Hanna Björk Valsdóttir

Winter turns to summer that turns to winter and, maybe, to summer again, for a group of elderly people living together in a grand old building in Reykjavík - an institution, but also a home. Some have lived a lifetime that spans almost a century.

For 28 years, Icelandic babies and their new parents have bonded in a unique way at a shabby pool not far from the ocean and the mountains. Six days a week, Snorri, a pioneer and visionary swimming coach, creates a unique world where babies stand on his palm and swim underwater by opening lines of nonverbal communication and earning their — and their parents’ — trust.

Winter turns to summer that turns to winter and, maybe, to summer again, for a group of elderly people living together in a grand old building in Reykjavík - an institution, but also a home. Some have lived a lifetime that spans almost a century.

For 28 years, Icelandic babies and their new parents have bonded in a unique way at a shabby pool not far from the ocean and the mountains. Six days a week, Snorri, a pioneer and visionary swimming coach, creates a unique world where babies stand on his palm and swim underwater by opening lines of nonverbal communication and earning their — and their parents’ — trust.