WAT Is Zine? Issue 22: Paradox

ISSUE 22 — Paradox Editor-in-Chief Crystal Chambers

TEAM LEADS

Submissions/Editing Anoushka Gupta Layout Design Yuan Liu Art Yuan Liu Marketing Crystal Chambers Events Sakshi Bardwaj

FEATURED CONTRIBUTORS Anthony Xu Farhan Saeed The Middle Man Jeanne Xu Yuan Liu

LAYOUT DESIGN Jeanne Xu Ella Tianyou Mi

Crystal Chambers Yuan Liu

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Cover art Remy Sremcevic

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR A paradox can be defined as a statement or idea that contradicts itself. Many others would also describe it as something that is difficult to understand.

When we first decided to use Paradox as our June theme, we introduced it as contradictions, illusions, opposites and anything in between.

As a result, you'll see all kinds of interpretations in the following pages.

From our contributors down to our team, I have really enjoyed seeing each variation of this almost rule-less theme, and would say that it was my favourite to work on so far!

From complicated love, finding balance in unsuspecting ways, isolation and chaos all the way to the paradoxical nature of photography, this issue is jam-packed with paradoxes, displayed in the most creative ways.

Enjoy the read and remember…

Things aren't always what they seem, Crystal Chambers Editor in Chief

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Paradox Spotify Playlist by the WatIsZine Team (feat. You guys!)

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Relativity by WatIsZine? Art Team

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Half and Half by Jeanne Xu

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Dreaming of a Faraway Something, Nothing by Yuan Liu

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Paradox by Farhan Saeed

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The Middle Man Catches a Break by The Middle Man

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CREDITS Coffee images by Jess Bailey https://unsplash.com/photos/lZkdoL_qMBA https://unsplash.com/photos/p0JrhlLNERU Coffee stain by Jessica Dunn https://www.digitalscrapbook.com/jessica-dunn/designs/letsfika-element-coffee-stain-graphic-embellishment-brown Gradients by various https://unsplash.com/photos/VyGkaXDy2x0 https://unsplash.com/photos/_8fQJo_S3-k https://unsplash.com/photos/XUlsF9LYeVk https://unsplash.com/photos/KG_BfyEgXhk Light Streaming through Mountains by Johnathan Knepper https://unsplash.com/photos/d2wuqguRzZ0

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CONTRIBUTORS Anthony Xu My name is Anthony Xu and I’m a Computer Engineering undergrad student at UWaterloo. Street photography is my passion and I shoot when I can be in a big city with a lot of people walking on the street. instagram: @haku_8964

Farhan Saeed Farhan Saeed is a young GTA-based photographer with a keen eye for detail, having years of experience shooting portraits, cityscapes, landscapes, cars and abstract photography. He focuses his work around capturing ideas within the world around him, paving his own style in the artform. instagram: @fsveed

Jeanne Xu Masters of Accounting student, hobbyist content creator. I’d love to create something one day that inspires other people to make something inspiring themselves. website: https://cerisylia.com/ carrd: https://cerisylia.carrd.co/

Yuan Liu Yuan is an upcoming 2nd year AFM student that likes doing way too many things that she doesn’t have the time for right now. She hopes to continue and share her interest in arts and design throughout her time at university. instagram: @ily_uann 21

Issue 22 June 2022