Susie Guice
Fine art photographer based in Biloxi, Mississippi.
underwater photography exploring the freedom of water
I find a sense of truth resonating in these images, this is a very personal truth that has come from spending much of my childhood in the ocean. There is a sense of weightlessness in these images and I love the use of high contrast black and white filter. The playfulness in the movement of the body makes these images full of joy and wonderment.
I wanted to include this piece of writing as I think it compliments and understands the images with words that I cannot conjure.
Under the surface of water, the rules of gravity are suspended. Here, the very nature of our bodies seems to change once submerged.
In this changing of the body into newfound freedom, there is likewise a freeing of the mind and release of inhibitions. A changing of the inside by changing the outside. This freeing of the spirit and unpredictable spontaneity that is a joy to behold. The swimmers know I am there, but they quickly become mesmerized by their newfound fluidity and forget themselves into the depths.
Along Coastal Louisiana and Mississippi, post Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill, all our water sources have taken on new significance. First, Katrina destroyed homes and adjacent pools. Then, BP poisoned our beloved Gulf of Mexico. Watching children at play in newly minted public or private pools — we realize that things are becoming ‘normal’ again. We’ve waited a long time to feel this way.
There is always something beneath what we perceive on the surface. We just aren’t always given the opportunity to see what it is.
- BEAUTIFUL
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