A celebratory ode to the joy and enduring allure of the swimming pool, and a gorgeous photography book to accompany poolside daydreaming.
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 Sølve Sundsbø, Glen Luchford, Stephen Shore, Mert & Marcus, Diana Markosian, Martin Parr, Martine Franck, Alex Webb, Alice Hawkins, and Nick Knight. This is the perfect gift purchase for photography fans, swimmers, and lovers of leisure.
About The Author
Writer, curator, and broadcasterLou Stoppardwrites regularly for theFinancial Times, theNew Yorker, and various international editions ofVogue. Exhibitions she has curated includeMad About the Boy(2016, Fashion Space Gallery, London), andNorth(2017, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool; Somerset House, London).Leanne Shaptonis an author, artist, and publisher based in New York City.Swimming Studieswon the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography and was long-listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2012. She publishedGuestbook: Ghost Storiesin 2019.