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Giovanni Soldini is a champion skipper from Italy who has singlehandedly completed two round-the-world races and crossed the Atlantic more than 30 times. You can almost see the ocean in his eyes in this portrait of him by Nadav Kander, shot for the January issue of Italian GQ.
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The little boats and palm trees on his collar and beard are a cheeky touch, but they also add to the feeling that Soldini is at one with the sea—an untamable force that few among us can truly comprehend.
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