65 photographers capture the hot, halcyon days of summertime

Now that winter’s here, we find ourselves looking back wistfully towards summer, of heat and light stretching into the night time. Photographers too are reflecting upon it now, surveying the images that captured that spirit earlier in the year.

65 of them, precisely, have chosen the picture that reminds them most of the summertime as part of Something Special’s annual exercise, Summer of Something Special. The photobook — which features work from photographers such as Ashley Markle, Lindsay Ellary, Winter Vandenbrink and Jack Bool — captures a world of bee stings and beach days, drunken frolics at sunrise and children playing under clear blue skies.

Here are just some of the photographs submitted by contributors to the fifth edition of Summer of Something Special. You can buy your copy of the book here, with all proceeds donated to the Ghetto Film School, a non-profit that supports the next generation of storytellers.

a boy in an orange t-shirt looks out over the sea and a palm tree, his back to the camera — Jalan and Jibril Durimel

a group of friends gather on a grassy hillside. some stand talking to each other. a couple in the foreground hold each other and kiss — Grady Neilan

a group of friends look laze in a small pool with the sea behind them. in the foreground, a person sits on a chair in the shade, their head tipped back — Honglin Cai

a girl in a white dress bundles herself up on the wooden floor of a room. light hides her face from view. — Maly Mann

a picture of a bee sting on a woman's arm. a chainlink fence is behind her. — Devlin Claro

two boys wearing motorcycle helmets — Winter Vandenbrink

a woman in a striped shirt sits on public transport, her arm around a girl wearing a green t shirt and a white hat — Rafael Rios

a composite image of a payphone covered in grafitti and a child grinning on a bouncy castle — Igor Furtado

on wooden decking, a woman's bare legs — Heather Sten

a group of three friends make a human tower, a town in the background — Jack Bool

two people lie on a bed, a girl has her back to the camera wearing lingerie. a boy looks at her wearing shorts — Ashley Markle

a woman with cupping marks stands with her back to the camera, wearing a bikini thong , a cap and loose shorts — Alima Lee

a group of three friends sit by a basketball court fence, one in the foreground sits with his back to us. to his left a boy smokes, on his right. a boy eats pretzels — Mateo Arciniegas Huertas

on a clear road at dawn, someone wearing blue denim pulls their jeans and trousers down and moons the camera — Anna Pollack

Credits

All photography courtesy Something Special Studios