Surfing - a term that in this context takes on a new meaning - the
net last night, in search of images which reveal a popular sense of
the sub maritime, I came across a collection of photographs taken
by
Bruce Mozert in the 1930's of underwater tableaux. Searching
more widely the predominance of images of women in underwater
settings is striking revealing perhaps, in the fantastic character
of these exotic projections, a deep sense of association between
the feminine and the fluid along with a desire to colonise and
domestic such spaces. The later being evident too in the number of
underwater restaurants, shops and hotels that exist worldwide.














































