the last issue for so many of our seniors. Art Director Alexa Aguilar sketched the cover to commemorate a decade of Distraction. Her favorite part was putting her doodling skills to use. Now close your eyes and blow out the candles.
art direction & photo_sidney sherman. Walking to class on any given day, you are sure to pass by a number of different people. Classmates of different ethnicities, different skin colors and different first languages. It is these differences that true beauty is found. Distraction highlights some beauty queens on campus. Photo Editor Sidney Sherman photographed junior Naomi Ayotemi Somolu wearing a traditional headdress from the Nigerian Yoruba tribe. If you read the story on these beauty queens (and you should), you’ll see why their beauty extends further than just a pretty face.
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