The Little Mermaid

(2023)

T he Little Mermaid is a series of expressionistic photographs inspired by the 1968 Soviet animated film of the same name, Русалочка (romanized: Rusalochka). Both my work and the film are based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

This project hearkens back to my childhood memories of playing mermaids at public swimming pools. All of the photographs were taken at a residential swimming pool, revisiting the world of magic and make-believe both physically and figuratively.