JEFFERSON HACK: THE MEN

FROM THE VAULT (WINTER 2010)

NAME: Jefferson Hack.

MAGAZINE/EMPLOYER: AnOther.

OCCUPATION: publisher/editor-in-chief.

OFFICIAL JOB TITLE: editor-in-chief.

STAR SIGN: Gemini.

FIRST JOB: deckchair attendant on Broadstairs beach.

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING (ON THE DAY YOUR PORTRAIT WAS TAKEN)? Lanvin suit. Jewellery by Shaun Leane.

ARE YOU PART OF THE ZEITGEIST? The zeitgeist passed me by.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE? I like exciting moments and getting shivers down my spine for unexpected reasons. I like falling in love.

WHAT DO YOU HATE? I hate racism, bigotry, narrow-mindedness, misinformation and misguided actions.

WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES? WHO DO YOU LOOK UP TO? Some of my influencers are George Plimpton, Alexander Liberman, Hugh Hefner, Diana Vreeland, Tibor Kalman, George Lois, Yves Saint Laurent. Others include Raoul Vaneigem = Situationist International, Jean-Luc Godard, Patti Smith, Robert Fraser…

WHAT’S YOUR POISON? A delicious poison is neat vodka – I love Sipsmith… or Campari and soda… or French 76 at the Bar Hemingway, Paris.

by Natalie Dembinska

Photograph by Maria Ziegelboeck – www.mariaziegelboek.com