Totally Tubular

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.

Twist Around

A waterslide aboard the cruise ship Carnival Magic loops around upon itself in the sky over the Gulf of Mexico.

A waterslide aboard the cruise ship Carnival Magic loops around upon itself in the sky over the Gulf of Mexico.

Orange Swoop

A waterslide on the cruise ship Carnival Magic loops through the sky over the ship somewhere in 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.

Bend

Wind Down

A waterslide on the cruise ship Carnival Breeze loops through the sky in the Gulf of Mexico.

A waterslide on the cruise ship Carnival Breeze loops through the sky in the Gulf of Mexico.

Slides and Sky

Yellow Swirl

Swirls

Abstract detail of one of the waterslides aboard the cruise ship Carnival Magic.

Abstract detail of one of the waterslides aboard the cruise ship Carnival Magic.

The Orange Slide

A water slide is illuminated by the sun aboard the cruise ship Carnival Magic somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico.

A water slide is illuminated by the sun aboard the cruise ship Carnival Magic somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico.