Sixteen Journal Bobbi Menuez 2026

Description

A striking black-and-white editorial portrait featuring Bobbi Salvör Menuez with bare shoulders and short-cropped hair. Their eyes are concealed beneath layers of folded paper and fabric, held securely in place by textured cloth ribbons tied in a bow across the bridge of the nose and strapped under the chin. Diffused soft lighting sculpts the contours of the jawline and neck against a dark backdrop punctuated by abstract bright perforations. Photographed by Michael Bailey Gates with styling by Shawn Lakin for Sixteen Journal, under editor-in-chief Xavier Encinas.

Style

Editorial, Vertical, Monochrome

Techniques

Soft Light

Industries

Magazines

Color

Background

Black Seamless

Context

Editorial