BM shot this b&w photo sequence at his father’s birthplace in the south of the Ukraine, in 1986. There is a lake nearby, into which effluents from a nearby factory are discharged in an untreated state. Believing the water to have healing power, people in this area enjoy going for a swim as the most natural thing. All year round, families gather on the shore, and lookers-on might be reminded of a Russian Baden-Baden. Mikhailov has documented this scene and has, in designing the books himself, used special paper and unusual binding materials. (Book advertising text).