Roberto Bocci | Bathtubs, 1995-1997

Bathtubs is a portrait series of people posing inside the constricted architectural space of the bathroom. Models pose underwater holding their breath or breathing through a plastic tube. The exposures last from one to one-and-a-half hours. Bathtubs has autobiographical references and is evocative of  past experiences. At the age of eighteen, after a severe skiing  accident, Bocci had four tubes inserted in his body. These tubes and the fluids they carried allowed him to live. This life experience became a direct inspiration for the series.