The album

The club’s own photographs,
printed properly.

Every picture the club has sent, in one place, captioned with what can honestly be said about it — the occasion where the occasion is known, and nothing invented where it is not.

THE RACE · THE WINTER · THE OBJECTS

01 / The race, and the days that lead to it

The thing
itself.

Members in wetsuits at the water before the swim start — The swim start: lined up, in neoprene, waiting

A member running on grass in a wetsuit with a swim cap on, goggles in hand, course markers behind — The swim start: lined up, in neoprene, waiting

02 / The rest of the year

Winter, mud
and dogs.

Three club members talking in a muddy forest car park before a winter run, one in club kit, a dog beside them — The briefing, such as it was, in a car park, in January

A member in a mud-spattered club t-shirt leaning over with his hands on his knees in a winter wood — The briefing, such as it was, in a car park, in January

03 / The objects

Without the
people.

Golden trophies in a glass case, lit from below — The trophies, in their case, lit like something worth winning

A carved walrus lit by candles in a dim room — The trophies, in their case, lit like something worth winning

On naming

Faces,
not captions.

The club’s photographs are published without names attached to faces. Not because anyone is hiding: because a photograph of somebody at their worst, in a wet tri-suit, is their business.

Any member who wants their name beside their photograph has it — say so and it is done. Any member who wants a photograph of themselves taken down has that too, and it comes down the same day.