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JOSH MCCOLLUM CHARON
For the cover of our new print issue, NATURE, photographer JACK WATERLOT turns his lens to Native Hawaiian communities and the traditions connecting land, identity and ancestral knowledge. Two figures anchor the story: the koa warrior, whose name evokes both courage and the native koa tree, and the hula kahiko practitioner, whose dance tells stories of ancestors, honours gods and keeps Hawaiian history alive. Together, they speak to traditions passed down through generations, living in movement, memory and a profound relationship with the natural world.
NATURE
A change in light. The movement of water. The first signs of a new season. Nature is in a constant state of transformation. In a culture defined by immediacy, it offers something increasingly rare: patience. It unfolds at its own pace, reminding us that growth, change, and beauty cannot always be hurried. Its influence can be found everywhere. In the silhouettes we wear. in the spaces we inhabit. In the colours, textures, and forms that shape our visual language. This issue celebrates the enduring relationship between the natural world and creative expression. The artists who interpret it. The designers who borrow from it. The image-makers that capture it. To engage with nature is to engage with something both timeless and constantly changing - a paradox that has fascinated humanity for generations. A source of wonder and endless complexity.
The more closely we look, the more there is to see. Welcome to Numéro Netherlands #15 Nature.
TIMOTEJ LETONJA
Creative Director and Editor-in-Chief of Numéro Netherlands
JOSH MCCOLLUM CHARON
For the cover of our new print issue, NATURE, photographer JACK WATERLOT turns his lens to Native Hawaiian communities and the traditions connecting land, identity and ancestral knowledge. Two figures anchor the story: the koa warrior, whose name evokes both courage and the native koa tree, and the hula kahiko practitioner, whose dance tells stories of ancestors, honours gods and keeps Hawaiian history alive. Together, they speak to traditions passed down through generations, living in movement, memory and a profound relationship with the natural world.
NATURE
A change in light. The movement of water. The first signs of a new season. Nature is in a constant state of transformation. In a culture defined by immediacy, it offers something increasingly rare: patience. It unfolds at its own pace, reminding us that growth, change, and beauty cannot always be hurried. Its influence can be found everywhere. In the silhouettes we wear. in the spaces we inhabit. In the colours, textures, and forms that shape our visual language. This issue celebrates the enduring relationship between the natural world and creative expression. The artists who interpret it. The designers who borrow from it. The image-makers that capture it. To engage with nature is to engage with something both timeless and constantly changing - a paradox that has fascinated humanity for generations. A source of wonder and endless complexity.
The more closely we look, the more there is to see. Welcome to Numéro Netherlands #15 Nature.
TIMOTEJ LETONJA
Creative Director and Editor-in-Chief of Numéro Netherlands