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Towering sundaes of @jenisicecream is the only thing helping us survive this summer fever dream 🫶🍦✨
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📸: me
Styling: @kchysmith
Models: @esmelanea @archerboyette

The following conversation about a @jenisicecream photoshoot between me and @kchysmith is paraphrased, though not inaccurate.
Me: Hey, wanna do an ice cream shoot?
KC: Duh.
Me: Can we make an epic cone?
KC How high?
Me: Really high.
KC: LFG.
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I will grit my teeth and reluctantly tolerate this swampy weather for tomatoes this scrumptious. @durhamfarmersmarket tomato day did not disappoint. (Swipe for a photo of my astronautical sungold bandit.) 🍅☀️✨

Back in early June, @nycjessie at the @nytimes asked me to shoot a dream assignment as a food photographer from Eastern North Carolina: wood-fired, whole-hog barbecue. While I’m not a prodigal eastern North Carolinian, I’m a 24+ year tran

Sun-soaked evenings, @delacalleco tepache, and green grass picnics con mis amigas are the signs of a perfect summer. 🌞
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@delacalleco
Model @anahoppertflores
Assistants @edobunny and Bexar
@all.opal