Editorials

Ecstatic Elevation

Nick Alvino by Studio9NYC & AJ Stetson

KALTBLUT Magazine

Broadway dancer, actor, and singer Nick Alvino teams with photographer Studio9NYC, aka AJ Stetson, to create moments of quiet yet ecstatic elevation and transcendence in the studio.

Employing facile technique with coiled power and lithe grace, Nick moves, plays, and leaps with a Peter Pan-like vitality, summoning Olympian flights as well as more subdued introspection. Under AJ’s direction, he inhabits both jubilant, puckish playfulness and more sombre, smouldering, suspended moments, infused with sculptural, haunting beauty.

Denim Clad Lad

The Perfect Man Magazine

Ashton Smith of State Management

Photography by Studio9NYC & AJ Stetson

Styling by Mike Stallings

Balance — Mind, Body, and Soul in Palm Springs

Joe D. Martinez by Studio9NYC

Image Amplified

AJ Stetson of Studio9NYC frames and captures the limber, long lines, and supple and defined physique of Joe Martinez in the desert heat, then moves underwater for the flow of Joe’s lionlike mane, and his tiger-like balance of vigor and grace, both in moments of quiet repose and striking action.

With power and poise, both on land and underwater, Joe finds and sustains equilibrium through stretching, strengthening, meditation.