Born Wet

In luscious and evocative photography and prose, Born Wet is an elegy to the water that makes our lives possible.AgathaO intends to change the way you look at the world, and her tool is seduction. With camera, singular way of explaining science, and witty personal reflection, she follows the water on her hillside as it transforms into a world of snow and ice, then melts and flows away. Words and photography collaborate to focus on the “stuff that I am made of,“ recording the intensity of saturated colors and smells, and how, exactly, water changes into ice and laundry dries.As the photographer and her dog splash and crash their way across winter, the reader gets swept along in a flow of memory and emotion called forth by the mighty cycle of water, reminding us that the supply is finite. Have this book on your nightstand to dip into, give it to your nature-loving friend, treat your aunt who reads creative nonfiction. Read more