After moving to the U.S., working at a string of “immigrant jobs” and taking night classes at the New York-based School of Visual Arts, Anton was hired by New York Magazine. He scanned photos and cropped them for $6.50 an hour. At the same time, Anton supplemented his income by working as a taxi driver. “I liked working for a magazine right away. I also saw that if you do smart, creative work, you can easily grow in the editorial design field. It was all about what you can create.” After 4 years at New York magazine, he became a designer and then art director for a number of New York-based magazines in the 1990s: Allure, George, and YM.
