Three Distinct Faces Reframe Modern Masculinity for Icon America
Jesse Sachet-Dufraisse, Oscar Young, and Alexander Kodjo Acquah come together for The New Masculine, an Icon America editorial photographed by Antonino Cafiero and created by Keeley Dawson.
The editorial’s title leaves room for more than one definition. Rather than forcing the models into a single masculine ideal, The New Masculine lets each face bring its own posture, expression, and physical language into the frame.
Jesse Sachet-Dufraisse, Oscar Young, and Alexander Kodjo Acquah create a strong three-model rhythm. The portraits move between composure and vulnerability, direct eye contact and inward stillness, allowing their differences to become the editorial’s central point.
Antonino Cafiero keeps the photography controlled and portrait-focused, using close framing and uncluttered compositions to emphasize facial structure, body language, and the shifting relationship between the three models.
The grooming by Takumi Horiwaki and Phoebe Taylor supports that restrained approach. Nothing overwhelms the subjects; the finish remains polished enough for the magazine while preserving the individuality that gives each image its tension.
Created by Keeley Dawson for Icon America No. 03, the story presents masculinity as something plural rather than fixed: sharp, soft, expressive, self-possessed, and open to reinterpretation.
Jesse Sachet-Dufraisse, Oscar Young and Alexander Kodjo Acquah in The New Masculine
