diving suit – un regard oblique

David Moore ::

Diving suits, Menorca, Spain, 1954 / source: State Library of New South Wales

‘[Moore] was on assignment to cover the life and landscape of this island. The diving suits were used by local fishermen
working from boats that crowded the harbour. Moore
photographed the drying suits because they looked ridiculous, reminding
him of two boys practicing handstands or marine creatures.’ (quoted from
source)

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Frogman in a basin of the Rond-Point des Champs-Elysées, Paris, 1970.

(Roger Viollet Agency) / src: paris-d-antan

David Moore ::

Diving suits, Menorca, Spain, 1954 / source: State Library of New South Wales

‘[Moor]e was on assignment for the Royal Geographical Society’s Geographical Magazine to cover the life and landscape of this charming Mediterranean island. The diving suits were used by local fishermen working from boats that crowded the splendid deep-water harbour. Moore photographed the drying suits because they looked ridiculous, reminding him of two boys practising handstands or marine creatures.’ (quoted from source)

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