Curious about
their work,
not the moment.
Leila Antakly has spent over twenty years in conversation with artists, musicians, designers, filmmakers, and thinkers all over the world who are making work that matters. These are the conversations.
Interviews from the Archive
Explore all our conversations
“I’m Italian and You Are Not”- Meet Amedeo Iasci
Italian content creator, model, real estate investor, author and future president of Italy Amedeo Iasci on 20 million monthly views, his Vespa in Washington D.C., getting his wallet violated by the restaurant industry, and why authenticity is the only strategy that works.
Adventures with Model Karina Leps
She started as a basketball player and ended up on Harper's Bazaar covers and Paris test shoots with David Bellemere. Estonian model Karina Leps — now an agent, sometime adventurer, and aspiring stunt double — shares what it really means to feel everything deeply.
Charlotte Collard In Her Kitchen
One of the first interviews ever published on this site was with Charlotte Collard — international model, always traveling, always exploring. It became one of the most-read pieces and stayed that way. Years later, she is a mother of three, based in Brussels, and has built something entirely her own at the intersection of food, fashion, and the feed. She calls it a self-portrait. Her heart said: cooking, giving, sharing. Her brain said: twenty years in fashion is not something you leave behind. She found a way to hold both.
Model. Scholar. Performance Artist Meet Samira Mahboub
Leila Antakly interviews Wilhelmina international model and scholar Samira Mahboub on culture change and cross-cultural communications.
A Conversation with Marie Bärsch
She picked up a friend's camera in her late teens and never put it down. A conversation with Marie Bärsch — editorial photographer for Vogue, Elle and Harper's Bazaar — on location as muse, the perfect shot, and why her dream project involves elephants.
“Visibility has never been our measure of significance. We seek out artists and inspiring individuals whose work sparks curiosity, challenges assumptions, and leaves a lasting impression.”