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Aspen, Colorado, winter 1962-63. Boomerang Lodge, designed by owner Charlie Paterson, a Frank Lloyd Wright-trained architect (and ski instructor). This was a setup for a professional photo shoot. I shot it without the lights the pro used. Charlie is the guy with the black hair looking into the pool. View full size.
It was the lower lounge of the Boomerang Lodge, with a fireplace on the left and a window into the pool.
Why was this type of bar so popular in the USA? I mean the "mermaid bar." Is it possible that I have seeing this photo on a National Geographic?
[Perhaps it is that you have been to there. - Dave]
Identical aquatic twins would have been so much more appropriately Blofeldian.
Take another look and you'll see that it's just a single mermaid and her reflection.
[It's a refraction, not a reflection. - Dave]
I just love this -- the Rat Pack meets Downhill Racer, with a dash of James Bond. Check out seri_art's other Aspen photos in the Member Gallery. Coming soon to the homepage: Some exterior shots of the Boomerang.
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