Natalia Ladyko, Morning Ritual (SINGLE SHOT 2025)

An early summer morning, and I am at Mahon's pool and I see a regular swimmer I've never spoken to. He bathes in the ocean before doing diagonal back-stroke in the pool. He stepped into shot, and I 'clicked'. He is in his element. He takes his moment. He contemplates. He breathes.

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