MarieJos Jongerius Sweet Water Author:Marcel Feil Alone in Los Angeles, city of angels, freeways, cars, and scant places to meet people when you don't know a soul, Dutch photographer Marie-José Jongerius turned to the swimming pool. Floating in it she found both an exceptional formal subject--one previously treated by Ed Ruscha--and a synecdochic one, taking the pool as a symbol of Californians... more »' search for perfection and happiness. Her cleanly edited, crisply printed photographs delve into the collective mysteries of a sunny, blue-sky, capitalist American paradise, finding some kind of answer in the strangely calm, banal outdoor swimming pools of modest apartment buildings and motels. Sweet Water is the first book from the publishing house Tdm, newly founded by three artistic directors who, among them, have worked for Jean Colonna, Joseph, and Atsuro Tayama. Introduction by Marcel Feil. hardcover, 8.25 x 10.25 in., 48 pages, 27 color illustrations« less