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UNDER THE SURFACE
A female photographer aims to strip back the feel-good facade of old-Hollywood glamour
There’s something alluring about synchronised swimmers. They look picture perfect, moving around gracefully with their dazzling smiles. But this impeccability also throws up questions, like “What is really going on behind those serene masks?”
Photographer Emma Hartvig is interested in what’s hidden beneath the perfection. In her documentary , she explores the tension that arises when people have to be in control all the time. “All of my life, I’ve been very interested in the idea of glamorous Hollywood stars or swimmers,” says Hartvig. “The whole Marilyn Monroe thing – you know, sad and tired but beautiful. Synchronised swimmers, the old-school ones, they’re very performative. It’s
