Katy Rogers, Youth (PEOPLE 2023)

The beauty of youth is in their boundless energy, their fearlessness, their unbridled joy and finding freedom in the simple delights of the present. I love capturing those moments; the way they defy the social constructs we make for ourselves as adults, in the same way the boy seems to defy gravity in his movement and flight to escape the falling leaves.

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