23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Mermaids

This photographic work is inspired by Gustav Klimt’s Water Serpents I (1904–1907). I wanted to reflect the fluidity and graceful motion of the female body, echoing the movement of water and underwater plants. I also aimed to capture the mood that fills Klimt’s painting — the sense of a hidden world where everything moves slowly and beauty flows like drifting currents.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: MELBOURNE, Australia
Camera: NIKON D7200
Copyright: © Irina Denisova