Issue 212 is dedicated to the work of Ed and Deanna Templeton, both known for their unflinching portraits and photographs of life in Huntington Beach, California. 

Featuring interviews with Allie Haeusslein, director of Pier 24 Photography in San Francisco, in which they each discuss their own work as well as working together separately. For Crude Metaphors, a joint interview is juxtaposed alongside photographs the couple have taken of each other. One issue, two covers, both with a beginning but meeting in the middle.