A woman floating in the water at Weeki Wachee Spring, Florida. The image by fashion photographer Toni Frissell was published in Harper's Bazaar in December 1947. View full image | Mug | Weeki Wachee Mermaids.
Submitted by Gooberpea on Mon, 01/07/2008 - 8:43pm.
Nice profile of present-day Weeki Wachee Mermaids in Sunday's (1/6/08) New York Times. Some of today's mermaids look like they would float nicely, too.
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 12/18/2007 - 9:48pm.
Thanks for the anatomy lesson, though I think you actually "bosom," if you know what I mean. (I think she only had one chest, unless there's something under her garment that you could see but I couldn't.) Besides your x-ray vision, what really intrigues me is how you managed to reduce the whole person into just her breasts - "she" is "pert?" Hey, no arguing she's a beautiful woman, but she is a woman and not a pair of gravity-defying tits.
Submitted by Texcritic on Wed, 11/21/2007 - 12:50pm.
It is interesting how pert she appears, if you know what I mean. In a standard gravity when lying on the back, her bosums would sink into her chest, yet here they appear to float upwards and not in an unappealing manner.
Submitted by Tim Thorp on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 1:27am.
Haunting. I'll probably by the print.
There is a photo of actress Kate Winslet that was also taken underwater that might have been inspired by this. She's wearing a similar dress, but is completely submerged.
Submitted by Stephen V Funk on Mon, 07/16/2007 - 9:57am.
In addition to serving as the cover of the Blue Note Bill Evans/Jim Hall Undercurrent album, this photo now appears on the CD cover of Osvaldo Golijov's Oceana recording on the Deutsche Grammophon label...
Submitted by the red scribbler on Sun, 06/10/2007 - 3:48pm.
a friend just sent this link to me ....... odd as we were just discussing how we would like to be buried ( a fellow blogger passed away this week - so i apologize in advance for the morbidity)....... i said that i wanted to be sunk in one of those caves underwater in the springs down in florida ....... my friend thought this was quite odd.......but i remember visiting silver springs as a kid.......and riding the glass bottomed boats ....... and seeing the beautiful silvered caves ........ the light slicing through the water....... splinters of fish darting ........ i found it to be a soothing image - eternally floating...... i truly love this shot - beyond breathtaking. the image penetrates the soul. evocative.
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 05/29/2007 - 1:48am.
Weeki Wachee still exists and is a very surreal experience in Americana. I suggest a visit if you ever have the time to head a couple hours north of Tampa, FL.
Some vintage postcard views of the mermaid show through the windows in the underground theater. Weeki Wachee Springs is a tourist attraction in Florida.
How did they do this one Dave?
It is a beautiful shot
[My first thought was underwater camera, then I remembered visiting Weeki Wachee as a kid. They had an underground theater with a glass wall looking into the springs. The main attraction was the Mermaid Show. This picture was taken at Weeki Wachee Springs the year it opened, 1947. See the comment above for some more photos, from old postcards. - Dave]
