{tap} April 2011

style, literature, & fashion culture

Cover by Mary Rippe

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A Note From The Editor

Letter by Geneva Gleason

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Inspirations

Photo by Xio Alvarez

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Backstory

Self-portrait by Mary Rippe

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Odysseus’ Emotions Explained

Photo-story by Mary Rippe

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Street Style: East Village

Photos by Geneva Gleason

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My Childhood, I Guess

Photo by Clara Smith

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1999

Poem by Rebecca Plotkin

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Thoughts

Photo by Kaitlin Abrams

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GENEVA GLEASON

Editor-In-Chief

Georgia Gleason

Photography Director

TAP Magazine

Publisher

TAP is currently accepting photography, poetry, and article submissions for publication.

Please send submissions to tapzine@gmail.com

For advertising information, subscription information, and other inquiries email tapzine@gmail.com.

© TAP Magazine 2011. All rights reserved.

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{Since the beginning of {tap} in 2009,

we have been dedicated to publishing the

most aesthetically pleasing, fashionable,

and artistically stylish magazine possible

for our readers. In this issue you will

see an innumerable amount of changes

and alterations, but we would like to as-

sure you that our mission and morals

are the same. {tap} may look different,

but it is our sole aspiration that this

change of appearance enables even

more every day style from our much

beloved readers. As this is our 2nd anni-

versary issue, we would like to take this

opportunity to thank you, whether you

discovered {tap} yesterday or have been

with us from the beginning; our publish-

ing journey. We would be meaningless

without your support. Our gratitude is

overwhelming, and we hope that {tap}

continues to be your source of fashion

inspiration and entertainment for many

years to come. Happy birthday to us!}

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“I thought that it was interesting how each book in the Odyssey was like a story in of itself. I also find this true

for photographs; how each photo has it’s own unique characteristics. I decided to merge my visual aid into

something not only visual but linked to another story. I chose the photos to be in black and white because gray-

scale draws attention to the tone, texture, shadows, lighting et al. of the composition. Details such as the shad-

ows and the tones are like the details in the story (being the picture) that helps to shape it’s identity. Like

Odysseus, his characteristics and the way he forged his identity can be seen through this small section of the

Odyssey. Basically: tone = Odysseus’ defining traits in the story. Also, the shadows in the shots are representa-

tive of Athena to Odysseus and how she always shadows him throughout the book. She is the one who sends

Nausicaa to the river to wash her clothes where Odysseus just happened to be. She’s also the one who wakes

Odysseus from his slumber, causing him to get out of the tree and seek help. Even later on she changes Odys-

seus’ appearance to appear more pleasing to Nausicaa and others. Athena is Odysseus’ shadow who aids him

throughout the book as the actual shadows in the shot aid the story of the picture.”

-Mary Rippe, Contributing Photographer on her photo-story “Odysseus’ Emotions Explained”

ODYSSEUS’ EMOTIONS EXPLAINED

A photo-story by Mary Rippe.

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STREET STYLE:

EAST VILLAGE

1999

My brother was born that day

Devon wanted a cheeseburger

And I wanted an English muffin

Back then I still called her “Dev”

We went to a park

Styled like an inner-city slip n’ slide

Sprinklers with the little rocks stuck in with the concrete making up the sides

Built to spray laughing children in the summertime

But I’d be gone long before that

It was winter.

There was a red jungle gym

Too twisted for a three-year-old version of myself to climb

Go play, my uncle said

But I didn’t want to.

I was always too shy

I had to grow into my confidence

But he was born cross-eyed

And very un-shy

{thoughts} “Then everything was still. Absolutely still.”

-Mary Pope Osborne