soo

Soo

Scotland

Adventurer since April 2026

Hello 👋🏻 I’m Soo a photographer from Edinburgh. I love architecture, which our capital city is renowned for. Following a project I was photographing at Glenogle Baths, the Victorian pool I swam in as a child, I was reintroduced to the beauty of the architecture and the serenity in these spaces. I began documenting other historic pools around Edinburgh with the intention of capturing their striking architecture and the stillness housed within, Since then, I have travelled to photograph pools across Europe, including a collection of pools in Paris for an exhibition called Into The Blue, Japan to photograph a series of traditional bathhouses for a collection, At The Onsen. I’ve recently returned from India where I’ve been photographing a new series called ‘Indian summer’
I am inspired a lot by film and cinematography. I find the meticulous work of Wes Anderson absolutely mesmerising; I LOVE the way he uses colour. I also love the work of Canadian painter Alex Colville.

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London, United Kingdom

London Aquatic Center

Fittingly, this olympic scaled bathhouse is fully inspired by the ways of the water.

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Glasgow, Scotland

Western Baths Club

Founded in 1876, this Victorian-era club remains at its original site and is one of two clubs of its kind left in Glasgow.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Royal Commonwealth Pool

Come for the diving, stay for the…twins? Edinburgh's Royal Commonwealth Pool has a story that's more than just skin deep.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Glenogle Baths

This public pool in Edinburgh, Scotland was opened to promote good hygiene, but survived as a century-old testament to Victorian style.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Portobello Swim Centre

This Victorian venue offers Edinburgh's only authentic and publicly available Turkish baths, one of three remaining in the country.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Drumsheugh Baths

Popular in Victorian Scotland, this Mediterranean-style bath still features "traveling rings" and a trapeze - entertaining ways to travel from one end of the pool to the other.

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London, United Kingdom

Marshall Street Baths

This marble-lined pool is housed in an Art Deco recreation complex on the site of even older public baths.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Warrender Baths

This pool's modern aqua tones were adopted in 1904, and is the home base to where Scottish Olympic medalists are known to swim and train.

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