Sunlight streaks almost poetically through window blinds. It dances across green felt, laminated wood and smooth colorful numbered balls. Spring is finally back and as ButtahFly prepares to take the first shot across the pool table, Hershey hovers politely in the background, snacking from a bag of trail mix. This happens in the wake of a little trash talk about whose got game. Boasts are big and the wager is made. One earthSista racks up the balls while the other grabs a cue, chalks it up and studies the table intensely. But it’s all in fun as an intimate, tongue-in-cheek game of strip pool begins...

They wanted an early Sunday morning workout. Just the two of them so that they would not be bothered. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to practice their dance and not be distracted by onlookers and I thought it was the perfect chance to get the two of them together for the shoot we’d talked about doing. They had never danced or shot together before and we were all a little unsure about what we would create. But, you know, that is the exploration…that is the adventure. They stepped into the dance studio. Stretched and loosened up. Connected. And proceeded to create. Both of these beautiful...