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Summer Patterns

Beach umbrellas, bathers, and floating ornaments turn sunlit leisure into arrangements of color and repetition.

30 photographs

Read as a story
A mint-green bicycle with pink rims stands beside a red hydrant beneath Route 1 end and mile zero signs.
Where the Road Rests
Rowboats cross a green lake beneath leafy trees and twin ornate towers, with pink flowers in the foreground.
Where Towers Drift
An elevated view of swimmers in turquoise surf beside a sandy beach dotted with colorful umbrellas and rocks.
Along the Turquoise Edge
Lime umbrellas shade colorful tables and stools beside turquoise water at Sunset Pier in Key West.
A Seat Beside Blue
An elevated view shows a sandy beach lined with colorful umbrellas, lounge chairs, and palms beside turquoise water dotted with swimmers and distant boats.
The Long Blue Afternoon
An elevated view shows a crowded sandy beach lined with colorful umbrellas and palms, with swimmers in turquoise shallows and small boats farther offshore.
Summer Along the Blue
An elevated view shows swimmers in turquoise water beside a sandy beach dotted with striped umbrellas, sunbathers, dark rocks, and dense green vegetation.
The Shape of Leisure
An elevated view of a crowded sandy beach shows blue and orange umbrellas, lounge chairs, palm trees, and swimmers in turquoise surf.
A Thousand Small Summers
An elevated view shows a crowded sandy beach lined with palms, blue umbrellas and lounge chairs beside turquoise water dotted with swimmers.
A Thousand Small Summers
An elevated view shows a crowded sandy beach with colorful umbrellas, swimmers in turquoise water, a long pier, and boats scattered across the blue sea.
A Thousand Small Summers
An elevated view shows swimmers in turquoise water beside a crowded sandy beach lined with colorful umbrellas, lounge chairs, dune grass, and palms.
Summer in Multitudes
An elevated view shows a busy sandy beach with colorful umbrellas and palm trees beside a white high-rise, with a long pier and boat wakes across turquoise water.
Summer in Blue
A mint-green bicycle with pink wheel rims stands beside a red fire hydrant beneath the US Route 1 end and mile zero signs in sunny Key West.
Where Miles End
A whitewashed bell tower overlooks blue-domed churches, pastel hillside buildings, and the sunlit sea in Oia, Santorini, beneath a broad blue sky.
Where Bells Hold Light
A yellow vintage-style car carrying boards and an Aloha sign is parked on a rocky point surrounded by turquoise sea beneath a clear blue sky.
Where Roads Become Blue
An elevated view of a busy sandy beach shows rows of blue and orange umbrellas, lounge chairs, palm trees, and swimmers in turquoise surf.
A Thousand Small Summers
An elevated view shows swimmers in turquoise water beside a crowded pale beach scattered with colorful umbrellas, lounge chairs, and palm trees.
A Thousand Small Summers
An elevated view of a crowded sandy beach shows blue umbrellas, lounge chairs and palm trees beside swimmers in turquoise water and small breaking waves.
A Thousand Small Summers
Lime-green umbrellas shade brightly painted tables and stools on Sunset Pier in Key West, overlooking turquoise water beneath a blue sky with white clouds.
Where Summer Waits
Golden light casts long palm shadows across a colorful patterned plaza in front of the turquoise-roofed beachfront pavilion at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea.
Where Shadows Unfurl
Blue, red, and tan kayaks with yellow paddles rest on a sandy riverbank beside clear green water bordered by dense trees under a partly cloudy blue sky.
Before the River
Three metal lanterns on circular floating platforms decorated with colorful glass spheres and netting recede across rippling turquoise water.
Lanterns in Turquoise
Two black lanterns surrounded by colorful glass spheres on netted circular bases sit in clear turquoise water beside sunlit rocks.
Lanterns in Turquoise
Slender golden stems and long green leaves cross diagonally against a softly blurred turquoise background.
Threads of Summer
An upward view of densely hung paper lanterns in yellow, orange, red, blue, purple, and green, with ribbed surfaces and dark circular bases.
A Canopy of Color
A bird-shaped metal garden ornament with a red beak and a fan of green, yellow-striped globes and smaller blue spheres stands among sunlit plants.
A Garden Constellation
Colorful weathered boards stand upright among coconut palms, with sunlight forming a starburst through green fronds against a blue sky.
Where Summer Stands
A curved palm trunk rises from a rocky shoreline over turquoise water, with green fronds spreading against a blue sky above distant low islands and small boats.
The Long Lean
An orange ridged seashell rests on a bare branch against a vivid blue sky, with a white shell and more branches blurred behind it.
An Unlikely Bloom
An empty white rope hammock hangs between leaning palm trees on a sandy beach, with a thatched sunshade, beach chairs, and blue ocean beneath a bright sky.
The Suspended Hour