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Cold Water Swimmers

These are the second cold water swimming championships that I have covered at the Tooting Bec Lido in south London. People from all over the world migrate to the sub zero temperatures of arguably the largest outdoor pool in Europe. From Germany to Kazakhstan, competitors of ages between 7 and 87 participate in heats and finals consisting of a swimming a width of the pool, heads above water, and in fancy dress and a top hat and cane if you so wish.

Here are a few of my favourite pictures of swimmers leaving the pool after completing their first width.

 

The BBC's new documentary starts tomorrow January 13th on BBC One at 8pm. Don't miss it. It's an incredible series and one that I was very fortunate to be a part of. I was able to help Human Planet's official photographer and friend Tim Allen out by travelling to Dubai and Canada to shoot stills for the Human Planet book, which then led to being commissioned by the BBC to shoot a series of time lapse tilt shift stills in Barcelona for the Cities film which is the last in the series, airing on March 10th.