Shot over the pandemic year, the British photographer's new book 'LA ISLA' celebrates the natural beauty and free-spirited locals of Mallorca.
, becoming photographers and producing shoots, are “the bravest little village girls”, she says. For five years, she’s captured them swimming into caves and to the bottom of the deep ocean. “We push ourselves super hardcore to do these underwater photos… The adrenaline rush and the energy that it takes to get to that point is pretty special.”
She met sisters Nina and Estela when she first arrived on the island. Their mother had rented Kate their house in the village and a 13-year-old Estela turned up asking for horror movie props for a DIY film she was directing. From a recent trip to Mexico, Kate had a bunch of floral-painted skulls that she offered the girls and quickly formed a bond with Estela and her sister. “Now she is making music and her album is amazing,” says Kate.
The adventurous pair are immortalised in the book in a spontaneous black and white photograph: following a goat up a rocky bay that’s only accessible by boat or by swimming. “No humans go there,” she says., as forest fires blaze across the Mediterranean caused by a combination of strong winds, high temperatures and low humidity. “The whole of last week, we have had this ultimate grey because of the forest fires,” Kate says. “We haven't even seen a dot of colour from the sunset.
Kate Bellm’s photo book LA ISLA will be out in October and available for purchase at select stores, on her
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