Meet Pauldto. The guy pictured above. He’s actually just a guest in this story. This intro to the newsletter is about a young girl named Taylor and how the 18-year-old ended up with the cover shot of The Photo Issue of The Flow Trip. Apparently, Taylor met a wonderful gentleman we’ve admired for several years, Mr. Donal Boyd. Donal took Taylor and a number of other aspiring, up-and-coming photographers on an adventure to learn about different cultures and spend some quality nights in nature. We imagine it was on this adventure that, late at night around a roaring fire deep in the jungle, with drums beating off in the distance and a cool breeze cutting through the camp, Donal told the tale to Taylor and the crew about The Flow Trip and our Photo Contest — although in reality, it’s most likely Taylor just found us on Donal’s Instagram account. Either way, what matters is that on that fateful trip, Taylor came upon an older, curious orangutan named Pauldto and spent several hours documenting the experience. She then spent $6 and entered Pauldto into the Photo Contest. You can see Taylor’s winning photo in The Photo Issue, or featured in this fancy new gallery along with the other winners.
Radiohead is hitting the road again. Tickets here, you creeps.
Snapshot in Time
On this very day, about 136-ish years ago, George Eastman patented the first roll-film camera, which he called “the Kodak,” bringing photography to the masses with the push of a button. And basically the person responsible for the 50,000-plus duplicates in our camera roll.
Surfing on the Spirit of Dragons
Meet the badass creatives behind The Dragon Academy who are marrying their passion for surfing and their Chinese heritage.
No Going Back
Some places you just can’t return to without changing your identity and hiding your face behind glasses and a fake mustache to avoid public shame. Here are some of comedian Paul Scheer’s places of no return.
Other Good News & Happenings
Something great will happen to you tomorrow. Pass it on.
Grab the popcorn, the time has come to say goodbye. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.
Showcasing the soul with underwater storyteller, Dr. Shireen Rahimi.
Lady Gaga x Tim Burton. Things are getting spooky.
