The Most Interesting Photo Stories We Saw This Week
Its all beaches, babes, and unorthodox approaches.
"These Aerial Photos of Beaches Will Make You Ready for Summer Sun" — Slate's Behold
"Gray Malin’s series of aerial photos of beaches is all things warm and perfect. Dreamlike scenes so beautifully captured and full of graphic detail: shapes, shadows, and lots of color. Right-click, save image as, and set desktop picture.” —Jared Harrell, Photo Editor, News
Gray Malin
"The Search for Mr. Gay Syria" — BuzzFeed News
"This photo essay from photographer Bradley Secker shows us the behind the scenes of the hunt for Mr. Gay Syria. His pictures are deeply humanizing and show us how the contestants' participation is simultaneously a political act and a fabulous one." —Dennis Huynh, design director, News
Bradley Secker
"Soccer on the Street" — ESPN
"Yup, all the feels. Soccer, do-gooders, and really strong photos by Preston Gannaway can be seen on ESPN. I'm late to the game finding it, but go look if you haven't already." —Kate Bubacz, senior photo editor, BuzzFeed News
Preston Gannaway
"The New York Times Candid, Personal Photos from Hip-Hop’s ’90s Heyday" — New York Times
"Ahead of this weekend’s highly anticipated Bad Boy family reunion concerts at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, fashion stylist and former girlfriend of Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs, Misa Hylton, has shared her own personal collection of candid snapshots from her time as the queen of hip-hop and R&B fashion design.” —Gabriel H. Sanchez, photo essay editor
Courtesy of Misa Hylton