Borderland


Client


Shubhie Goswamy

Year


2025

Scope


Editorial Design, Editorial Photography, Copywriting, Cinematography

Category


Gender, Sexuality

Role


Editorial Design, Graphic Design

Team


Art Direction: Shubhie Goswamy
Design: Samridhhi Sondhi, Shubhie Goswamy
Photographed: Shubhie Goswamy
Assisted: Pacome Henry
Styling: Alice Huang, Iris Laricheva
Makeup and Hair: Yan Yan
Modelled: Sasonah Huttenbach, Yutsyna Yakimiak, Calcifer the snake, Kha-Ahn and many more
Printed By: ADM Imprimerie contemporaine
Borderland is an independent editorial platform built to light the margins that culture keeps borrowing from without ever giving credit. It's about real voices, real stories, and an unapologetic look at curiosity, desire, and the people pushed into the shadows. Its debut issue, Red Light, steps into the world of sex work, a place that's desired yet denied, thriving yet stigmatized. It matters because nothing here is decorative. Every page, word, and letterform was crafted to make the reader move and sit with the discomfort, uncomfortable type made to look comfortable, mirrors reflecting truths you weren't quite ready for. 

In its first issue, Red Light surfaced stories that usually stay hidden, among them Les Bal Des Putxs, a strip collective performing in the shadows of Paris. Beyond the page, the project extended into a brochure campaign that secured Les Bal Des Putxs several new sponsors, turning visibility into tangible support.


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