DART celebrates summer with a new weekly photo feature—at the pool, on the beach, in a lake or a river, starting with Saul Robbins:

Before close family friends built a pool in their backyard just north of San Francisco, my favorite childhood summer memories were when my mother took my sister and me to the Marin Town and Country Club for the afternoon. Riding over the Golden Gate Bridge in our old Studebaker, we were filled with excitement and anticipation to play again in their seven swimming and diving pools for as long as we could convince my mom to stay. The place was huge, crowded with hundreds of people laughing, swimming, and lying around, so relaxed it seemed, because they could go there daily. I don’t think it was really a country club, and I know that mom enjoyed the visits as much as we did; but every visit was special, and a chance for my sister and me to swim and dive and play together while exploring a place that was as magical as it was exhilarating.

Saul Robbins is a New York-based photographer and educator who teaches at the International Center of Photography as well as international workshops. He is best known for the series Initial Intake, which examines the empty chairs of Manhattan-based psychotherapy professionals from their clients’ perspective, referencing viewers perceptions, associations, and responses to this very private environment and the work that takes place there. This summer, he plans to immerse himself as often as possible in the Lasker Pool in Central Park, not far from his apartment, and atother public pools around New York City.