Tyler Shields
Lovers Underwater, 2025
Chromogenic print
16 x 20
24 x 30
32 x 40
48 x 60
56 x 72
24 x 30
32 x 40
48 x 60
56 x 72
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Lovers Underwater is a hauntingly romantic tableau that transforms an intimate embrace into a dreamlike, weightless moment suspended in time. Submerged beneath the surface, the couple clings to each other...
Lovers Underwater is a hauntingly romantic tableau that transforms an intimate embrace into a dreamlike, weightless moment suspended in time. Submerged beneath the surface, the couple clings to each other in a world where sound disappears and emotion takes over. Their bodies drift in slow motion, illuminated by a soft, amber glow that catches in the woman’s flowing hair and the constellation of bubbles surrounding them, creating an atmosphere that feels both ethereal and urgent.
Shields uses the underwater setting to amplify the emotional stakes of the scene: love becomes survival, passion becomes breath. The closeness of their faces, the tension of their intertwined hands, and the quiet vulnerability of the moment all speak to the raw intensity of human connection. Lovers Underwater is both a visual poem and a cinematic story—seductive, mysterious, and unmistakably Shields in its ability to make the impossible feel achingly real.