Tracing Shapes of Earth

The beautiful symmetry between humans and the natural world.

SPRING 2025

Close-up of a person's face with a butterfly resting on their forehead above the eye.

PHOTOGRAPHY Claire Leahy

We return to the natural world not as something separate, but familiar—
a kind of home the body has never forgotten.

Close-up of yellow wildflowers with thin green stems against a blue sky and blurred background.

A woman with curly hair and hoop earrings standing outdoors with mountains and greenery in the background.

DRESS Reformation, EARRINGS Anita Ko

Two women with jewelry, one with blond hair and the other with curly black hair, standing closely outdoors with a cloudy sky background.

On Jeet DRESS Lioness, EARRINGS Anita Ko
On Maya DRESS Reformation, EARRINGS Anita Ko

A woman with red hair lying outdoors, resting her head on her arm with her eyes closed.

DRESS Lioness, EARRINGS Anita Ko

We move through the world, often unaware of the quiet things that hold us—the warmth of light on stone, the curve of a path worn smooth.

A woman with short curly hair and earrings leans against a rocky wall, with eyes closed and face tilted slightly upward under a clear blue sky.

DRESS Reformation, EARRINGS Anita Ko

Hilly landscape with green grass and a clear blue sky.

Close-up of a woman's face, showing her eye, nose, and lips, partially obscured by a green plant stem.

EARRINGS Anita Ko

A flat stomach with a belly button, four rough-textured yellow stones arranged vertically on it, and a green curved line overlaying the upper right corner, with a background of blue sky and beige paper.

These shapes stay with us: traces of where we’ve been, and what endures.

STORY CREDITS
PHOTOGRAPHER Claire Leahy, FEATURING Jeet Pavlovic at Nomad, Maya Tourè at Photogenics, ART DIRECTOR Farah Markis, MOTION AND LIGHTING Kurt Collins, STYLIST Alison Lewis, PROP STYLIST Jessie Cundiff, HAIR AND MAKEUP Janelle Walker, PRODUCER Kristin Steusloff, RETOUCHING Lada Castro, LOCATION Silver Strand Ranch

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