Photography by Matt Albani

Fashion photographer Matt Albiani has already made a name for himself and his work on the pages of such iconic style magazines as Elle and Interview and with advertising images for leading fashion companies J. Crew, Victoria’s Secret, Lily Pulitzer and Ralph Lauren.

This summer, the Winchester, Massachusetts, native and former summer lifeguard created a stir and is showing up all over the Internet and printed pages with his first book “Life Guard on Duty.” In more than 100 large-format images, Albiani pays tribute to the boys of summer who work to keep all of us safe on ocean beaches.

In color and sometimes black and white, Albiani and graphic designer Sam Shahid have captured both the brilliance and the dreamy quality of summer days and setting suns at the shore, including in images of Nantucket and its lifeguards. Lifeguards pictured include Nantucket guards Kevin Harrington, Peter Smith, Doug Armstrong and Erik Brierly.

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