Hot Summer Child

In this issue, the lens lingers on the strange clarity of summer—when the air itself seems to shimmer with heat and time slows just enough to leave us alone with our thoughts.

These photographs explore how we cope with warmth and change: the stillness of a room with the fan humming, the weight of sunlight pressing against the skin, the way solitude sharpens into something tender.

To be a summer child is to be restless and reflective at once, caught between longing and ease.