19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Finding peace in nature: winter-dip in river in rural Spain

Architect Pere Lopez Gausa had built a second home in Solanell, next to his apartment in Barcelona. He has been living there permanently since the start of the pandemic. Every day he walks to the river for a refreshing swim. He finds the biggest challenge living together with different characters in a small village: "If there were more people, you could avoid each other, but now you keep bumping into each other, which causes tension and conflict." (29-11-2020)

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Solanell, Spain
Camera: X-T2
Copyright: © Sanne Derks