Photography Jade Danielle Smith
Fashion Becky Seager
Words Margot Acero
Grooming Elizabeth Hsieh
Fashion Assistants Jon Revell and Adam Martin
Featuring Amadou Fall at Select Model Management and Razak Salifou at SUPA Model Management
Winter waves slosh and foam onto the sands of the docklands, as the sails of moored vessels grapple with the northerly winds.
City dwellers reside in riverside inns, echoes of laughter and lips wet with brandy - it is their last chance before the reclusive tide of another lockdown draws in.
Beneath the rotten timber locks that lead to the icy waters of the Thames, a budding kinship thrives between two boys: Amadou Fall (Select) and Razak Salifou (Supa Model Management). Their hardened fists clasp around smooth pebbles, threading them around their fingertips in a restless, cycling motion. The land-born renegades have their eyes set beyond the crest of the volatile waterways, as the cries of gulls carry the spirit of the seafarers afar to foreign shores.
Photographer Jade Danielle Smith reinstalls an 18th-century industrial theme, utilising a monochromic framework of cranes and corroded iron casts. Armed with rain parkas and straw boater hats, stylist Becky Seager completes the seafarer landscape by applying a palette of organic hues: sandy beiges and earthy tones. Amidst the solitary waves there is a burden, laced in lead, in which the seafarer must bear: a longing that cannot be purged, but can be shared.
Above Left: Razak wears Coat by Berthold, Jumper and Trousers by Stella McCartney, Boots by Good News and Hat by Petershams; Amadou wears Coat by Burberry, Gilet by Per Götesson, Trousers by Berthold, Boots are model's own and Hat by Beyond Retro
Above Right: Coat by Pronounce and Hat by Misa Harada
Above: Amadou wears Jacket by Stella McCartney, Polo neck by Berthold, Trousers by Per Götesson and Hat by Bobo Choses; Razak wears Jumpers by Stella McCartney
Above Left: Razak wears Jumpers by Stella McCartney and Trousers by Berthold; Amadou wears Jacket by Stella McCartney, Polo neck by Berthold, Trousers by Per Götesson and Hat by Bobo Choses
Above Right: Outfit as Before
Above Left: Outfit as Before
Above Right: Coat and Trousers by Pronounce and Hat by Misa Harada
Above Left: Amadou wears Jacket by Stella McCartney, Polo neck by Berthold, Trousers by Per Götesson, Hat by Bobo Choses and Boots are models own; Razak wears Jumpers by Stella McCartney and Trousers by Berthold and Boots by Good News
Above Right: Outfit as Before
Above: Razak wears Coat and Trousers by Pronounce, Hat by Misa Harada and Boots by Palladium; Amadou wears Coat by Berthold, Trousers by Per Götesson, Boots are Models own and Hat by Sebago
Above Left: Poncho by Berthold, T-Shirt by Umbro, Trousers by Homme Plissé Issey Miyake, Hat by Arthur Beale and Boots are Models own
Above Right: Outfits as Before
Above Left: Shirt by CDG and Apron by Arthur Beale
Above Right: Outfit as Before
Above Left: Razak wears Shirt by CDG, Apron by Arthur Beale, Trousers by Berthold and Boots by Palladium; Amadou wears Poncho by Berthold, T-Shirt by Umbro, Trousers by Homme Plissé Issey Miyake, Hat by Arthur Beale and Boots are Models own
Above Right: Outfit as Before
