In The Deep End - Laura Noble; Damian Berger

Damion Berger

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With his In The Deep End series, Damion Berger makes use of photographys ability to de-contextualize the familiar and create visual narratives, evoking a fusion of dreamlike memories and sense of childhood regression. The clear, warm water of the swimming pool represents an intersection between the cultural and social pursuit of leisure, the natural element of water, and man-made space. The pool provides a place of temporary detachment from lifes everyday routine, people seem liberated and at once removed from any social reference as they float, dive, sink or swim through the water. Smuggling a camera into public pools where photography is of course prohibited, Berger was able to work without the knowledge or complicity of his subjects as he attempted to produce photographs that simultaneously rekindle memories of childhood and the joys of summer times past. Berger also wanted to subvert certain waterborne fears that often stem from childhood. Since seeing the film Jaws for the first time, the potential prese...
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2012Uitgever: Schilt Publishing96 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 9053307133ISBN-13: 9789053307137

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