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Where Pure Water Meets Pure Creativity
Acclaimed photomedia artist Tamara Dean is known for creating images that feel suspended between the natural world and something more imagined. Her work explores the deep, instinctive connection between human beings and the environments we move through — forests, fields, and, perhaps most evocatively, water.
For Tamara, water isn’t just a setting — it’s an essential part of her photography. It helps her create movement, mood, and a natural connection with the people and things she photographs, showing how a pool can become a truly inspiring space.
But creating imagery like hers takes more than imagination. It takes water that is gentle enough for her models to stay submerged for hours, and clear enough to be invisible to the lens.
See Tamara’s Story
Tamara’s Underwater World
Living on rainwater and deeply attuned to the sensory presence of chemicals, Tamara is sensitive to the smell and taste of chlorine. A traditional salt or chlorine pool wasn’t an option.
She chose a Naked Freshwater system because the water contains less chlorine than tap water, allowing her models to open their eyes underwater and move freely — without harshness, odour or irritation.
Working With Nature
Immersive photography demands an environment that supports the body — and the creative process.
The effect is a pool that becomes an extension of her surroundings — a seamless relationship between the environment she lives in and the environment she photographs in.
A New Way to Experience Your Pool
Naked Freshwater Pool Systems represent the next generation in pool water sanitisation: crystal-clear water that feels natural, gentle and clean — with very low chemical levels, soft feel on the skin and without the harshness of traditional salt or chlorine swimming pools.
It’s the ultimate swimming experience.
About Tamara Dean
Represented in Sydney and Berlin by Michael Reid Galleries, Tamara Dean is a critically acclaimed photo media artist working in photography, installation and moving image. Her practice explores our connection to nature and rites of passage in contemporary life. In each of Dean’s photographs, her subjects quietly and intimately engage with their natural surroundings.
Her work has been acquired by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT; Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra ACT; Art Gallery of South Australia; Mordant Family Collection Australia; Artbank Australia; Balnaves Collection Australia; and Francis J. Greenburger Collection, New York.
To see more of Tamara’s work, visit her Website or Instagram.
About Naked Freshwater Pool Systems
The Naked System is Australia’s favourite freshwater pool system, delivering crystal-clear, low-chemical water that’s gentle on skin and ideal for families and swimmers with sensitive conditions. Its energy-efficient, low-maintenance design provides cost savings while offering a natural, refreshing swimming experience. The NKD-R System has earned multiple industry awards and is widely endorsed by pool owners and professionals across Australia.
Learn more about Naked Freshwater Systems, visit Naked Pools