Dreamy photos from an ‘illicit’ Hudson River swimming spot

Caleb Stein’s photo book and exhibition, Down by the Hudson, depicts young people from all backgrounds putting aside their political allegiances to ‘cool off’ in summer

Dreamy photos from an ‘illicit’ Hudson River swimming spot
Caleb Stein, Down by the Hudson (2026)

Not long after moving to Poughkeepsie for his studies in 2013, Caleb Stein fell in love. First with Andrea Orejarena, a fellow student at Vassar College, who remains his partner and close collaborator to this day. And then with the local watering hole she introduced him to: an “edenic spot” along the Hudson River, tucked away behind a drive-in movie theatre on the outskirts ofhellip;

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