If you were to put together a time capsule that might reflect what life feels like amid the chaos of the 2020s, what would you choose to include? Which artists and subjects — which bodies or voices — would you feature? And would you have the confidence to even trust yourself with such an ambitious project to begin with?
These are questions that Carlos Nazario knows all too well, having grappled with them extensively while working on his first-ever book, “Silver Lining,” an ambitious aesthetic adventure through the zeitgeist as Nazario both sees it and wants it to be seen. The celebrated 38-year-old stylist said he felt an urgent pull to produce something substantial to document this moment in the world — an era in which he feels a unique sense that he is living through history and everything that word implies. But in keeping with Nazario’s reputation for daring, even ground-breaking work, this couldn’t be just any fashion book. It needed to send a message — in Nazario’s voice — to future generations.
