Photographer Thom Jackson and creative director Andrew Weir’s singular, visual sense of time and place has threaded through a set of past MDX stories. The first two found Julia Hafstrom in Marfa and Ronja Furer in Weatherford, Texas. Making the repeat duo something of resident collaborators at Models.com. Now the desert vistas of Tucumcari, New Mexico serve as the narrative thrust for their latest editorial. For their continuation, they arrive to familiar effect, one that is both polished and cinematic–only with new characters and location. Setting the scene Grace Simmons and Dani Witt are red-headed models on the lam calling on the romance of Thelma and Louise.

Photographer: Thom Jackson for Models.com
Creative direction: Andrew Weir
Hair and MakeUp: Lisa Williams
Models: Grace Simmons & Dani Witt
Photo assistants: Dinah Whistler, Jonathan Stafford
Digital Tech: Elliott Snedden
Assistant Stylists: Sarah Perillo &Tess Wilcox
Location: Tucumcari, New Mexico
Special thanks: KCD, Grange Hall, BPCM, Karla Otto, Industrial Color, Neiman Marcus, Stanley Korshack
Text by Steven Yatsko