Summer offers our model Julia a different kind of stage - one bathed in the subdued sunlight of her own private retreat.
Nestled in the quiet embrace of a rural landscape, her simple summer home is a sanctuary where simplicity reigns.
On this afternoon, as the golden hour began to cast its languid shadows across the veranda, Julia slips out of her new, feather-light summer dress, its fabric soft against her skin.

With deliberate, almost ritualistic grace, Julia removes her dress, revealing not only a body but also a mind enveloped in summer lightness.
In the cool waterfall of a refreshing shower and then in the soft, natural light, she moves with an authentic, unposed beauty, an intimate self-portrait that unfolds frame by frame in the candid vacation shots that follow.
Here, in the quiet intimacy of her own space, we discover the true essence of summer and herself that she reveals.

Captured with summerly ease on film by Eric J.