Swim:The Water In Between

• Photographer
  Francine Fleischer, United States
• Studio
  Francine Fleischer Photography
• Website
  http://www.francinefleischer.com

“Swim” was photographed over a period of 5 years in a swimming hole that was used for
hundreds of years by an ancient culture for human sacrifice. Today it is used by thousands
of tourists on holiday for recreational swim. The contradiction of purposes is a bizarre
and curious one.

The inky waters are deep below the earth surface and lit from above by a hole in the ground.

When I look down on the swimmers in these dark waters, it is a bit like looking down the
rabbit hole into another world. Sometimes it is an allegorical scene illustrating my
subterranean dreams, other times I am a voyeur, capturing the contradictions of light and
dark, levity and gravity, solitude and joy and of course, sinking and swimming.

Something wonderful happens when people are in water and I return here to explore what
that is. Each time being drawn in by the choreography and stories below.

Francine Fleischer is a commercial photographer who lives and works in the New York area. She loves photographing everything from people to bubbles.
Her work has appeared in publications such as Conde Nast Traveler, Vanity Fair and Italian Vogue.