What your August 2023 looked like

At the end of every month, we open our inbox to photographs from anyone and everyone and run a selection of our favourites — just email photography@i-d.co to be considered with your name, age, location, Instagram handle, and a line or two about the image.

If your image hasn’t made the cut, please don’t be discouraged and do keep sending us your photography. We receive thousands of submissions!

Tim Christmann, 24, Barcelona, Spain

“I visited a housemate in her home town of Ovada, Italy. I found myself hanging out with her, her sister and her sister’s friends a bunch.” @tim.christmann

a crowd of people on a blue beach with a pink moon in the distance at nighttime

Smaragda Koutsoudi, 25 Chania, Crete

“The August full moon on a very special beach on Samothraki Island.” @upwosh

two teenagers in a field while a girl in the foreground looks on

Jeronimo Ruiz de Velasco, 18, Mexico City, Mexico

“I took this picture in Chapultepec Park of one of my friends sitting at the top of a historical monument. We spent the whole afternoon there.” @jero_rvs

Anya Zhilina, 21, Vienna

“Outside a techno club in Itaewon, Seoul.” @zhil.aa

three people sneaking through a barbed wire fence in the desert

Vicente del Río Laya, 24, Chile

“Filming and sneaking into the driest place on earth.” @vicentedelri

two teenagers talking on a wooden bench in a field

Thando Nxumalo, 17, Mbabane, Eswatini

“My friends Thea, Kehsav and I were conversing about tons of different things.” @thandonxumalo_

Jiwon, Seoul, South Korea

“I went on a trip to my mother’s hometown, Buyeo, on my birthday.” @sayaiso

a group of girls sit in the back of an open car in san francisco at night

Nayeli Rodriguez, 19, New York, USA

“These are my best friends on a Sunday night overlooking San Francisco, the place we all met.” @nayeliyazminn

four children in shorts and t-shirts posing for the camera

Khaled Fhemy Mamah, 25, Dakar, Senegal

“These kids were just back from swimming when we met. I was in a photoshoot when they asked me for a photo and just couldn’t say no. It was a wholesome moment.” @fhemy.raw.

Cheng Zhuang, 16, Massachussets, USA

“Mayflower Beach, Cape Cod. The sky was the same color as the sea.” @chengzphoto

a blurry image of a woman eating a watermelon close to the lens

Kate Nakamura, 25, Berlin, Germany

“This summer has been full of saying goodbyes to friends.” @alienspacebats

two boys and a girl in the backseat of their car with the sun shining through the window

Kalenga Nkonge, Lusaka, Zambia

“Two brothers with their sister in the backseat of the car.” @bonkoti

a girl in her car sleeping against the window

Lauren McDowell, 25, North Carolina, USA

“The ride back from the beach.” @laurenm1

a boy hanging out the open window on holiday, his head is bent so you can't see above his neck

Thomas Cuzin, 21, Brussels, Belgium

“Spending the last day of the holidays in Athens with my best friend.” @thomas_cuzin

Lia Elms, 20, New York, USA

“My little sister at an amusement park in Mission Beach, San Diego, waiting to buy tickets. We’ve been coming here since we were kids.” @austra_lia

a couple standing on an incline in the woods in austria

Ida Pichler, 22, Tirol, Austria

“My friends Tatjana, Ludwig and me stayed at this old wooden hut, where neither electricity nor water is available. My great-grandfather occupied this hut during World War I because he didn’t want to be a soldier.” @iderrr