Video: The underwater world through the eyes of Bruce Mozert
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
When photographer Bruce Mozert descended into the crystal waters of the beautifully named Silver Springs in 1938, he immediately understood the vistas of underwater photography. And he was not afraid to immediately release his bold project on the shelves: photographs from Silver Springs were printed in huge numbers to attract tourists to this picturesque place. And so far, photographers in different parts of the world reap a very rich harvest from this creative idea!
Bruce Mozert was born in Newark, Ohio, in 1916 into a creative family: his sister Zoe became famous a little earlier than him, moved to New York, becoming a famous artist there. In 1938, on the way to Miami, he turned into Silver Springs, because he heard that then the famous actor Johnny Weissmuller (starring) was filming there in a film about Tarzan. The photographer said that when an actor (former Olympian) shook his hand, he even lifted him into the air. As a result, some filming ended, while others began. Mozert was fascinated by this picturesque corner and immediately set to work.
The photographer likes to repeat that he "entered the world of photography like a duck enters the water", but at the same time he is "like a fish closer to the bottom, to the truth." Bruce Mozert was a pioneer of underwater photography, he personally made a waterproof housing for his camera and was the first to dive with a camera in his hands. For forty-five years (excluding his time with the BBC during World War II), he created thousands of underwater photographs, mostly young, pretty girls, quietly going about their business underwater.
"Any picture taken underwater can be sold," says Mozert. "All you need is a little imagination." For example, in order to make it seem that in a glass of underwater inhabitants there is sparkling champagne with bubbles, the photographer used dry years sealed in glass, and to depict the smoke from the grill, he diluted condensed milk in water. “The fat from the milk rose for a long time, so the smoke came out very believable,” the master recalls smiling.
His flamboyant advertising campaign was one of the leading in America from the 1940s to the 1970s, it overtook even such exotic projects as dancing pigs, whale jumping and shows with hungry alligators. In short, Silver Springs no longer experienced problems with tourists. Until now, this place remains one of the main attractions of Florida.
In 1971, the giant Disney World Corporation entered the scene. And although it is very difficult to compete with such a tycoon (who is also located just a few miles from the Bruce Mozert office), Bruce still hasn't gone out of business, he still drives every day to his workshop near Silver Springs, where now mainly processes home movies of its regulars.
In 2004, Bruce Mozert released a calendar with his underwater images. Now he is engaged in aerial photography and at ninety-four years old (although it is difficult to believe in it) he pilots the plane himself.
More information about the work of the photographer can be found on his website.
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