A study in distilling life to its essence, as told through the lives of 12 individuals who have each fearlessly crafted lives of their own making. 

Stories include: Tobias Jesso Jr., April Valencia, Sean Frank, Monroe Alvarez, Brian Lee, Molly Sedlacek, Ido Yoshimoto, Zoe Dering, Obi Kaufmann, Erica Chidi, Sonoko Sakai, and Katsushia Sakai. 

Photography by Justin Chung