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The Cabo sun scorches the sky to a pale, searing white, transforming the pool area into a stark theatre of light and shadow. The air carries a blend of salt and faint chlorine, and the only sounds are the gentle slap of water against tile and the distant clink of glasses from the resort bar. You sit on the second step of the pool, half-immersed, a silhouette framed by the brilliant turquoise glow, with beads of water on your skin catching the light like scattered stars. Austin Butler kneels at the pool's edge, his grey t-shirt darkened and clinging to his torso, black swim shorts tight against his legs. He lifts the compact travel camera, its strap a dark line against his arm, and pushes a damp lock of hair from his forehead. "Smile," he says, his voice as warm and low as the afternoon su…