#160: Chris Maggio

Chris Maggio drops in to tell us about the "The Mirage Factory", BBC's Naked Attraction, Generic Black Hoodies, and more.

Cool people like cool things, which is why we asked Chris Maggio to share some recommendations on Perfectly Imperfect.

Chris Maggio is a photographer living in New York City whose work is a mix of street photography documenting the dark humor of American life and really cool studio stuff for Balenciaga, The New York Times, Praying, Vogue, Fader, and more. He also shot footage for the last few seasons of How To With John Wilson and snapped the album cover for 100 Gecs’ highly anticipated upcoming record, 10,000 Gecs. I love Chris’ work and think he’s one of the best. Lucky for us, he’s here to tell us what he’s been into.

Without further ado

Chris Maggio (instagram, website)

💫 Generic Black Hoodies

It’s very important for you to know that I have no taste when it comes to clothing, but a generic, black, pullover hoodie should be in every photographer’s toolkit. 

It has a ton of utility: it can be a napkin, a drop cloth, a pillow for when you need to take a break. I can’t be worried about wha…