{"id":511,"date":"2026-03-13T17:14:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10016\/?page_id=511"},"modified":"2026-03-17T08:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:53:00","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faton.works\/blogum\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"511\" class=\"elementor elementor-511\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10379db e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10379db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b247353 elementor-widget elementor-widget-blg-who-we-are\" data-id=\"b247353\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blg-who-we-are.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <section class=\"blg-who-we-are-section\" style=\"margin-bottom: 100px;\">\n            <header class=\"blg-section-header\" style=\"margin-bottom: 60px; display: flex; align-items: baseline; justify-content: space-between; gap: 20px; flex-wrap: wrap; border-bottom: 2px solid var(--blg-text-main); padding-bottom: 12px;\">\n                <h2 style=\"font-family: var(--blg-font-heading); font-size: 3rem; margin: 0; font-weight: 900; color: var(--blg-text-main);\">\n                    <span >Who <\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic; color: var(--blg-accent-color); margin-inline-start: 15px;\" >\n                        We Are<\/span><\/h2>\n                                <span style=\"font-family: var(--blg-font-body); font-size: 0.65rem; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 3px; opacity: 0.7; color: var(--blg-text-main); font-weight: 700;\" >\n                    \/ Est. 2018                <\/span>\n                            <\/header>\n\n            <div class=\"blg-who-we-are-grid\" style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: clamp(40px, 6vw, 80px); align-items: start;\">\n                <div class=\"blg-who-we-are__text\">\n                                        <p style=\"font-family: var(--blg-font-heading); font-size: 1.8rem; line-height: 1.4; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; margin: 0 0 40px; color: var(--blg-text-main); opacity: 0.9;\" >\n                        &quot;We are not a magazine. We are a lens through which the culture sees itself.&quot;                    <\/p>\n                                        <div style=\"font-family: var(--blg-font-body); font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.8; opacity: 0.8; color: var(--blg-text-main);\" >\n                        <p>AURA was born in a studio apartment in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, from a belief that fashion journalism had lost its capacity for genuine intellectual risk. Too many publications chased the trend; none were willing to interrogate it.<\/p><p>We began as a printed quarterly, 200 copies, hand-distributed at the Palais de Tokyo and the Colette space before it closed. Today we reach 48,000 readers monthly across digital and physical formats. The ambition has never changed.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"blg-who-we-are__image\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faton.works\/blogum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5.jpg\" \n                         alt=\"Who  We Are\" \n                         style=\"width: 100%; height: clamp(300px, 50vw, 500px); object-fit: cover; display: block; border-radius: var(--blg-radius-img, 0px);\">\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n        \n        <style>\n            @media (max-width: 768px) {\n                .blg-who-we-are-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr !important; gap: 40px !important; }\n                .blg-who-we-are__image img { height: 350px !important; }\n            }\n        <\/style>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae44a1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ae44a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b3a7ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-blg-team-grid\" data-id=\"5b3a7ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blg-team-grid.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <section class=\"blg-team-grid-section\" style=\"margin-bottom: 100px;\">\r\n            <header class=\"blg-section-header\" style=\"margin-bottom: 60px; display: flex; align-items: baseline; justify-content: space-between; gap: 20px; flex-wrap: wrap; border-bottom: 2px solid var(--blg-text-main); padding-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n                <h2 style=\"font-family: var(--blg-font-heading); font-size: 3rem; margin: 0; font-weight: 900; color: var(--blg-text-main);\">\r\n                    The<span style=\"font-style: italic; color: var(--blg-accent-color); margin-inline-start: 15px;\">\r\n                        Collective<\/span><\/h2>\r\n                                <span style=\"font-family: var(--blg-font-body); font-size: 0.65rem; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 3px; opacity: 0.7; color: var(--blg-text-main); font-weight: 700;\">\r\n                    \/ Elite Editorial                <\/span>\r\n                            <\/header>\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"blg-team-elite-grid\" style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(250px, 1fr)); gap: 0; border: 1px solid var(--blg-border-color); overflow: hidden;\">\r\n                            <div class=\"blg-team-card-elite\" style=\"border-right: 1px solid var(--blg-border-color); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--blg-border-color); padding: 40px; transition: all 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.19, 1, 0.22, 1); background: var(--blg-bg-color);\">\r\n                    <div class=\"blg-team-img-wrap\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/1; overflow: hidden; margin-bottom: 30px; border: 1px solid var(--blg-border-color); border-radius: 50%;\">\r\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faton.works\/blogum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15.jpg\" alt=\"Elena Rostova\"\r\n                            style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; filter: grayscale(1) contrast(1.1); transition: all 1s cubic-bezier(0.19, 1, 0.22, 1); display: block;\">\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"blg-team-info-elite\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n                        <h4 style=\"font-family: var(--blg-font-heading); font-size: 1.3rem; font-weight: 900; margin: 0 0 8px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: -0.5px; color: var(--blg-text-main);\">\r\n                            Elena Rostova                        <\/h4>\r\n                        <span style=\"font-family: var(--blg-font-body); font-size: 0.6rem; color: var(--blg-accent-color); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 3px; font-weight: 900; opacity: 0.8;\">\r\n                            Editor in Chief                        <\/span>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                            <div class=\"blg-team-card-elite\" style=\"border-right: 1px solid var(--blg-border-color); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--blg-border-color); padding: 40px; transition: all 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.19, 1, 0.22, 1); background: var(--blg-bg-color);\">\r\n                    <div class=\"blg-team-img-wrap\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/1; overflow: hidden; margin-bottom: 30px; border: 1px solid var(--blg-border-color); border-radius: 50%;\">\r\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faton.works\/blogum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/24.jpg\" alt=\"Dario Neri\"\r\n                            style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; filter: grayscale(1) contrast(1.1); transition: all 1s cubic-bezier(0.19, 1, 0.22, 1); display: block;\">\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"blg-team-info-elite\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n                        <h4 style=\"font-family: var(--blg-font-heading); font-size: 1.3rem; font-weight: 900; margin: 0 0 8px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: -0.5px; color: var(--blg-text-main);\">\r\n                            Dario Neri                        <\/h4>\r\n                        <span style=\"font-family: var(--blg-font-body); font-size: 0.6rem; color: var(--blg-accent-color); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 3px; font-weight: 900; opacity: 0.8;\">\r\n                            Art Director                        <\/span>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                            <div class=\"blg-team-card-elite\" style=\"border-right: 1px solid var(--blg-border-color); 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font-size: 0.6rem; color: var(--blg-accent-color); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 3px; font-weight: 900; opacity: 0.8;\">\r\n                            Senior Narrative                        <\/span>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                            <div class=\"blg-team-card-elite\" style=\"border-right: 1px solid var(--blg-border-color); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--blg-border-color); padding: 40px; transition: all 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.19, 1, 0.22, 1); background: var(--blg-bg-color);\">\r\n                    <div class=\"blg-team-img-wrap\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/1; overflow: hidden; margin-bottom: 30px; border: 1px solid var(--blg-border-color); border-radius: 50%;\">\r\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faton.works\/blogum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/b10.jpg\" alt=\"Lina Smart\"\r\n                            style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; filter: grayscale(1) contrast(1.1); 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display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 20px; border-bottom: 2px solid var(--blg-text-main); padding-bottom: 12px;\">\n                <h2 style=\"font-family: var(--blg-font-heading); font-size: 3rem; margin: 0; font-weight: 900; color: var(--blg-text-main);\">\n                    <span >Editorial<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic; color: var(--blg-accent-color); margin-inline-start: 15px;\" >\n                        Principles<\/span><\/h2>\n            <\/header>\n\n            <div class=\"blg-principles-container\" style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 40px;\">\n                                <div class=\"blg-principle-item\" style=\"display: flex; gap: 30px; align-items: flex-start;\">\n                    <div style=\"font-family: var(--blg-font-heading); font-size: 3rem; font-weight: 900; color: var(--blg-accent-color); line-height: 1; min-width: 60px;\">\n                        01                    <\/div>\n                    <div>\n                        <h3 style=\"font-family: var(--blg-font-heading); font-size: 1.8rem; font-weight: 900; margin: 0 0 15px; color: var(--blg-text-main); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: -0.5px;\" >\n                            Radical Honesty                        <\/h3>\n                        <p style=\"font-family: var(--blg-font-body); font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.7; opacity: 0.8; margin: 0; color: var(--blg-text-main); max-width: 800px;\" >\n                            We do not publish press releases dressed as criticism. Every review, every profile, every essay is the genuine intellectual position of its author.                        <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"blg-principle-item\" style=\"display: flex; gap: 30px; align-items: flex-start;\">\n                    <div style=\"font-family: var(--blg-font-heading); font-size: 3rem; font-weight: 900; color: var(--blg-accent-color); line-height: 1; min-width: 60px;\">\n                        02                    <\/div>\n                    <div>\n                        <h3 style=\"font-family: var(--blg-font-heading); font-size: 1.8rem; font-weight: 900; margin: 0 0 15px; color: var(--blg-text-main); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: -0.5px;\" >\n                            The Long View                        <\/h3>\n                        <p style=\"font-family: var(--blg-font-body); font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.7; opacity: 0.8; margin: 0; color: var(--blg-text-main); max-width: 800px;\" >\n                            We do not publish press releases dressed as criticism. 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