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Archive story · 2015
There is more to a summer than diving.
A pause in the sunshine and three direct looks at the camera. Four photographs make room for people, not just performances.
Taking a moment.
Werner Gröhn sits against a white wall, wearing sunglasses and earphones. His shoes rest beside his bag. One leg stretches into the foreground; above him are an open sky, a few clouds and the sun.
Nothing is being scored in this frame. It is worth keeping for precisely that reason: a person at a swimming pool, with room around him and no need to turn every moment into a jump. The file’s camera date is 21 July 2015; the exact location is unconfirmed.
A name and a face.
Alexandra Rodikova and Daniel Döhling look towards the camera in two supplied athlete portraits. The backgrounds and proportions differ. They have not been forced into identical crops.
The images allow a quieter introduction than a competition result. The names come from the supplied original files, and the camera dates belong to July 2015. No placing, nationality or personal story is inferred from appearance.
A direct look.
Laurin Hastreiter’s portrait keeps the same directness: a plain background, a dark shirt and a look into the camera. Its strength lies in how little competes for attention.
Together, these photographs keep something the archive also needs: the faces and ordinary pauses around a sport. They are not presented as a complete team photograph or proof that each person attended a particular event.
