On Wednesday, April 19th, Bal Harbour Shops hosted a private luncheon at Zero Bond in New York to celebrate Sophia Wilson, the recipient of the second annual Next Gen Fashion Photography Award. Created by Bal Harbour Shops in 2021, the Next Gen Fashion Photography Award was created to recognize the extraordinary talent of young fashion photographers and to expand on our long-established support of emerging creative talent. Sophia Wilson gained recognition at a young age by photographing her East Village neighborhood as she sees it. Noticing the omission of diverse races and body types across fashion imagery, Wilson dedicated her practice to showing people “who look like me”. This coupled with her skill of producing exacting colors by hand in her darkroom, earned her the respect of major publications, fashion brands and celebrities. Today, at age 22, she has already been published in Vogue, Vice, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, as well as campaigns for Nike, Vans, and Instagram. Wilson’s celebrity portraits include Jade and Willow Smith, soccer star Megan Rapinoe, and rapper Flo Milli.
Wilson was selected by a jury of four experts that included Alessia Glaviano, Head of Global Photo Vogue; Isolde Brielmaier, Deputy Director of the New Museum; Michael Famighetti, Editor of Aperture magazine; and renowned fashion and portrait photographer Stewart Shining. Following on from last year’s winner Tyrell Hampton, Wilson received a cash prize of $10,000, a feature in Bal Harbour Shops magazine and digitally on our other far-reaching platforms.
We don’t do New Year’s resolutions—we do Makoto.
Start 2026 in style with the Winter issue of Bal Harbour Magazine. From this season’s most coveted beauty indulgences and an Insider’s Guide to the Alps to a first look at our Creative Challenge winner and what to pack and do in Mexico City (spoiler alert: there’s a Goyard bag you won’t want to live without), we have everything you need to kick off the new year fashionably. Click the link in bio to get yours today.
It’s the thought that counts. But, when the thought is from Graff, it counts even more. The house’s yellow-diamond oval-cut ring features more than 47 carats, while the matching earrings feature nearly 65 carats. We consider them a great idea. Find them here for yourself at Graff at Bal Harbour Shops.
Two days. More than a dozen elite ice cream brands. One fantastic cause. Don’t miss this year’s Ice Cream We Love event, taking place at Bal Harbour Shops January 17 and 18 from 1–5pm and benefiting the Holtz Children’s Hospital at University Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center. Click the link in bio for full details and to get your tickets today.
