New York's New Faces

As Dazed & Confused's June issue is all about youthful vigour and beauty, Dazed Digital pick up a similar thread and honed in on the cool kids of New York. In conjunction with Kevin Amato's images we caught up a with the models to find out about their favourite hangouts and sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll...

Dazed Digital: What do you do aside from modelling?
Seth: Hard drugs, engage in loads of premarital unprotected sex, abuse alcohol.. You know, kid shit.
Robbie: Student
Pavel: I work as a bar tender/caterer at private parties
Mikhael: I'm really into this author Paolo Coelho, I've been reading a lot of his books , play the guitar , skateboarding, hanging out at the park, I started taking acting class and I like a lot  it and I'm going to the FIT in the summer for a art history class.
Genaro: When I'm not modeling I'm hanging with my wife. I'm also working out and practicing my modeling looks in a mirror but most of all having fun.

DD: How long have you been modelling for?
Seth: Like three years
Robbie: Four years
Pavel: I started when I was 16 but when I turned 18 I started doing it full time
Mikhael: About three months
Genaro: I started modelling about a month ago.

DD: Where are you from?
Seth: Probably New Rochelle, though it's debatable
Robbie: Tokyo, Japan
Pavel: I'm from Krasnodar in Russia
Mikhael: Londrina, Parana - Brazil
Genaro: I'm black and Puerto Rican and I was born in Spanish Harlem, New York

DD: How old are you?
Seth: One - nine.
Robbie: 20 years old
Pavel: I'm 19
Mikhael: 19-years-old
Genaro: 19

DD: What is your favourite city?
Seth: New York. Did you really have to ask?
Robbie: Yokohama, Japan
Pavel: Las Vegas Nevada (I love the heat)
Mikhael: New York for sure.
Genaro: Delaware Water Gap, PA.

DD: Where do you recommend to eat/shop there?
Seth: The Broome Street Bar and Old Homestead Steak House
Robbie: Ichiran Noodle
Pavel: I'll recommend the restaurant called Kafe Moscow & Fashion show Mall
Mikhael: Mamouns falafel. It's right across the street from my apartment and I go there at least three times a week to shop since I moved to St Marks Place its trash and vaudeville
Genaro: The best food over there is deer.

DD: What's next for you? 
Seth: Fame and fortune.
Robbie: Acting / Businessman
Pavel: Working in New York and abroad soon.
Mikhael: Trying to get my band to move to New York and figure myself out and what I want to do with my life.
Genaro: Acting!


CREDITS

Photography Kevin Amato
Models Robbie and Genaro at Red Model Management, Seth at Ford Models, Pavel at Mi-Agency, Mikael at Request Models