(Photo: Jake Chessum)

Martine Langatta, High-School Graduate, Main Beach
Do you have a boyfriend?
No, I don’t. I’m a free spirit.
Are you hoping for a fling?
Yeah. That’s what’s summer’s all about. Fun and just randomness.

Bubba Charron, Carpenter, Main Beach
What’s the best place to surf in the Hamptons?
I’m not allowed to answer that. If I give you a spot in town, I’m gonna get killed by my friends. If I give you a spot out of town, I’m gonna get killed by those guys.

(Photo: Jake Chessum)

Orlan, Multimedia Artist, Main Beach
What do you think of all the fake breasts out here?
As an artist, I use plastic surgery to create something different, but everybody is free to deal with existential problems in their own way. It’s about inventing yourself.

Mark Shvarts, Computer Programmer, Coney Island
Your mustache is very seventies.
When I was 16 in Moldova, the Beatles were exceptionally popular, and most of the pictures of the Beatles I saw, they were wearing these mustaches.