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Why I keep going back to the same pool
Why I keep going back to the same pool
Ten summers at the Lido, and why one place is never finished.
Ten summers at the Lido, and why one place is never finished.
I
I
first photographed the pool at the Lido ten summers ago, with a borrowed camera and one roll of film.
first photographed the pool at the Lido ten summers ago, with a borrowed camera and one roll of film.
Since then I have gone back every August. The pool does not change much — the board, the umbrellas, the blue — but I do, and so do the photographs.
Since then I have gone back every August. The pool does not change much — the board, the umbrellas, the blue — but I do, and so do the photographs.
Looking harder
Looking harder
Returning to one place is the best exercise I know. You can’t rely on novelty, so you have to look harder: at the light, at the people, at the hour.
Returning to one place is the best exercise I know. You can’t rely on novelty, so you have to look harder: at the light, at the people, at the hour.
Fig. 1 — The board, August
“One place is never finished. You are.”
“One place is never finished. You are.”
— Inès Moreau, on editing
This year the pool became Lido, the first story on this site. Next August I will go back again, with no plan except to arrive before seven.
This year the pool became Lido, the first story on this site. Next August I will go back again, with no plan except to arrive before seven.
Inès Moreau
Photographer & art director, Paris
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