Open Water Swimming Photography

Cold water, lidos and open water swimming, shot across the UK. This series follows Almost Synchro, a synchronised swimming team who train outdoors through the winter. The cover image won Best Cover at the European Publishing Awards 2023.

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Outdoor Swimmer magazine cover: aerial view of synchronised swimmers in red costumes forming a circular flower formation
Almost Synchro team flag flying above an outdoor lido on a bright winter morning
Cold water swimmers prepare for their display on dry land first
Cold water swimmers and supporters cheering with arms raised on the lido poolside
Line of synchronised swimmers in white costumes and caps, arms raised in unison at the pool edge
Portrait of a synchronised swimmer in a silver sequinned cap with glitter make-up
Synchronised swimming routine performed in an outdoor lido with a crowd watching from the poolside
Two synchronised swimmers in silver caps talking together in the changing rooms
Synchronised swimmers in a legs-raised formation in the lido with a bunting-lined crowd watching
Portrait of a smiling synchronised swimmer in a silver cap and winter coat before going out to the pool
Cold water swimmer in a sequinned cap and towelling robe laughing with her hand raised after a swim
Synchronised swimmers in silver sequinned caps moving into formation before a winter display
all ready to perform, face of an excited synchro swimmer
Synchronised swimmers creating a fan of spray during a ballet-legs routine in an outdoor lido
Synchronised swimmers in white caps waving to the crowd from the water at an outdoor lido
Synchronised swimming team throwing up a wall of spray during a routine in an outdoor pool
Line of swimmers making their way in single file across a sunlit outdoor lido

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