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An Instagram account called [“Hot Dudes Reading”](http://instagram.com/hotdudesreading/) that launched earlier this month celebrates men reading literature, textbooks and other print media on trains that run through neighborhoods known for their literary residents, like lower Manhattan and Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Each photo caption either gushes about every guy or imagines what could be going through his head. [For example](http://instagram.com/p/y4y7yuTYH5/?modal=true): “I’m sure he’s reading a collection of post-war Russian short stories, but really thinking of how he made love to his French girlfriend this morning and the gluten free toast they shared after. #marryme” Or: “Ahoy handsome! Just caught a glimpse of this elusive beauty reading _Moby Dick_ in the crowded waters of the L train.” Also, “I may have to pretend to faint so he’ll catch me but I’m going to let him finish the last few pages of 100 Years of Solitude first.” And regarding [this photo](http://instagram.com/p/ysCO1tzYHL/?modal=true) of a man reading a textbook: “he looks like a man with goals. I bet his mother is so proud. In fact, he’s probably on his way to see her now. #futureinlaws.” The account has even gotten the attention of musician Lance Bass, formerly of \*NSYNC: ### These Are the Interior Department's Most Popular Instagram Photos of 2014  Our public lands give some of the most spectacular views, like this one of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming Christina Adele Warburg— sharetheexperience.org  America's first national monument, Devils Tower is a geologic feature that protrudes out of the rolling prairie in Wyoming. David Lane (@drlane56) captured this amazing 16-image panorama of the monument illuminated by the Milky Way and green airglow. Of visiting Devils Tower, David says: "From ancient stories of the Pleiades taking refuge at the top to the generations of Native Americas that held it sacred, it had a deep sense of age and a stoic nature that impressed me. It's so unexpected, so large in person, so steeped in traditions." Courtesy David Lane  This bear is in Lake Clark National Park, a land of stunning beauty where volcanoes steam, salmon run, bears forage, craggy mountains reflect in shimmering turquoise lakes, and local people and culture still depend on the land and water of their home. Solitude is found around every bend in the river and shoulder of a mountain. Venture into the park to become part of the wilderness. Kevin Dietrich—— sharetheexperience.org  A gorgeous photo of the changing fall colors in Zion National Park (Utah). Kevin Roland captured this shot at one of the park's most popular areas -- the Narrows, a gorge with wall a thousand feet tall. Kevin Roland—— sharetheexperience.org  On October 8, 1964, this Colorado River lake area on the border of Nevada and Arizona became the first national recreation area in the U.S. With its gorgeous contrasts of desert and water, mountains and canyons, Lake Mead National Recreation Area offers year-round recreational opportunities. Cheryl Hobbs—— sharetheexperience.org  Winter has arrived at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, and it is gorgeous! Christina Adele Warburg@christinaadelephoto took this photo last weekend at Mormon Row. Photographers from around the world visit this area of the park to capture the iconic barn with the Teton Range in the background. Courtesy Christina Adele Warburg  An amazing sunrise at Canyonlands National Park in Utah. This photo was captured by Ryan Engstrom on the Mesa Arch Trail -- a popular place to capture the sunrise over the park’s countless canyons and fantastically formed buttes carved by the Colorado River and its tributaries. Ryan Engstrom— sharetheexperience.org  The morning commute is a little different at Yellowstone National Park. Cameron Patrick captured this photo on a cold morning -- just after the bison herd had waded through a river along the side the road. The bisons' body heat caused the water to turn to steam in the cold air, creating mist around the bison. Courtesy Cameron Patrick  "If it isn't God's backyard, then he certainly lives nearby." - Robin Williams on Glacier National Park. Kim Hang Dessoliers— sharetheexperience.org  The Milky Way over Arches National Park in Utah. Jacob W. Frank ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] People should care because this is where our food comes from, and we're all involved and implicated in this system. [ MUSIC ] What we pay at the supermarket is what eventually goes to the farms and goes to the farm laborers, who are all connected to this thing. [ MUSIC ] The degree to which I can lift that veil and make that connection between what we, the choices we make, and how that impacts real people, communities. That's what I can do. [ MUSIC ] When I first started in photography, my goal was to get out of this place that I was from you know, in Central Valley that was the idea. It just became clear to me that if I had. That significant thing to say or a significant area that I can work in was this place. [ MUSIC ] That's what shapes the regents is the bottom, I mean those were like the bottom line forces. Your A is migration, B is farm labor and then C is. is poverty. [ MUSIC ] And the idea behind you know, how I am involved with that, how my work is involved with that. It's what's behind our food supply. These are the places that actually produce. What, what feeds the nation. And that irony of that, we're so dependent on these communities for food, but rarely do people take the time to actually look at them and understand what the challenges are. [ MUSIC ] It's essentially what my work is all about from the beginning, is trying to put these communities that are forgotten on the map. [ MUSIC ] But I went in there with a very conceived. Project that I wanted to execute on this platform. I don't post as often as, you know, a lot of photographers do. Because I'm not, I'm not using it in that way. I'm not using it as a daily journal or things like that. Each image to me has, has got to contribute and advance this portrait that I'm building. And there is a certain particular type of imagery that. That I'm going for. Yeah? I'm trying to build this landscape. I'm trying to build a landscape of poverty. I'm trying to get people to feel like they're there. [ MUSIC ] So it's not so much an exploration of, like, core issues or the details of that, it's to try to get the people. Who are on Instagram to picture themselves in these places. [ MUSIC ] Here it is. You can go. You can see this is a real place. [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3701783/hot-dudes-reading-instagram/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3701783/hot-dudes-reading-instagram/"},"headline":"'Hot Dudes Reading' Is the Best Thing to Happen to Your Instagram Feed This Week","datePublished":"2015-02-09T21:40:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:43:27.861Z","description":"Bookworms swoon","url":"https://time.com/3701783/hot-dudes-reading-instagram/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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