"On Saturday, Sept. 13, Renell Medrano, a Bronxite with roots in the Dominican Republic, launched volume 2 of her stylish woman-centric glossy, Ice Magazine. ET Rodriguez Kendall Jenner, A$AP Ferg, pole dancers and mock dollar bills reading, In Ice girls we trust, were centerstage at Ice Studios as Las Flaquitas mixed 2000s hip hop with contemporary dance beats and fashionistas danced the night away."
"The Dominican photographer who grew up in the South Bronx, told amNewYork she currently lives in Soundview, adding to the legacy of Latinas from the Bronx paving a path towards global recognition. Medrano graduated from the Parsons School of Design and captures striking and bold portraits including celebrities, like fellow Bronxites Mary J. Blige and Ice Spice. Her New York show LAMBON, Spanish slang for freeloader, represented her Dominican roots and acted as a launching pad for her magazine."
Renell Medrano launched volume 2 of Ice Magazine with a lively downtown party featuring celebrities, dancers, DJs and fashion-forward attendees. The event showcased bold styling—lace umbrellas, faux fur handmade skirts and two-foot-tall hats—amid music mixing 2000s hip hop with contemporary beats. Medrano, a Dominican photographer raised in the South Bronx who studied at Parsons, now lives in Soundview and photographs striking portraits of celebrities and everyday women. Ice operates with an all-female team and centers everyday Black and Latina women in their raw selves, intentionally countering Western ideals of whiteness and thinness.
Read at www.amny.com
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