Ex - Out / Patria - Fatherland

S. Eclectic expat ex-lawyer. London-based, Cambridge educated, US raised.

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leopard orchid

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Against Empire by Jim Moore

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Mona Tougaard by Malick Bodian for Vogue Italia May 2026

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Art Nouveau Villa Ruggeri in Pesaro. Italy

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Cormorant fishing in Yangshuo near Guilin, Guangxi, China. Christian Vaisse

Cormorant fishing is an old tradition in which fishermen use trained cormorants to catch fish.

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Albert Camus, from a letter to María Casares featured in Correspondance, 1944-1959

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Chaumet, Paris

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haleeza jasmine for elle bride id mar. 2025

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A stem cup from North China, late seventh or early eighth century. Silver with embossing, chasing, engraving and microscopic traces of gilding.

Credit…via Asia Society, New York

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Here

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"I am, I am, I am", Tathev Simonyan

[modelsof-color]

Josephen Akuei by Natasha Kot for Número Magazine February 2026

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2004 Helmut Lang

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haiku #24, tathev simonyan