Thea Traff

@theatraff

Human connection through photography Previously 📸 editor @time @newyorkermag NYC-based
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Rachel Weisz for @nytmag , out in print this coming weekend. Check out @alexandrakleeman ’s piece on Weisz’s new psychological thriller “Dead Ringers.” It was an enormous gift to work with a subject so open and trusting of the ideas I brought to set. Rachel is as kind and brilliant as they come. Thank you so much to @amykellner , @kathyryan and the whole team at @nytmag . Photo assist: @curtiswallen @sicknansone Styling: @seandn @szalaymiller Make-up: @marywilesmakeup Hair: @kevinryanhair Studio: @tentonstudio Talent rep: @rscapellan And a shout out to my college buddy @poppyrepublic for a stellar performance in the series
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3 years ago
Mikhail Baryshnikov for @nytmag , fifty years after his defection from the Soviet Union. Many thanks to the brilliant @nytmag team that was behind this one: @coralie.kraft @kathyryan @j_dims and David Carthas. Photographed in 2023, published in 2024.
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1 year ago
Tiler Peck’s second commission for The New York City Ballet, “Symphonie Espagnole,” premieres tonight with an ambitious cast of 40 dancers. Photographed for @giadk ’s new piece for @nytimes . Thank you @lauraoneillnyc and @laurabrgmn !
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8 days ago
Because your feed needs more ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ content! Photographed for @nytimes . Thank you @amandalwebster for the heavy lift of production, direction, and editing that went into these 13 minutes. To @timhoffman_ for the brilliant lighting direction. And @gusselsprout for the great cinematography (video is online).
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15 days ago
A few minutes with Anne last week for @nytimes ’s @popcast ! Thank you @amandalwebster !
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22 days ago
Writer Jay McInerney, photographed last week on the eve of his book launch, for @newstatesman . Thank you @gerrylb . (Forcing myself to get back on here!!!)
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25 days ago
Kate Winslet for @nytimes .
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4 months ago
A few more favorites of the Fritz duo. Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, rehearse for their role as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker. Thanks so much to @jolieruben . Text by @giadk . Additional thanks to Amy Bordy and @sab_nyc .
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5 months ago
Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, star as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker. It was a joy shadowing them as they rehearsed this fall. During the posed portraits, they directed me more than I directed them, and I loved every minute.  Thanks so much to @jolieruben and @nytimes . Text by @giadk . Additional thanks to Amy Bordy, @sab_nyc , and @abbycurtis.photo .
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Tatiana Schlossberg for @newyorkermag , photographed this past Tuesday. Schlossberg writes for the magazine about receiving a terminal leukemia diagnosis at age 35, which she discovered hours after giving birth to her second child last May. She touches on the experience of being dependent on a strained healthcare system while her cousin, RFK Jr., wields his influence. You can find Tatiana’s essay on the front page of newyorker.com today. Thank you Tatiana, @roybeeson , @nickrapaz , @noelletheard and @joannamilter .
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5 months ago
Myha’la, last August. Photographed for @time .
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Ten years in the making, Ken Burns’s 12-hour documentary “The American Revolution” premieres this week on PBS. I joined him back in September for thirty minutes on a battlefield outside Saratoga Springs, NY where the first major patriot victory of the war took place. He believes that our current political climate isn’t unique to our time: “almost all of American history is division.” Thank you @ericabackerberg @nytimes .
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6 months ago