The Red Bulletin April 2017

Alberto van Stokkum “Female characters feature a lot in my work,” says the Spanish photographer and filmmaker. “It’s what inspires me most.” It doesn’t come as a surprise, then, that he really enjoyed the shoot with Swedish hip-hop enfant terrible Ängie. And obviously the fascination was mutual, as Ängie agreed to pose outdoors in Stockholm on a freezing January morning wearing only a pink nightgown. Chris Brinlee Jr. In photographing the story on Mike Horn’s journey to Antarctica, Chris Brinlee Jr. got an assist from Mother Nature. “Once you hit 60 to 70 degrees latitude, the ‘golden hour’ would last eight hours because the sun stayed so low in the sky,” he says. The roiling seas were less accommodating to Brinlee Jr., who spent most of the first day on…

WELCOME TO MISSION CONTROL Hot wheel Controlling a Formula One car involves a bit more than merely pointing it in the right direction. With its myriad buttons, dials and switches, today’s F1 steering wheel is a tech-head’s dream. All Change Formula One in 2017 will undergo its biggest set of regulation changes since the introduction of hybrid engines in 2014. This time, though, the emphasis has been shifted to chassis and aerodynamics. The bigger, more aggressive cars will be fitted with fatter tires, which will increase grip and provide extra downforce. The front wing is also wider and more sharply raked to help drivers follow rivals. The rear wing is lower, while a larger diffuser will significantly increase downforce at the rear. It all means they’ll be faster, with lap…

When you’re the daughter of a blonde bombshell and a blue-eyed charmer, you’re likely to inherit a few of their stunning attributes. For Ireland Basinger-Baldwin, whose parents are Oscarwinning actress Kim Basinger and razor-tongued actor Alec Baldwin, her genetic traits are enviable: She’s a staggering 6 feet 2 inches tall, with aquamarine eyes and the curves of a Bond girl. But the 21-year-old Ireland is also the product of her parents’ rocky divorce and a bitter battle for her custody, which left her with a fractured sense of identity. After checking herself into rehab in 2015 for “emotional trauma,” Ireland emerged from the darkness with a stronger outlook on life and a closer relationship with her family. With a healthier head and heart, she immersed herself in her modeling career…

Drink coffee Napping has a bad reputation, one that’s undeserved, says Littlehales. Before the light bulb was invented, people would sleep a shorter period at night, but also around noon or early evening. Hence he suggests controlled recovery periods between 1 and 3 p.m. and again between 5 and 7 p.m. Tip: Drink an espresso before you nap. Its effect only kicks in after 20 minutes and it’ll give you an energy boost when you wake up. Turn over For the sleep coach, there is only one proper position to sleep in and that’s on the side opposite the hand you write with. “The reason goes back to our primeval instincts. I’m right-handed, so if I sleep on my left side, I’m better able to protect myself in case of…

The red bulletin: MindGamers is about a computer that can transfer abilities from one human to another. Would you want to use one in real life? tom payne: Yeah, I would love to be able to paint and draw, so I’d love to download that. I’m constantly amazed at how talented some people are, and how they can interpret reality or just make something up. I’m so envious of people who can paint and draw. If an online marketplace for skills did exist, what would you be able to offer for others to download? I consider myself a person with a lot of empathy. Sometimes I’m amazed when people don’t have that and they can’t put themselves in someone else’s shoes and understand where that person is coming from. So…

Anyone hoping to showcase the savage beauty of surfing needs to get as close to the professionals as they can, while they’re on the waves,” says Australian photographer Leroy Bellet. But then he would say that: This 18-year-old snapper has a particularly risky method of capturing top surfers in action. Instead of swimming into the water and waiting for the surfers, as many of his counterparts do, Bellet has a Jet Ski launch him into the same wave so that he can chase down his targets on his own board, Nikon D810 at the ready. “I’m surfing while I’m composing the picture,” he explains. “So there’s a high risk the shot will go wrong.” It took Bellet four months to get this shot of surfer Scott Dennis, photographed off the…