Josh

Josh, who recently turned 18, is in his last year of high school and lives in a town in southern Slovakia. He doesn’t know exactly what he wants to be when he “grows up” yet, but he’s definitely very athletic, and his biggest passion is boxing.

I was introduced to Josh at a community gym while visiting Lev, his former European football teammate. Josh had just finished a basketball game, which was followed by a youth boxing training session. As one of the taller, more experienced boys at the gym, he led the warm-up exercises before the coaches arrived. He looked absolutely adorable with his long curls bouncing and his loose but thin jersey and shorts revealing intriguing hints of his lean body in movement.

After a couple of months of suspense — up until the last minute — of whether there would or wouldn’t be a photoshoot with Josh, he did arrive at last, with a bit of a nudge from Lev.