“Fountain is a photograph by Anastasia Samoylova. It was printed in 2017 with dye sublimation process. The photograph measures approximately three feet tall by four feet wide. It is hung in landscape orientation, meaning its longest side runs parallel to the ground. Samoylova’s photograph depicts a daytime photo of an outdoor space with a water fountain not in use. The photograph shows us the exterior of a building from a three-quarter angle. However, the image is zoomed in and cropped, focusing on the abstract qualities of the architecture, rather than revealing a precise location. The bottom third of the picture depicts the corner of a shallow pool. The pool stretches all the way across the width of the photo, with only one corner visible to the viewer towards the middle-right edge. The water in the pool is still and clear, revealing two white hoses at the bottom that snake across the entire length of the pool. The white hoses sit in the left half of the pool connected to an underwater pump about the size of a basketball. To the right, parallel to the hoses are a series of three black fountainheads that dot across the length of the pool as they stick about a foot above the calm water. At the water’s edge, the pool’s perimeter is lined with a mosaic of small, square tiles. The tiles are various shades of blue and are laid in a random geometric pattern. This tiled border breaches up at the center of the photo to meet another fountain feature; the spout of an empty channel that presumably pours water into the pool below. The empty channel marks a separation in the photo’s two main architectural features. To its left we see a bright, baby pink concrete wall that stands about eight feet tall and bends to the right to form a roof over the shallow pool below. Further away from the viewer, a bright teal wall flanks the right side of the channel. The wall is about six feet wide and its height is unknown, as it disappears behind the pink roof in the foreground. Adjacent to the teal wall is a short white wall standing about four feet tall. In the background, behind the short white wall, we see a metal roll-up gate similar to those used for parking garages. Through the gate are two small white horizontal stripes that appear to be the glow of fluorescent lights. In the center of the photo, a bright beam of sunlight cuts across the teal wall, forming a bright right triangle pointing left. The clear, tranquil water of the pool below reflects this triangle of light. This effect doubles its width and height to create an equilateral triangle the takes up a third of the entire image. The triangle’s sharp contrast to its darker surroundings make it appear as if it were hovering in the air. The walls surrounding the bright triangle are textured with waves of light from the reflection of the water below. “