The nude girl of Sher’s “Siesta” drifts to sleep as her dreams encroach upon her. As her naked body begins to shimmer into an aqueous form of its own, the bubbles of air transform into orbs of light. Looming above, are the continuous reflections of the world mutating into a series of neon purples, lush greens, and bleeds of blues forming unknown patterns and organic shapes as if a surrealist fantasy collides with the remarkable abstraction of Picasso. Finding tranquility underwater, we dare not wake her from this peaceful nap.

"Siesta" is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series REFLECTIONS underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings. In fact REFLECTIONS are straight photographic capturing of the water’s surface from below, with a submerged underwater camera. The photographs freeze natural momentary reflections in water surface the unique kaleidoscopic fragmentations of human body into nearly unrecognizable forms. Viewing the distinctive distortions and bold accents of color on these unrefined natural photographs one cannot help but draw the connections with masterpieces by Salvador Dali, Van Gogh or Gustav Klimt.