7 Photography Works That Frame the Perfect Summer
Worth a thousand words.
Photo by Lavinia Cernau
These seven photographic works capture the beauty of summer around the world, of warmth that doesn’t last for us in Canada. With the colder months around the corner, these stories can provide some much-needed escapism for those of us who continue to chase the sun.
Photo by Raquel Guiu
Photo Essay: Ilha De Mozambique
For photographer Raquel Guiu‘s Ilha de Mozambique series, she travelled to the coral reef island four kilometres off the coast of Mozambique’s mainland and explored all its corners through her lens. “I needed to capture the scent of the ocean, the whitewashed walls that have lived through so many conquests, the warmth of its people, in order to express some feelings that words could not explain,” she says. —Elia Essen
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Photo by Lavinia Cernau
The Magic of Summer on European Coastlines
Lavinia Cernau is a self-taught photographer based in Transylvania, Romania, whose photographs—from the coastal scenes of Italy, Spain, Greece, and her home country—are bathed in summer sun. From behind the lens, Cernau frames the prosaic, capturing life in beauty and light by focusing her eye on the real-life moments one tends to overlook. —Caitlin Goff
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Photo by Raquel Guiu
A Photographic Odyssey Through the Greek Isles
Through Raquel Guiu’s lens, we see that the bustle of the cities, once teeming with traders and soldiers, has migrated to the coast, where modern visitors lounge and swim in the endless summer. —Jack Lowe
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Photo by Katerina Katopis-Lykiardopulo
Assouline’s Greek Islands Captures a Spectacular Journey Through the Islands of the Aegean Sea
Photographer Katerina Katopis-Lykiardopulo and author Chrysanthos Panas set out to vividly illustrate the peaceful atmosphere, sublime architecture, and colourful characters of the region. —Caitlin Goff
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Photo by Trent Parke
What Emotion Is the Sun For You?
Maison Veuve Clicquot has long been known for its signature yellow. With the maison’s partnership with Magnum Photos—the agency founded in 1947 by photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, and David “Chim” Seymour—Emotions of the Sun is a photographic celebration of all things yellow and bright, the sun interpreted as a universal joy. —Claudia Cusano
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Photo by Raquel Guiu
Through the Lens of Time
For a recent photographic study, she traversed the arid and striking landscape of the Draa Valley in southern Morocco. Three road trips took Guiu across the valley, through the smattering of small adobe villages and ancient kasbahs, the warm sand tones only broken up by the occasional lush oasis. —Elia Essen
Photo by Brad Wall
Through the Lens: Brad Wall’s Pools From Above
Beautifully capturing the unique disposition of swimming pools from far and wide, Brad Walls draws attention to symmetry and curvature, playing with both light and colour to bring the photographs to life. —Caitlin Goff
