OLGA BOLTNEVA

I am 34. A year ago I decided to swim across the Bosphorus and took up swimming in a serious way. That shot at making a dream come true wasn’t the first one. Most of them had failed. I always figured it was too late and the moment had passed.
As I was going through the training, I kept a diary to capture everything that happened there, along with how I felt about it. The records became the backbone of the story.
The “I am Water” project reflects the changes that water stirred up in me. As I immersed into water, I immersed into my own self. Water became the place where I could have a tête-à-tête with myself and come up with an honest response to the "Who am I?" question.
The project includes two books, a documental introduction and the primary book. The documental part consists of archive records and reveals the background for the research. The primary book is a symbiosis between the diary fragments and photos that capture my interaction with water and the changes our union called forth.

Photos and text Olga Boltneva
Design Yuliya Timashova

Review by Olga Bubich https://www.photographer.ru/events/review/8311.htm