These candid photos capture intimate encounters across Paris
‘At night, bodies come closer. We dance, kiss, touch, laugh, meet’: Arthur Samier’s new photo book, Choose Love, is a testament to the importance of physical intimacy and nightlife

One of the paradoxes of the digital age is the complex new relationship we must navigate between proximity and difference – in some ways we are more connected than ever, but it’s a chimerical type of connection which often has the disorienting effect of making us feel more alienated from one another. When we touch the people we care about, our bodies release oxytocin, the hormone that bonds us to one another; when we kiss a lover, it stimulates dopamine, serotonin, and endorphins. We canhellip;
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