Michael Joseph (1941-) - Pool ladies: Dive Either Way






Over 35 års erfaring; tidligere gallerieier og kurator ved Museum Folkwang.
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Dive Either Way - Pool Ladies, Clapham Common, London, 1987
Photographer: Michael Joseph
Original photograph: London, 1987
Cyanotype: Handmade in Dordogne, France, 2026, by the photographer’s daughter, Justine Joseph
Process: Cyanotype created from Michael Joseph’s original negative
Signature: Signed prominently on the front by Michael Joseph
A wonderfully surreal reinvention of Michael Joseph’s celebrated Pool Ladies series.
In Dive Either Way, a single diving sequence is mirrored and multiplied into an almost architectural composition: two opposing ranks of swimmers lean towards one another, their repeated bodies creating a strange, theatrical corridor above the water. At its centre, the diver appears suspended between two possible directions - hence Michael Joseph’s playful handwritten title, “Dive Either Way.”
The deep Prussian and electric blues of the cyanotype intensify the image’s dreamlike quality. What began as a photograph made at Clapham Common in London in 1987 has been reinterpreted nearly forty years later in the Dordogne sunshine by the photographer’s daughter, Justine Joseph, using today's technology.
What makes this particular work especially desirable is the dialogue between the two generations: the original image is Michael Joseph’s; the c-type was designed by his daughter; and Michael himself has signed and titled the finished work on the front.
The visible edges, tonal variations and individual characteristics of the piece are integral to the artwork. This is not a mechanically reproduced photographic print, but an individually made artwork with its own character.
Striking, slightly eccentric and unmistakably British, Dive Either Way transforms a swimming-pool photograph into something approaching a piece of optical theatre.
A particularly compelling opportunity to acquire a contemporary handmade interpretation of Michael Joseph’s archive, bearing the photographer’s own signature and handwritten title.
#MichaelJoseph #JustineJoseph #PoolLadies #DiveEitherWay #Cyanotype #CyanotypeArt #BritishPhotography #VintagePhotography #PhotographyCollector #PhotographicArt #ClaphamCommon #LondonPhotography #AlternativePhotography #SignedPhotography #CollectiblePhotography
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Dive Either Way - Pool Ladies, Clapham Common, London, 1987
Photographer: Michael Joseph
Original photograph: London, 1987
Cyanotype: Handmade in Dordogne, France, 2026, by the photographer’s daughter, Justine Joseph
Process: Cyanotype created from Michael Joseph’s original negative
Signature: Signed prominently on the front by Michael Joseph
A wonderfully surreal reinvention of Michael Joseph’s celebrated Pool Ladies series.
In Dive Either Way, a single diving sequence is mirrored and multiplied into an almost architectural composition: two opposing ranks of swimmers lean towards one another, their repeated bodies creating a strange, theatrical corridor above the water. At its centre, the diver appears suspended between two possible directions - hence Michael Joseph’s playful handwritten title, “Dive Either Way.”
The deep Prussian and electric blues of the cyanotype intensify the image’s dreamlike quality. What began as a photograph made at Clapham Common in London in 1987 has been reinterpreted nearly forty years later in the Dordogne sunshine by the photographer’s daughter, Justine Joseph, using today's technology.
What makes this particular work especially desirable is the dialogue between the two generations: the original image is Michael Joseph’s; the c-type was designed by his daughter; and Michael himself has signed and titled the finished work on the front.
The visible edges, tonal variations and individual characteristics of the piece are integral to the artwork. This is not a mechanically reproduced photographic print, but an individually made artwork with its own character.
Striking, slightly eccentric and unmistakably British, Dive Either Way transforms a swimming-pool photograph into something approaching a piece of optical theatre.
A particularly compelling opportunity to acquire a contemporary handmade interpretation of Michael Joseph’s archive, bearing the photographer’s own signature and handwritten title.
#MichaelJoseph #JustineJoseph #PoolLadies #DiveEitherWay #Cyanotype #CyanotypeArt #BritishPhotography #VintagePhotography #PhotographyCollector #PhotographicArt #ClaphamCommon #LondonPhotography #AlternativePhotography #SignedPhotography #CollectiblePhotography
