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Sunbeams

How we talk about masculinity might be just as important, if not more so, than what we say. The very idea that there is a strict set of rules needs to be chucked away. The future of masculinity is a plethora of masculinities.

Grayson Perry

Hometown Heroes

“White people have it so good, they sign up to die in another country,” she said.

I thought that was pretty grim. I mean, there are such things as heroes. But it’s hard to imagine a real war with people who look like Jack and Matty. The only war I ever hear about is the one my mom was born into and grew up in the aftermath of, the Korean War. The one she uses every excuse to squeeze into a conversation. Every chance she gets, she tells me how rough it was then and how much better we have it now.

Records

A favorite album, a fastest time, a handwritten note about an adoption

All Night

A 24-hour diner, a hospital late shift, a conversation you don’t want to end

Wandering on the Margins

From 2017 to 2020 I took portraits of interesting characters on the streets of Venice Beach, Long Beach, Hollywood, and Anaheim, California. The work was motivated by my love of the human face and fascination with people who, for one reason or another, don’t blend in: street performers, members of cosplay subcultures, people experiencing homelessness, individuals dealing with substance abuse disorders. I offered each person lunch money in exchange for their picture. For the background I used a portable white backdrop—Richard Avedon–style. The nontraditional composition is an extension of the series title, a way of portraying a group of people who often occupy our peripheral field of vision. I also wanted to explore the human tendency to evaluate and even judge others based on limited information.

 —Andy Hann

Sunbeams

In the beginning was the beat, and the beat was the rhythm of God, and the rhythm of God became the harmony of humanity.

Clarence Glover

Sunbeams

Good and evil, as we term them, are not antagonistic; they are ever found hand in hand. Humanity has never achieved a single conquest without the aid of both. Indeed how can she? What adds to moral strength, but a grappling with temptation?

Sarah Grimké

T-Shirts

Poorly—and purposefully—placed slogans, baby-goat encounters, and uncanny AOL connections