Playboy USA - May, June 2017

194 Pages·2017·55.66 MB·English

MAY/JUNE 2017
I N S I D E T H E M A N S I O N W I T H
Brook Power
P L A Y M A T E O F T H E Y E A R
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Melissa Seley Seven McDonald
This Los Angeles–based writer had The drug known as molly no longer
never pined for body ink before profil- hides in the dark recesses of dance
ing Scott Campbell, the fine artist and clubs. In MDMA’s Long, Strange Trip,
tattoo guru who has fun with our Rab- McDonald gives us a firsthand account
bit logo and a Playmate in this issue. of drug-assisted psychotherapy. The
“His advice not to overthink it shifted activist and former L.A. Weekly writer
the tides,” says Seley. “Now, if the im- uncovers why veterans and survivors
pulse ever strikes, I’m going to follow of abuse are swearing by the sub-
my gut and walk right into his shop.” stance as an alternative cure for PTSD.
Christopher von Steinbach DennisLehane
It’s fitting that von Steinbach shot our Lehaneisthemanbehindsomeofour
Musings pictorial: We may have helped era’s most masterful psychological
kick-start his career. “My first exposure thrillers,includingShutterIslandand
to women and photography was when MysticRiver.InTheSparrow,anexclu-
I was younger, via my late granddad’s siveexcerptfromhislatestnovel,the
1980s and 1990s PLAYBOYs,” he says. New York Times best-selling author
And since he’d worked with model Sera tellsthetaleofajournalistwhomust
Mann before, the creative chemistry decidewhomtotrustwhenanoldac-
was on point. “She’s a joy to be around.” LeahSottile quaintanceunexpectedlyappears. MatthewSharpe
Aftercoveringright-wingextremists, In Monsters, Sharpe explores what
furriesandJuggalowrestlers,Port- happensafteranNFLplayermorphs
landnativeSottilewasn’texpecting suddenly from football star to de-
theindiepornographerssheprofiles spised vagrant living secretly in a
inPorntothePeopletosurpriseher. woman’s home. Original fiction from
“IthoughtIwaswritingaboutjustan- the author of You Were Wrong, it’s a
other weird subculture,” the Wash- short story as dark as a hidey-hole
ingtonPostcontributorsays.“Ididn’t and more moving than a winning Hail
thinkthey’dchangemeasaperson.” Mary pass.
RyanLowry Jennifer Stenglein
WhobettertotakeonourNewCre- The Australia-born Vogue fashion
ativesfeaturethanLowry,whoshot and portrait photographer brings
TheRenegadesforourOctober2016 a raw, youthful vibrancy to our pic-
issue?Thistimearound,thephotog- torial with model Jessi M’Bengue.
raphercapturedhissubjectsintheir (You’ll recognize Jessi from Robin
respective creative spaces, even Thicke’s“BlurredLines”video.)Set
snapping away as feminist artist inaBeverly Hills backyard, Court and
Natalie White posed topless with an Spark demonstrates Stenglein’s keen
American flag on Wall Street. sense for natural light and beauty.
CREDITS: Cover and pp. 48–59 model Brook Power for Next Model Management, photography by David Bellemere, styling by Tara Williams for Lang Management, hair by Teddy Charles for the Wall Group, makeup
by Jo Baker for Forward Artists. Photography by: p. 6 courtesy Ryan Lowry, courtesy Seven McDonald, courtesy Melissa Seley, courtesy Matthew Sharpe, courtesy Leah Sottile, courtesy Jennifer Stenglein, cour-
tesy Christopher von Steinbach, Maarten de Boer/Getty Images; p. 14 Gavin Bond; p. 16 Jason Lee Parry; p. 20 courtesy Amazon Studios, courtesy Nina Daniele, courtesy New Citizen LLC/Empire, Mathew Imaging; p.
21 courtesy Gunpowder & Sky, courtesy Playboy Archives, Ann Johansson/Corbis via Getty Images, Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Dior Beauty, Evan Woods; p. 22 Filip Milenkovic, Evan Woods; p. 24 courtesy
Scott Campbell; p. 26 courtesy Scott Campbell; p. 27 courtesy Scott Campbell (2), Chris J. Ratcliffe/Getty Images; p. 29 Violaine Martin/courtesy UN Geneva, Steve Korn; p. 30 Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images; p. 35 cour-
tesy Elizabeth Yuko, Norbert Probst/imageBROKER/Alamy Stock Photo, Xinhua/Alamy Stock Photo (3); p. 103 courtesy CJ Hardin, Brett Flashnick; p. 151 courtesy Hump! Film Festival; p. 152 courtesy Hump! Film Festi-
val (2); p. 153 courtesy Hump! Film Festival, Kelly O and Scrappers; p. 154 courtesy Amory Jane; pp. 164–180 all images courtesy Playboy Archives. Pp. 78–82 The Sparrow excerpted with permission from Since We Fell, ©
2017 by Dennis Lehane. Pp. 70–77 styling by Eleanor Wells, hair and makeup by Matisse Andrews; pp. 84–98 model Lada Kravchenko for One Management, styling by Ali Malter Domurat for Kramer+Kramer Agency, hair
by Michael Thomas Lollo, makeup by Raul Otero for ABTP; pp. 106–113 model Sera Mann for Freedom Models LA, wardrobe styling by Kelley Ash, hair and makeup by Debbie Gallagher for Opus Reps; pp. 114–117 groom-
ing by Kim Verbeck for the Wall Group; pp. 118–127 model Jessi M’Bengue for Next Model Management, wardrobe styling by Kelley Ash, hair by Nikki Providence for Forward Artists, makeup by Natasha Severino for For-
ward Artists; pp. 134–148 model Elsie Hewitt, styling by Emma Cali for Bryan Bantry Agency, hair and makeup by Diane Dusting for No-Name Management; pp. 156–163 model Julia Almendra for Photogenics Media.
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