What does it mean to cross a border when the boundaries we face aren’t always visible?Behind the scenes of our Border Issue ’26 cover shoot with Brandon Ruffin.From identity and belonging to the expectations we inherit and the limitations we learn to challenge, Border explores the lines we encounter throughout our lives, and what it takes to move beyond them.Bringing this cover to life was a collaboration of creative minds, each contributing their own perspective to the story we’re telling.Featuring: Photographer and Visual Artist Brandon Ruffin @ruffdraft Cover Feature & Editorial Photography: Sheilby Macena & Baidi Kamagate BTS: Baidi Kamagate @baidi_lnpx Styling: Daria Mathias @thedfmstudio Lighting: Jean-Claude Cubias @jeanclaudecubias Creative Direction: Trystanne Cunningham @editor_in_tTHE LINES WE CROSS. IN LAND. IN LIFE. IN SPIRIT.Discover Brandon’s cover story and explore The Border Issue.Read digitally or collect your copy. Link in bio.#TrooRaMagazine #TheBorderIssue #BrandonRuffin #IndependentMedia #EditorialPhotography

Get your digital copy of The Comfort Issue.A 300+ page independently-published editorial exploration of humanity's neverending search for regulation, life in a period of frictionlessness, and the founders and changemakers who reject comfort in search of a new status quo.#trooramagazine #comfortissue #independentjournalism #storiesthatmatter #enterpreneurship

Now entering a low-friction zone....and what lies beyond it. Get ready to meet The Comfort Issue '26. Coming soon.#ComfortIssue26 #LowFrictionZone #ComingSoon #GetReady #NewRelease #StayTuned