• IN THIS ISSUE 34.2

    On the cover: Meta view of Bank Vaults, Mentawai Islands. “That boat is where you would typically anchor to surf and shoot,” says photographer John Barton. “But I was farther down the coast at Nipussi, scanning through a long lens to see if it was getting better elsewhere.”

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