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 |