NO DIVING
My current book project is a visual exploration of the art deco design period for indoor and outdoor swimming baths in Europe and America. Swimming in art deco pools formed part of my childhood memories, adoring the beautiful church like architecture of  'Jugendstil Baths' with stylised interiors.

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, its 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.