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Six pairs of colourful underwear hang from a clothesline against a pale sky. Below, white flat-roofed buildings and more laundry are visible in a bright, sunlit town.

Sea Blues paints a beautiful picture of two girls' European road trip

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Date
27 May 2013

Pratt Institute graduates Cait Opperman and Yael Malka spent the summer of 2012 travelling across Europe and North Africa with only each other for company. On their way they kept an in-depth visual diary of each other as well as the people that housed them along the way. They also managed to capture a stunning selection of landscapes, interiors and shots of the natives of each country they passed through living life as only they know how. The resulting book of images, Sea Blues, is a wonderful study of two people finding their place in the world and experiencing that uniquely American coming-of-age, the road trip.

A row of colourful dresses and patterned garments hang from a makeshift rail draped over the side of a car. The car is parked on a dusty road against a backdrop of white buildings and green trees.
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Cait Opperman and Yael Malka: Sea Blues

A crowd of people swim and wade in shallow, pale blue water at a beach. In the distance, a hazy coastline with low hills and buildings sits under a clear sky.
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Cait Opperman and Yael Malka: Sea Blues

A nude person stands in profile in a doorway with a bright blue frame. They are partially obscured by the yellow wall of the foreground room.
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Cait Opperman and Yael Malka: Sea Blues

A person stands on a high metal scaffold, working on the ornate, gilded ceiling of a historic building. The vaulted arches are decorated with intricate geometric patterns and faded frescoes.
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Cait Opperman and Yael Malka: Sea Blues

Two children stand in a tiled room. One child holds a red broom and looks towards another child who stands still beside a large blue vending machine.
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Cait Opperman and Yael Malka: Sea Blues

A high-angle shot of a bright blue swimming pool. A single red pole floats diagonally across the water.
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Cait Opperman and Yael Malka: Sea Blues

A colourful sculpture of the Madonna and Child sits on a marble plinth inside a church. A bouquet of white lilies rests at the base of the pedestal.
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Cait Opperman and Yael Malka: Sea Blues

Six pairs of colourful underwear hang from a clothesline on a bright, sunny rooftop. Their shadows are cast across the white tiled floor below.
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Cait Opperman and Yael Malka: Sea Blues

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James Cartwright

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James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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