![]() ![]() Also available in an art edition limited to 100 copies. ![]() Who better to spend time with racing up and down the Amalfi coast than Mario? The Peruvian-born fashion photographer has collected together personal unpublished photographs of his beloved Italy - Rome, Naples, Florence, pristine coastal beaches thronged with the Beautiful People - and through his lens the glamour of la dolce vita flickers back into view again. With text by Stoppard and essays by such writers as Leanne Shapton, this visual paean ‘ to the pool is also a celebration of its cultural significance.Īnother portal for escape is Mario Testino’s Ciao. The images of Louise Dahl-Wolfe suggest female emancipation, those of Solve Sundsbø radiate freedom, peace, and meditation, while the pool shots crafted by Guy Bourdin and Helmut Newton contain all the elements of erotically charged theater. ![]() In Pools, editor and avid swimmer Lou Stoppard has collected images by past and contemporary photographers that hint at what she describes as “the transformative power of water” - swimming spots as liminal spaces. At a point in time when so many of us are dreaming of travel, a book about swimming pools has a uniquely transportive power. ![]()
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