In a new book exploring the cultural history of pools, a black-and-white image from the 1936 Berlin Olympics shows an open-air swimming arena packed with spectators. Three pages later, a woman in ...

For the better part of the last century, photographers of all kinds have been drawn toward pools, whether for the way their reflective forms are captured by cameras or their role in social gatherings.

GALLERY FIFTY ONE TOO is pleased to announce its first solo exhibition by the California based photographer Deanna Templeton (US, 1969), called ‘The Swimming Pool’, a sun-lit series of colour, ...

I can’t imagine a book better-suited to escaping into on a hot summer’s day than Backyard Oasis: The Swimming Pool In Southern California Photography 1945-1982 (Prestel). Sure, it collects six essays ...