For millennia, the fascination associated with the deep and the underwater world more generally has created myths and mysterious figures. The absence of gravity and the weightlessness of bodies in water creates the feeling of a magical environment, in which the body loses its nature, even when stripped of everything, as in Ed Freeman‘s shots.
Photographing the subaqua environment is challenging and rewarding, especially if one has to capture the movements of bodies and their fluidity. It is the suspension of movement that is the most fascinating aspect of the work of the photographer, who also worked as a musician in the past, and as a road manager on the Beatles’ last tour.
The Underwater series was shot in Los Angeles swimming pools, using only natural light and the reflections the rays cause underwater, with retouching enhancing the rendering and sharpening the aquatic landscape. The delicacy of the bodies makes them almost ethereal and celestial, painted by a seventeenth-century painter and enveloped in a mysterious grace that leaves no room for misreadings in the way of treating what is for all intents and purposes nude photography.

Check out all of Ed Freeman’s work on his Instagram profile or at the artist’s official website.