Gracefully Submerged in Water

New York-raised, London-based photographer Jacob Sutton is probably best known for his fashion photography or his directorial stint in a video of a snowboarder surfing at night with a custom LED suit on. Every medium the artist works in depicts his touch of haunting beauty. Sutton's photo series known as Underwater Girl is equally stirring. The series, thus far, consists of three black and white portraits of a girl submerged in water. So much of the frame is covered in a mist of white and light grays that it heightens the feeling of being immersed in water. While two the images appear mystical in their haziness, making it somewhat unclear that the images are underwater, there is one with a single tiny air bubble floating just a few inches away from the model's lips that reveal the true setting.



Jacob Sutton website
via [Colossal]

Pinar

Pinar Noorata (she/her) is the Editorial Director at My Modern Met. She is a writer, editor, and content creator based in Brooklyn, New York. She earned her BA in Film and Media Studies from CUNY Hunter College. She has worked at major TV, film, and publishing companies as well as other independent media businesses. She also runs her own art & culture newsletter called The High Low. She first joined the My Modern Met team in 2011 as a Contributing Writer, pitching and publishing articles about a wide range of topics. Her expertise in visual media lends itself to in-depth analysis of varied art forms, including but not limited to painting, illustration, sculpture, installation, design, and photography. Pinar has a particular affinity for spotlighting up-and-coming artists, affording them a platform and offering a voice to lesser-heard individuals looking to break through, especially BIPOC creatives. She has helped multiple artists make a name for themselves and reach a wider audience over 10+ years as a writer and editor (both through long-form articles and short-form videos). When she isn’t writing, editing, or creating videos herself, Pinar enjoys watching films and TV, reading, crafting, drawing, frequenting museums and galleries, and volunteering at her local animal shelter.
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