A common theme in my research has been man’s relationship with the ocean and the possibilities of adventure.
The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition The story of mans adventure to the south pole, follows the story of the men who first attempted to reach the South Pole and the adventure they undertook. Abandoned for over a year and a half at sea, assumed dead, and all made it back alive. This great adventure highlights the significance of the ocean with adventure and discovery, and how important photography is in portraying that narrative.
Images below taken by Fank Hurley
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Water signifies leaving home, is this a wright of passage?
How is water used in ritual?
Images from: https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/collections/take-me-to-the-water-photographs-of-river-baptisms
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Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
In moonlight black boys look blue, a play written by Tarell Alvin McCraney and film produced by Berry Jenkins is a moving film that tells the story of a young boy coming to terms with his sexuality growing up in Miami.
One scene from the film shows the young boy and his strong male figure learning to swim. The tranquility of the scene is poetic, the water symbolic of purity and love.
“I felt like there needed to be this moment of spiritual transference between the character Juan, played by Mahershala Ali, and the character Little, played by Alex Hibbert,” Jenkins explained. “So for the first 15 minutes of the film, these two characters are still strangers. And I knew there needed to be this moment where they intimately bonded, and this idea of a swimming lesson was sort of where I landed.” ““That scene, in particular, growing up in Miami, the ocean has this sort of charge, this energy,” Jenkins said. “It’s something you can always feel.”
Quote from: https://ew.com/article/2016/12/06/moonlight-barry-jenkins-swimming-lesson-scene/
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