Akila Berjaoui’s incredibly sensual photographs often feature sand, sun, water—or a combination of all three. This highly sought-after fashion photographer, armed with her favourite analogue cameras, takes us to breathtaking seaside locations, from her hometown of Paris, to the bathing hotspots of Italy, Greece, Sud de la France, Spain, and Brazil, to name just a few.

Much in the tradition of Dorothea Lange, Herbert List, Bruce Weber, Peter Beard, Claude Nori —all of whom she regards as influences on her work—Berjaoui’s photos harken back to the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s with their soft colours and sultry joie de vivre.