Pools: Lounging, Diving, Floating, Dreaming: Picturing Life at the Swimming Pool

by Lou Stoppard and Leanne Shapton

Lou Stoppard (Editor) and Leanne Shapton (Foreword)

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Glamorous, seductive, and fun, made for lounging, frolicking, splashing, dipping, diving, floating, and escaping, swimming pools are symbols of both sport and leisure and conjure images of well-oiled bodies, colorful bikinis, and glimmering blue waters on hot summer days. Muse to writers, artists, photographers, and filmmakers, the swimming pool's careless opulence is splashed across the pages of this book in gorgeous images by contemporary photographers. In her second book for Rizzoli, curator, writer, and avid swimmer Lou Stoppard offers the promise of sunshine and the seduction of youth in her edit of some of the best contemporary swimming-pool photography.

Organized by theme, from the glamour of the poolside party to the simple, meditative pleasure of being in the water, the selected photographs are as inspiring as they are moving. Photographers whose images are featured in this book include Solve Sundsbo, Glen Luchford, Inez and Vinoodh, Ryan McGinley, Diana Markosian, Martin Parr, Martine Franck, Alex Webb, Coco Capitan, and Nick Knight. This is the perfect gift purchase for photography fans, swimmers, and lovers of leisure.
  • ISBN10 084786586X
  • ISBN13 9780847865864
  • Publish Date 7 April 2020
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Rizzoli International Publications