Adriatic Summer

Ben shot this in 2023 from a vantage above one of Dubrovnik's pebble coves, where the Adriatic runs clear enough to read the seabed in five feet of water. The Croatian coast keeps a particular kind of summer rhythm — parasols rented by the hour, lunch stretching past three, the swim breaks getting shorter as the afternoon warms. Pebble beaches sit at the foot of the karst cliffs that ring the city, the white stone bouncing light back into the water. Ben caught the cove at its fullest — color, chatter, easy hours.