Totally Tubular is an abstract photo series that isolates the looping forms, bold colors, and sculptural geometry of cruise ship water slides. Removed from their context of water and play, these towering structures become surreal shapes suspended in the sky—part industrial design, part pop-art installation. By stripping away the human element and the ocean backdrop, the series invites viewers to see these slides not just as leisure attractions, but as vibrant, twisting icons of engineered whimsy and escapist architecture.
A waterslide aboard the cruise ship Carnival Magic loops around upon itself in the sky over the Gulf of Mexico.
A waterslide on the cruise ship Carnival Magic loops through the sky over the ship somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico.
Detail of a waterslide aboard the cruise ship Carnival Breeze.
A waterslide on the cruise ship Carnival Breeze loops through the sky in the Gulf of Mexico.
Waterslides aboard the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Liberty of the Seas.
One of the waterslides aboard the cruise ship Norwegian Pearl.
Abstract detail of one of the waterslides aboard the cruise ship Carnival Magic.
A water slide is illuminated by the sun aboard the cruise ship Carnival Magic somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico.
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