Jack, hitting a 4x180kg deadlift PR at the Murder of Crows in Crown Heights.

Jack

Vanina, finding a release, letting the storm pass, and heading home from Hell's Kitchen.

Vanina

A portrait of the artist a few months before he becomes a father, in the exact same spot as the first picture in the series.

Shreyans

Kara, visiting from 45 minutes outside LA, who made her own jewelry (except the Vivienne Westwood orb which was a gift to herself), and who has learned over time that heaven is within herself, in the stairway leading up from Broadway-Lafayette.

Kara

Mohan from Hyderabad, who tallied up Kate's trays of baby plants at Natty Garden.

Mohan

Krikor, minutes before marrying the lovely Iryna, at St. Gregory The Enlightener Armenian Church. A traditional Orthodox service, with organ and song, followed by a traditional late night Brooklyn after party.

Krikor

An anonymous orthodox kid, taking calls on his flip phone and doing loops of Fort Greene park on his electric Citibike. And Shaunak from UPenn, still the fittest of the bunch, who I saw after 14 years, but it felt like no time had passed.

Anon

Back in Brooklyn with the Yemeni bodega boys, Laith, and his little brother, Baba.

Laith

Cherri, who finally has pictures of herself at work, landscaping a Kensington home. And Patrick, singer-songwriter, who got me to articulate why I like photographing people at work.

Cherri

Luke, on his last day at Los Mochis in London, before he heads off to cook on a yacht in the Mediterranean, during a short break before service begins. And Seema from Darjeeling with her brother, who teased her and convinced her to be photographed.

Luke

Four cousins (once removed) and an old friend. Ruchi, Rini, Raghav, Aayush - my cousin's kids, grown up and making their way in London, at dinner at Dishoom. And Rahul from high school in Jakarta, a fresh UK permanent resident, stepping into week one of a sabbatical.

Ruchi

Zoe from Berlin, at the Palais de Tokyo, listening to the amplified electrical impulses of plants.

[Caroline Simonds](https://vaudevisuals.com/caroline-simonds-a-hard-act-to-follow/), who has been clowning around the world for decades, from the streets of the West Village and Paris in the 70s to childrens hospitals across France with her [troupe](https://www.leriremedecin.org/nous-connaitre/equipe/les-clowns.html) today. She and her friends sat next to us at the Chinese restaurant, Mala Boom, shared stories of the general strike of [1968](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_68), and Caroline showed us some incredible photos of herself over the decades, including some by [Boubat](https://www.artnet.com/artists/edouard-boubat/)

Caroline

[Noé Wodecki](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10061242/), with his expressive face and exuberant energy, shooting scenes for a film about up-and-coming French actors at the top of Parc de Belleville. Plus, the cutest band of friends, Kate at 18 weeks, and Tanya.

Noé

Sophia, fresh off a 12 hour flight from Bangkok, right into a 19th century salon that had never seen colors like hers. Plus, a woman intently reading '[The City of Joy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Joy)' from a free little library.

Sophia

Dierdre, who said she would never describe herself as elegant, while looking quite elegant at the Picasso Museum.

Dierdre

Kate, in Suzanne Valadon's studio in Montemartre, across the garden from Renoir's, dreaming of a studio of her own.

Kate

[Shakil](https://www.instagram.com/shakilsolanki_studio) from Cape Town at the Madame Grès x Alaïa exhibition at the Azzedine Alaïa Foundation.

Shakil

[Ida](https://www.instagram.com/idasandstorm/), back in Paris after a year away, writing at Bonjour Jacob.

Serge, who did not speak a word of English, at the Jardin du Luxembourg, and Guy, reading a biography of Adolf Hilter by John Toland.

Serge

Antoine, our server, taking a break outside the Japanese curry spot on Rue de Pont aux Choux.

Antoine

Sahil, chasing an elusive Nadal across the clay circuit, at the Monte Carlo Masters quarter finals, with Djokovic and De Minaur in the background.

Sahil

Jean Matisse, who bought his wife two donkeys to cement their courtship, and feeds a rotating crew of friends and family in this old kitchen.

Jean Matisse

Theodore, who moved from Romania to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie to open a shop with his brother-in-law, and told us where to spot wild boar at dusk, which we did. Plus, a heli-rescue training dive at the Verdon Gorge.

Theodore

Kholoud, TGV attendant on the platform at Gare de Lyon.

Kholoud

Iona, who is one week into her apprenticeship tending to Monet's water lily pond.

Iona

Thijs, who just graduated from high school in Holland, and came to Paris to skate and study cooking at Le Cordon Bleu. Plus, Paris on a warming day.

Thijs

Olivia, our Airbnb host in Paris, who organizes photo shows, and invited us to one. Plus, some of my favorite recent pictures of Kate.