Taigan Fetch Magazine by Taigan

Since the April Deepwater Horizon explosion, the entire Gulf Coast has been in serious peril. It has also long been a subject of photographer Richard Sexton, whose 2007 book Terra Incognita lovingly documents the tangled swampland and once-pristine beaches between Georgia and Louisiana.

As the weather turns colder, thoughts inevitably turn to sand and water. Nowhere are both more beautiful than on America’s “Third Coast,” especially when captured in stunning images by photographer Richard Sexton.

“The Shoppers” from “American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

David Fokos was born in Baltimore, lives in San Diego, and spent time in between in Boston, upstate New York, and Washington D.C. Still, the place he says feels most like home is Martha’s Vineyard, where he first visited 32 years ago, and where his parents now live year-round. His affecting black-and-white photos of the [...]