Photo credit: FRND Magazine | Featuring photography by Zane Qureshi.
Adelaide, a new ‘zine has hit town – with its glossy pages making a serious splash in SA’s creative scene.
Meet FRND Mag: the magazine embracing fashion, film, art, photography and youth culture, creating a platform that shines light on South Australia’s creative scene, one page at a time.
18-year old freelance photographer, designer and creative, Zane Qureshi, founded the magazine in hopes to create a platform for local artists to be heard and seen. Hitting the press in February, the mag is now in its second edition, featuring over 20 unique creatives from the likes of Zac Clothier to Jake Yang, Georgina Moller and Zoe Cass.
While FRND is fresh to Adelaide’s homegrown zine scene, launching a magazine has long been an aspiration of Zane’s.
“Last year whilst I was in my final year of high school I thought it would be really cool if one day I created a platform to share my friends’ creative artwork as well as my own,” says Zane.
“Quite frankly I didn’t think that I would turn that idea into reality until I was a fair bit older But earlier this year, when I decided I didn’t want to go to university ( not yet anyway), and I had resigned from my part-time job after the Covid craziness, I decided I might as well try my magazine idea.”
“It originally just started with some social media posts and following a bunch of local creatives. Now, about 8 months down the track, I’ve managed to create a proper magazine company.”
The magazine offers valuable opportunities for up and coming creatives to be featured on their vibrant pages – which are digested by like-minded individuals in the industry. Eager Adelidians can submit their graphic design, poetry, photography and writing to the mag through Instagram, with FRND accepting all mediums of art.
Qureshi has previously started a clothing company called ‘Boys Cry’, serving to place a spotlight on mental health issues for men and break down stereotypes through his passion for art and fashion.
FRND magazine is over 50 pages long, filled with photos illustrations, poems, articles and interviews. So, whether you’re an artist, an art lover, searching for inspiration or conversation or want to stay ahead of trends the aesthetic design on satin pages will have you captivated for hours. You won’t find any ads in FRND Magazine either, just pure creativity!
If you’re interested in featuring in the next issue of FRND, send your work through to [email protected]
You can purchase Issue 001 here and Issue 002 here.
Each magazine retails at $20 + $5 tracked shipping.
Visit their website, or keep up to date with FRND Magazine on their Instagram.
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