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Underwater world

Lucian Lanteri
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The ascension. A boy rises to the surface of the sea.
From the shore. A boy swims out into the ocean.
Floating boy. A boy floats in the ocean.
Hovering girl. A girl swims on the surface of the ocean.
Flying. A boy swims along under the ocean.
Emergence. A boy flips over under the ocean.
To the surface. A boy swims towards the surface of the ocean.
Butterfly. A boy swims under the ocean.
Blue. A man dives under the ocean into a school of fish.
Before the fall. A woman snorkels above a reef under the ocean prior to diving.
Elements. A boy flips under the ocean, illuminated by sunlight.
Tee. A man dives down under the ocean in the form of the letter T.
Arc of grace. A girl dives under the ocean towards the ocean floor.
Angel. A boy dives under the ocean in the form of an angel.
Mime. A boy swims under the ocean, as if trapped in an imaginary box.
In the blue. A boy swims under the ocean with a stream of air bubbles around him.
Sand trick. A boy swims under the ocean, dropping sand onto the ocean floor.
Stairway. A boy swims under the ocean, rising to the ocean surface, as if ascending a staircase.
The dive. A girl dives from the surface of the ocean towards the ocean floor.
Hovering boy. A boy floats on the surface of the ocean.
Into the light. A woman snorkels beneath the ocean with a school of fish, under a shaft of sunlight.
Going under. A boy dives under the ocean towards an underwater reef.
Sea creature. A boy swims under the ocean.
The underwater photography series reflects my love for the sea; and the freedom that it represents. 

I’m not a documentarian of marine life or underwater formations, much as I’m entranced by those things. Rather, I’m interested in the relationship of humans to the expanse of the underwater world. I’m drawn to the way humans appear so vulnerable and alone the further they venture into the sea, the deeper they submerge themselves. I’m interested in how we, as a land creature, interact with, enjoy and embrace the sea, as well as what we gain emotionally and spiritually from it.

My aim is to capture the ethereal, dream-like state that swimming and diving evokes, somewhere between the real world and an imaginary, dream-like state of being. The underwater world is so separate from that which we inhabit every day, and humans are only ever brief visitors. Even the most able and ardent of swimmers cannot last long in the sea before they must retreat to the land. I capture those brief moments we are in the sea and our relationship with it while there. 

The series is an ever evolving one as I sporadically return to the sea. Living in the urban sprawl of London I have so few opportunities to indulge my passion for swimming in the sea. Each time I return I learn new secrets: about the sea, about the people who inhabit it, and about myself.
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Underwater world

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