Ryan May, 18, Clarkson University class of 2027, races down a berm after completing a steep rock drop on the fifth stage of the enduro course at the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference hosted by Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. on Sept. 23, 2023. May finished eighth in the B category, qualifying for the dual slalom race the next day. He states, “I could’ve pushed myself a little harder.”Lorem Ipsum...Andrea Westerlund, founder and Editor in Chief of Flower Power magazine stands for a portrait in downtown Rochester, N.Y., on Dec. 3, 2023. The goal of Westerlund’s publication is to document “cool shit in Rochester, N.Y.”Pro- Palestine demonstrators organized by the Finger Lakes branch of Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) block and paint University Ave., Rochester, N.Y., on June 1, 2024, outside of L3 Harris Technologies, after over eight months of war in Gaza. The Fingerlakes PSL branch characterizes L3 Harris Technologies as “a surveillance weapons manufacturer that is profiting from this genocide.”Carrion birds sun themselves on top of a canopy covering Feria Fluvial fish market in Valdivia, Chile, on July 2, 2024. The birds, including a mixture of black vultures, cormorants, and seagulls, are attracted to the market by the large quantity of fish being processed and sold there.Reed Spindelman, right, frontman of punk act “Savage Henry,” sits behind the bar before a show on Dec. 6, 2023, in a Henrietta, N.Y. basement.Deal With God of Syracuse, N.Y. perform as the crowd revels during the final act of Upstate Unity Fest on Nov. 12, 2022. The concert was held at Bug Jar, in Rochester N.Y. nine upstate N.Y. hardcore and punk acts performed.Elias Flores, a fish salesman at Feria Fluvial, a fish market glances towards the table where he processes fish, as a male South American sea lion, who is called “Bigoti” by some at the market, watches him, on July 2, 2024, in Valdivia, Chile. Flores states that the sea lion robs him so he “doesn’t trust him very much.” Despite this, Flores will sometimes toss the enormous mammal scraps of fish as he cuts it for sale.Bret Bumpus, left, his son, Evan Bumpus, and referee Robert Caico, right, confer after the first of three rounds during a boxing match on Oct. 1, 2022, hosted by The Saint Martin Boxing Club in Rochester, N.Y. The Saint Martin Boxing Club allows 8-16 year olds to compete and train for free. Evan won his match.Elesian Gomes, attempts a hand plant in the deep end of the bowl at Roc City Skatepark, in Rochester, N.Y. on September 23, 2022. A student at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) who asked to be identified as “John,” poses for a portrait between jars of cannabis flower he and his housemate “Jim” grew in their apartment near RIT’s campus in Henrietta, N.Y. on April 12, 2023. They produce enough cannabis to keep roughly eight people satisfied, with lots of surplus. John characterizes his use as “medicinal in a sense,” but “also recreational.” Jake Muldoon, University of Vermont class of 2026, jumps over a bonfire after a day of competition at the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference hosted by Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. on Sept. 23, 2023.A garter snake maneuvers through Clark Tankersley’s hair as he stands in a wooded area near the Catthance River, Bowdoinham, Maine, On June 18, 2022. Tankersley caught and released five snakes within the course of the hour, and placed the fifth snake behind his ear where it stayed for more than 10 minutes.