Your 501® Story
Your 501® Story
Your 501® Story
In celebration of 150 years of the 501® PhotoVogue and Levi’s® partner on a global open call to emerging visual storytellers to share what the 501® jean means to them.
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Alessia Glaviano
Alessia Glaviano
Head of Global PhotoVogue and Senior Visuals Editor

Alessia Glaviano is the Head of Global PhotoVogue and Director of the Photo Vogue Festival. Glaviano is a leading figure in the panorama of international photographic criticism. In 2011, Glaviano launched PhotoVogue, an innovative platform on which users can share their own photographs knowing they can rely on the curatorial supervision of professional photo editors. Now in its 12th year, counting over 300,000 photographers, from amateurs to professionals, hailing from all over the world, PhotoVogue relaunched in early 2022 to expand globally as well as to soon include media in all forms. The mission of PhotoVogue has always been, and will continue to be, to champion talent, both emerging and established, and influence visual literacy to help shape a more just, ethical, and inclusive visual world. PhotoVogue’s open calls for submissions helped launch the careers of photographers like Nadine Ijewere, Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Kyle Weeks, Camila Falquez, Kennedi Carter, Scandebergs, and Mous Lamrabat, among others. Curating a pool of incredible image-makers from all around the world, PhotoVogue is an industry-leading platform and a great example of diversity behind the camera and multitude of perspectives. In an expanded role, Alessia Glaviano is guiding PhotoVogue into this next phase and continues leading its creative direction. In her 20-plus years with Condé Nast, in addition to launching and overseeing PhotoVogue, Alessia has also driven select special events and curated exhibitions in prestigious museums and institutions with some of the most important artists of our times; developed Vogue Italia’s Instagram strategy; curated a series of Masters of Photography video interviews; and led the art direction of numerous digital branded-content projects, such as Gucci beauty’s iconic story featuring Ellie Goldstein. In order to have a physical and virtual space in time to bring the community together and further the conversation around the promotion of creativity, diversity and justice in image-making, in 2016 Glaviano directed in Milan the first edition of the PhotoVogue Festival. The event marked the first conscious fashion photography festival dedicated to the shared ground between Ethics and Aesthetics, bound to an influential fashion publication, and engaging the whole city of Milan with talks, exhibitions and photography-related initiatives. The 7 editions of the festival from 2016 to 2022 were always met with critical and public success. Besides the editorial activity, Alessia holds lectures and conferences on a regular basis. Some of the institutes and universities she was invited as guest lecturer include: University of Brighton, Central Saint Martins, IED, Bocconi University and the Milan Polytechnic. Glaviano was invited to participate as jury member in numerous internationally acclaimed photography contests including the World Press Photo, the Festival International de Mode et de Photographie à Hyères and the Leica Oskar Barnack Award; and has participated in several portfolio review sessions, including the “New York Times Portfolio Reviews”.

Chad Hinson
Chad Hinson
Vice President, Levi's® Global Brand Creative Team

Chad Hinson is the VP of the Levi's® Global Brand Creative Team. He's been with the company for over 15 years now, always focused on building emotional connections and meaningful relationships with the consumer. Whether it's creating global marketing campaigns or developing unique experiences for the Levi's® fans around the world, Chad has always designed creative anchored in authentic human experiences and story-telling. Working with iconic photographers like Jim Goldberg and Janette Beckman and genre-defining artists like Futura and Cey Adams have definitely been career highlights. Chad earned his degree in Fashion Design from the University of Texas at Austin before diving into the worlds of Marketing and Advertising.

Leslie Sun
Leslie Sun
APAC Editorial Director and Editor-in-Chief, Vogue Taiwan

Leslie Sun is the APAC Editorial Director (Taiwan, India, Japan) for Vogue, and was appointed the Editor-in-Chief for Vogue Taiwan in 2020. Leslie is a passionate art collector with distinct style and taste that have made her an influential figure in Taiwanese contemporary art and culture. Leslie leads an interdisciplinary lifestyle, crossing over fashion, art, and design. She found SUNSET in 2014, a former experimental retail space in Taipei that later transformed into the production office of her creative agency, Sunset Projects. She is also the co-founder of the Young Collectors Club of Taiwan, as well as a member of the advisory board for Taipei Dangdai, an international art fair launched in 2019. Prior to her role at Vogue, Leslie worked in merchandising, event planning and creative direction in Los Angeles, and as a graphic designer at Green Dragon Office—a studio specializing in publication design for culture and the arts, including exhibition catalogues for major institutions and artists monographs. Leslie holds a Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from California Institute of the Arts and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Marketing) from the University of Southern California.

Mobolaji Dawodu
Mobolaji Dawodu
Stylist and Fashion Director at Large, GQ

Mobolaji Dawodu is the Fashion Director at large at GQ. Mobolaji brings a perspective to the brand that blends the traditional with the sleek cutting edge. He is considered a global fashion maverick. Inspired by a childhood spent between Nigeria and the United States, he has created a sophisticated panoramic view of the world that has noticeably translated into his career. Dawodu currently lives in New York. From having styled, street casted, and art directed on projects in over 50 countries first as the longtime style editor-at-large of The FADER (2003-2015) and now at GQ. He has styled a number of the world’s most noteworthy figures, including Brad Pitt, Pharrell Williams, Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Jennifer Lopez, Robert Downey Jr, Jared Leto, Michael B. Jordan, and many others. Mobolaji is also a costume designer. His most recent work is seen in Donald Glover’s Guava Island, starring Rihanna which was filmed in Cuba. He has also worked on numerous feature films including the 2013 Sundance award-winning film Mother of George, 2016 Disney's Queen of Katwe, starring Lupita Nyong’o which was filmed in Uganda and 2017's Where is Kyra?, featuring Michelle Pfeiffer. He has worked on many leading ad campaigns for companies such as Apple, Nike, Samsung, Airbnb and Uber, Mobolaji also is a consultant for numerous brands which include menswear at Missoni.

Tonne Goodman
Tonne Goodman
Stylist and Sustainability Editor, Vogue Magazine

Tonne Goodman, Fashion editor and one-time model has been a part of the American fashion machine for nearly five decades. With her clear, unwavering point of view and ability to be in-tune with cultural changes, she has helped to define and evolve American fashion. A native New Yorker, Tonne began her career as a fashion model quickly evolving to study art which led her to join Diana Vreeland at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Tonne was the vice president of advertising at Clavin Klein and has collaborated editorially with the New York Times, Life Magazine, Harper's Bazaar and most notably, American Vogue as Fashion Director and now Sustainability Editor for the publication.

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