LIDOS and Early Century Public Baths
My current project is a visual exploration of the art deco design period for indoor
and outdoor swimming baths in Europe and America.
This project is not a pure documentation of art deco pool architecture.
Through my photography I like to convey the ambiance of those pools,
photographing a wide range from well maintained and refurbished to closed and
decayed pools. Focusing on the beauty and strength of art deco, it’s clean lines and
colours. Additionally embracing the visual quality of water, reflections, shapes and
the endlessly different nuances of blue. I am also interested in the institutional and
functional aspects of pools.
A combination therefore of beauty and decay with that creating a nostalgia and
sometimes a ghostly presence of the past.