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The Girls of Puerto Rico, part one

Did you like the girls of Tahiti? Or the girls of California? Or the girls of Portugal? Did we arm photog John Respondek with a 600mm and shamelessly  task him with capturing all the sultry action on the Porta Del So beach in reconnaissance-like fashion? Do we want you to tell us which of these Puerto Rican creatures is most magical? If you think the answer to all these questions is ‘yes’, then peruse at will. At Stab, we love our overproduced, big-budget studio shoots but also are fond of the 80s-style point-and-shoot hits like these. It’s not art. Or is it? Depends on who’s answering the question…

girls // Feb 22, 2016
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Did you like the girls of Tahiti? Or the girls of California? Or the girls of Portugal? Did we arm photog John Respondek with a 600mm and shamelessly  task him with capturing all the sultry action on the Porta Del So beach in reconnaissance-like fashion? Do we want you to tell us which of these Puerto Rican creatures is most magical? If you think the answer to all these questions is ‘yes’, then peruse at will.

At Stab, we love our overproduced, big-budget studio shoots but also are fond of the 80s-style point-and-shoot hits like these. It’s not art. Or is it? Depends on who’s answering the question…

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