What’s the Best Thing About the Return of the Rainy Season?

Our favorite looks this week.

(Sam Gehrke)

"I guess it's more opportunity to wear hoodies and jackets. If that's your style then this is your season."

"I'm here on a weekend trip, so I can't really say what the best thing about it would be. I can say, though, that it hasn't been especially helpful during the trip."

"Just the word "sad." I know it wouldn't be so beautiful here without it, but still "sad."

"I love the rain. I never get to see it 'cause I live in LA. It's cleansing with a little bit of irony."

"Everything feels really clean, like there's a new chance for things to start getting better."

"My immediate reaction would be so I can ruin a pair of shoes that I've been wearing for too long and aren't rain-friendly, haha. I love the rain, though."

(Sam Gehrke)

"(Hailee) I can once again listen to the Cure and feel at home again." (Ian) "I can listen to the Cure and— " (Hailee interrupts) "That's exactly what I said!" (Ian) "Well, I guess it's a good thing we just got married!"

Sam Gehrke

Sam Gehrke is a photographer born in Milwaukee, WI in 1990 and raised in Eugene, OR. He moved to Portland in 2016 to pursue photography, quitting his full time job and diving head first into an independent career. His work has since appeared in Vice Magazine, OPB, The Fader, Vortex Music Magazine and Premier Guitar Magazine.

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