A caretaker welcomes visitors into a Buddhist temple outside of Ninh Bin, Vietnam on Jun. 22, 2023. Visitors may get to listen to him play the two traditional Vietnamese instruments behind him: the dan bau and dan day.

Elizabeth Mullins, dressed as a 20th-century socialite poses next to Liam Kirkpatrick Whaley, a ghostbuster on Oct. 31, 2024. The pair had come from another photoshoot earlier that Halloween.

Andrew Carlson leans back on stairs at Arcosanti in Arizona on Jan. 15, 2024. Built in the 1970s by Paolo Soleri, Arconsanti is an experimental town meant to leave minimal environmental impact.

Schutt extends his hands, crisscrossed with scars and jewelry on Dec. 20, 2023. Schutt got the scars after surviving an avalanche accident in the summer of 2021, in which he was swept up, tumbled hundreds of feet and trapped under the snow for an hour.

Twins Clara and Quinn Warren dressed as a jester and clown, respectively, on Oct. 31, 2024. Luckily, the rain dissipated before it could reveal their identities.

Raven Borsey (Xwesultan) cradles a carving of a thunderbird clutching a serpent, his first work since he gave up carving 12 years prior. Borsey never understood why he carved it until his mentor, Daryll Hillaire, shared an old Lummi story about a notorious battle between a thunderbird and serpents.

Terra Souriall leans against a wall in downtown Bellingham, repping pink from head to toe on May 10, 2024. Souriall knew she had to get the dress after visiting a friend’s boutique in Texas, she said.

A bus driver finishes work for the day in Ayyutahara, Thailand, on July, 2023. He insisted that he pose in front of his motorbike.

Drayton members Eddie Stipkala, Jacob Crane and Jed Johnson (from left to right) dangle their legs off a roof on Jun. 27, 2024. The band has recently been picking up steam in the Bellingham music scene, playing sold out shows at the Karate Church and Blue Room.

A Western student poses inside Isamu Noguchi’s “Sky Viewing Sculpture” on May 3, 2024.

Ralph Bennett rests his hand on a mask he is currently working on in Felix Solomon’s studio on Oct. 20, 2023. Though Bennett is not Coast Salish, he has learned about their carving forms in the course of making and restoring over 50 poles with Solomon.

Ana Sofía Garcia Villarreal picks up the phone, while Jack Church dials a number on Oct. 31, 2024. Western students did not take Halloween lightly, many coming in full costume.

Madeline Porter and Brette Ashley Hume pose for The Rage Magazine’s fire fits event on May 3, 2024. The magazine took photos of students who wore fire-themed outfits.

Robert Fisher strums a guitar, a light trail zig-zagging across the frame on May 5, 2024. Fisher has been learning to play acoustic for several years.