Online, we are bombarded with an endless stream of half-baked images, ads, thirst traps, and AI experiments, all flattened into the same algorithmic sludge and rebranded simply as “content.” The feed wins by sheer volume. But now and then, something cuts through. Photographs that force your eyes to stop darting and searching. If you look in the right places, you can still find images that penetrate the murk. Images that refuse to disappear, that demand a second look, that remind you what seeing should feel like.
Sam Penn ’s photographs live in the space between vulnerability and documentation, so intimate that they may make you feel like an intruder. She has shot for Balenciaga , Bottega Veneta, and Vaquera and is currently on a break from the Ultrasound World Tour with Lorde , w

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