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Surface Tension

Writer: MALVIE Magazine
MALVIE Magazine
9 hours ago
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Surface Tension is a portrait series photographed by Corina Bartkus for MALVIE Magazine.


The delicate relationship between strength and surrender. As she enters the water, submission gives way to power. What begins as resistance becomes acceptance. She does not conquer the water. She learns she owns it.


About Surface Tension

Surface Tension follows one woman with long, curly auburn hair into a lake, wearing a plum gown by JJsHouse. In the first frames the water is pale and bright and mirrors her completely: she stands at the edge, the gown spread around her, then wades in until only her shoulders and her reflection remain.


Corina Bartkus then turns to deep blue water and warm, low sunlight. The gown darkens as it soaks, her hair falls over her shoulders and she looks back toward the camera, hand at her temple, standing calm and settled where the series began with hesitation.


Woman in a plum gown standing at the edge of pale, bright water, hands in her curly hair, the gown spread around her
Woman in a plum gown standing in shallow water, her reflection below her
Woman in a plum gown wading into the lake, holding the skirt as the water reaches her hips
Woman in a plum gown in the water up to her waist, hand in her hair, reflected on the still surface
Woman seen from behind, arms spread on the surface of pale water, her reflection beneath her
Woman with long curly auburn hair looking back over her shoulder, in a plum gown in deep blue water
Close portrait of the woman with her hand in her curly hair, warm sunlight on her face, blue water behind
Woman leaning into dark blue water, long curls falling over her shoulders
Woman in a soaked plum gown standing in blue water, one knee raised, looking back at the camera

Surface Tension credits

Photographer: Corina Bartkus @a_and_c.photography


Surface Tension fashion credits

Images 1–9 — Wardrobe: JJsHouse

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