Ivan Wentland

Just Add Water
This series of photographs came together during the Covid-19 quarantine. I have been photographing my two boys for many years as we enjoyed our weekends and holidays exploring Oahu. Often water has been present whether it was the ocean or a pool and several of those photographs have been successful.

Once quarantine started I found more time to edit and look through the many pictures I had taken of our adventures. I did notice a possible theme emerging with water as the main catalyst. With school canceled, one of the main activities that occurred almost daily was time in our inflatable pool on the back lanai. I began to find it true that narrowing my creative focus to one place really started to bring results that were both personally and visually rewarding for me. And, just to be clear, lots of fun! So with my Leica, a GoPro and my two boys all I needed to do was,
Just add Water