FROM THE VOLT (WINTER 2010)
NAME: Stefano Tonchi
MAGAZINES/EMPLOYERS: W Magazine
OCCUPATION: Magazine Editor
OFFICIAL JOB TITLE: Editor in chief
STAR SIGN: Libra
PORN-STAR NAME (FIRST PET’S NAME + MOTHER’S MAIDEN NAME): What? Frida was my first dog.
FIRST JOB: Pitti Immagine Florence.
WORST JOB: Delivering mail part time job when a student.
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING (ON THE DAY YOUR PORTRAIT WAS TAKEN)? Suit made to measure.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT? Magazines.
ARE YOU PART OF THE ZEITGEIST? You judge.
HAVE YOU EVER USED/WOULD YOU EVER USE SEX TO FURTHER YOUR CAREER? No, I do not mix work and pleasure.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE? Curiosity.
WHAT DO YOU HATE? Laziness.
WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES? WHO DO YOU LOOK UP TO? Great magazines, art, architecture, music, Warhol.
IF NOT YOU, WHO/WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE? Race horse.
WHAT’S YOUR POISON? Magazines.
ARE YOU A BITCH? Ask others.
WHAT TURNS YOU ON? News.
SELL YOURSELF IN 10 WORDS: What you see and read is what you get.
WHAT’S UP AND COMING? The November issue of W Magazine.
by Natalie Dembinska
Photograph by Marcelo Krasilcic – www.marcelokrasilcic.com