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Beach editorials are easy. Jungle editorials fight back. The light comes down in pieces, the humidity does the retouching, and every surface — palm, dark timber, weathered cabana — swallows color whole. So the styling shouts: hot pink, purple print, tasseled ivory, one flame-painted surfboard.

Shot in the shade instead of on the sand, this is swim without the postcard. The greens do the heavy lifting. Everything else refuses to blend in.