BEAUTY: Photography--Tye Martinez

In his header description on his Instagram account, photographer Tye Martinez says, "I do not document reality." Which is precisely why I am responding in a very personal way to his imagery of people floating and flying...you see, at least a few nights a week, I dream I am flying or floating in a variety of places and situations. These images feel so familiar to me. Sometimes I can float up and move forward in an upright position, sometimes I sort of "swim" through the air horizontally, sometimes I can leap and fly along many yards before coming back down to push off again. I love seeing Martinez make his models do the same thing.

https://tyedied.rip/