New York

i-D meets Elena Velez, Willy Chavarria and Theophilio’s Edvin Thompson – three visionary designers shaping New York’s independent fashion landscape.

Every August, Frank Pinello and his family gather in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, to can the best summer tomatoes so that they have perfect tomato sauce all winter long. We tagged along and documented this long standing family tradition.

Chef Michael White is a world renowned for his pastas and seafood, so naturally we wanted to know about his favorite sandwich.

Carmelo Anthony travels to Cuba to explore the rise of soccer in a nation synonymous with baseball and grab some fresh rolled Cuban cigars along the way.

Broadly's Ariel Wengroff sits down with social advocate Malala Yousafzai at the UN headquarters in New York.

We hang out with Matty Matheson at different restaurants around New York.

Alissa Wagner, the co-owner and chef of NYC's DIMES, shows us how make her favorite breakfast: spiced porridge with seedy granola and apple sauce.

Mo Wilkerson is still looking for ways to cause headaches for NFL offenses. As if being a pro bowler wasn't enough, Mo has now taken up MMA to be even quicker.

Concluding our Perspectives series is conceptual artist Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos, who asks big questions about being human in a time of omnipresent technology.

Featured at Pulse's 2016 Contemporary Art Fair, we meet painter Jean-Pierre Roy, whose latest work is a convergence between high art aspirations and early visual memory.

We check in with filmmaker Sam Cannon, re-visit the time artist Duke Riley released thousands of pigeons strapped with LEDs and chat with choreographer Katherine Maxwell.

We meet with personal trainer-turned-performance artist Cassils, who uses the body as a form of social sculpture, examining strength, violence, power, and vulnerability by testing the limits of endurance and empathy.