Roxanne Behr Joins New York Magazine — New York Media Press Room

New York editor-in-chief David Haskell introduced right this moment that Roxanne Behr is becoming a member of the journal as artistic director, pictures. In this function, Behr will lead the journal’s award-winning pictures — commissioning work from established and rising photographers, evolving New York’s photographic imaginative and prescient, and guaranteeing compelling visible storytelling and a cohesive photographic identification throughout the biweekly print journal, its digital verticals, social media, and model extensions. She begins her function on August 10 and can work alongside Chris Dixon, who not too long ago joined the journal to run its design division and now assumes the title artistic director, design.

“Roxanne is the perfect person to captain this magazine’s extraordinary photography department,” mentioned Haskell. “When we worked alongside each other years ago, it was astonishing to watch her rise and an absolute pleasure to collaborate on editorial projects together. When she left New York, I knew that one day she would return — if we were lucky. We are especially fortunate to reunite with her now, after her impressive tenure at GQ.”

Behr was beforehand the worldwide artistic director at GQ. Since 2018, she has redefined the model’s visible voice, cultivated a dynamic roster of recent expertise and collaborators for the journal, and commissioned viral cowl shoots with stars equivalent to Robert Pattinson, Pharrell, Justin Bieber, Glen Powell, and Jay-Z. Behr led and mentored GQ’s worldwide artistic groups throughout the model’s world community within the U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Asia. During her tenure at Condé Nast, Behr additionally led the visible route of Pitchfork, directing tentpole digital cowl shoots and particular print initiatives.

Behr started her profession at New York, the place she labored from 2010 to 2018, ending her tenure as senior photograph editor. Over her time on the journal, Behr labored throughout nearly each part, enjoying a key function in rebranding The Cut as a visible vertical, producing movie star covers, portfolios for the Culture Pages and contributing to the journal’s print style points.

New York has been well known for visible excellence, most not too long ago successful the 2026 National Magazine Awards for General Excellence and Photography and the George Polk Award for Photojournalism.