God Gives With Both Hands

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Sam Way reads Homer’s The Odyssey in Antidote.
Photography by Giampaolo Sgura

Sam Way reads Homer’s The Odyssey in Antidote.

Photography by Giampaolo Sgura

Mark Cox reads Jack Kerouac’s On the Road backstage at Ermenegildo Zegna.

Mark Cox reads Jack Kerouac’s On the Road backstage at Ermenegildo Zegna.

“Looking back on it, I guess I was a little bit nerdy growing up in school, because instead of going to a party I was probably reading a novel or something.” —Ryan Koning
Photography by Julian Schratter for Models.com

“Looking back on it, I guess I was a little bit nerdy growing up in school, because instead of going to a party I was probably reading a novel or something.” —Ryan Koning

Photography by Julian Schratter for Models.com

Clément Chabernaud reads Albert Camus’ L’Étranger backstage at J. Crew.
Photography by RJ King for God Gives With Both Hands

Clément Chabernaud reads Albert Camus’ L’Étranger backstage at J. Crew.

Photography by RJ King for God Gives With Both Hands

Philipp Bierbaum reads Jean-Dominique Bauby’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly backstage at Siki Im.

Philipp Bierbaum reads Jean-Dominique Bauby’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly backstage at Siki Im.

Rivers Plasketes is currently an intern at David Zwirner.

Rivers Plasketes is currently an intern at David Zwirner.

Pavel Baranov reads Noam Chomsky’s Hopes and Prospects backstage at Daniele Alessandrini.

Pavel Baranov reads Noam Chomsky’s Hopes and Prospects backstage at Daniele Alessandrini.

Simon van Meervenne reads Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
Photography by Lorenzo de Paris

Simon van Meervenne reads Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

Photography by Lorenzo de Paris

Frida Gustavsson reads Aldous Huxley’s Crome Yellow backstage at Nina Ricci.

Frida Gustavsson reads Aldous Huxley’s Crome Yellow backstage at Nina Ricci.

Kinga Rajzák reads Saul Newman’s From Bakunin to Lacan: Anti-Authoritarianism and the Dislocation of Power backstage at Versace.

Kinga Rajzák reads Saul Newman’s From Bakunin to Lacan: Anti-Authoritarianism and the Dislocation of Power backstage at Versace.