

ULTIMATE CONTEMPORARY
57
Michael Dweck
Mermaid 18, Weeki Wachee, Florida
2007
Gelatin silver print.
109.2 x 136.7 cm (42 7/8 x 53 7/8 in.)
Signed, titled, dated and numbered AP3 in ink on the reverse of the flush-mount.
This work is AP3 from the sold-out edition of 5 + 3 AP.
This work is AP3 from the sold-out edition of 5 + 3 AP.
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Swimming away from the viewer is the modern mermaid of Aripeka, on Florida’s Gulf Coast, who has spent much of her life in and around water and is capable of holding her breath underwater for several minutes. This alluring photograph, which embodies effortless grace and meditative isolation, was taken by Michael Dweck from inside a sealed glass box deep beneath the nearby Weeki Wachee River at 2am.