Paul Mescal has never been afraid of vulnerability, but this editorial takes that instinct somewhere far darker. Captured by fashion photographer and artist Elizaveta Porodina for British GQ, the portrait series leans into surrealism, discomfort, and a kind of glamorous horror that lingers long after you scroll past it. This is not a soft or flattering portrayal. It is haunting. It is strange. And it is deeply intentional. From the first image, Mescal appears wide eyed and exposed, as if caught mid transformation. There is a sense of catabolism running through the story. Beauty breaking down. Elegance unraveling. The body and face become sites of tension rather than reassurance.
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Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor Hold Queer Sweetness in Ruven Afanador’s Portraits
There is something quietly devastating about seeing Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor together in Ruven Afanador’s promotional photography for The History of Sound. It is not just that they look beautiful, though of course they do. It is that Afanador’s lens seems to hold them in a delicate pause, a moment between desire and loss...