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As we anticipate the summer’s first heat wave, it’s the perfect time to take in the work of Gabriele Micalizzi, who went back to his childhood summer stomping grounds in Puglia, Italy, and photographed, from 8 A.M. till 8 P.M. each day, the beach where he lived each summer. “My family used to move around as a whole, from my great-grandmama all the way to my little second cousins,” Micalizzi told me. “When we came forward on the beach, we looked like refugees—such was the number of bunks, umbrellas, and goods.”

This series, called “Pane e Pomodoro,” is Micalizzi's contribution to a project that his collective, Cesuralab, has assigned themselves: each of the group’s photographers has set out to tell a story of their homeland. “My grandpapa, being the householder, kept the tempo of the days like a marshal: when to take a swim, when to eat my aunt’s cannelloni, when to start the bowling tournament,” he said. “My grandma brought me fishing for crabs on the rocks; I caught them, she tore their legs off and sucked them right away. Everything started from this nostalgic memory.” Here’s a look.