It is intended as a resource for those avid swimmers out there who want the low-down on where to go (and where not to go) for some acquatic action in our fair city.
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I’ve actually been following Judy’s blog for awhile now and I’m so glad that GOOD has stumbled onto it. It’s a great visual depiction of swimming in Los Angeles and what makes it so special. How cool that they plan to put up posters around Culver City!!
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The public pool is a sacred space for many. In this “great equalizer” of the modern city, you can cast aside workday anxieties for the calming, repetitive act of swimming laps. Plus, you can get almost naked in public.
That’s the takeaway of a new public art project, “The Secret Life of Swimmers,” by Judy Starkman, a Los Angeles-based director and photographer. A lifelong swimmer, Starkman is a habitué of the Culver City Plunge pool, where she noticed the daily metamorphosis that her fellow swimmers underwent upon arriving at the pool. Starkman decided to photograph the individuals that compose her pool community, once in their swimwear and then again dressed for their “secret lives” at work, synagogue, or family time. Her subjects include everyone from a fireman to an academic to an antique flute restorer. “They are young and old. Some are in fantastic shape, but most are just regular people,” according to Starkman.
Photograph by Judy Starkman.
