Arts

24 Summers at Barton Springs Pool

Photographs by Will van Overbeek

Fri., June 29, 2007

Yellow Doughnut, 2002

Surfacing (or Alien), 1999

Diving Board, 2004

Stars and Stripes, 2002

Short Heads, 1990

Thong Man, 2006

Red Hair, 1995

Two Underwater, 2006

The Kiss, 1999

Twin Dragons, 2006

Cannonball, 1997

Splash, 2006

Swimmers, 1990

White Boy, 1990

    PHOTOASIS

  • Photoasis

    Will van Overbeek's camera captures the eternal allure of Austin's favorite swimming hole

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