Interview to
Linda Troeller
Abano Mineral Pool, Italy
Bano Vinoli Spa, Italy
the wellness photographer - Front Cover Photo, Baden-Baden, Germany
Linda Troeller, photographer and journalist, has conquered international fame thanks to her refined and atmospheric advertising images and art. In her career she has obtained several important awards for her collections dedicated to healing and social issues: we remind you "TB AIDS DIARY" and "Erotic Lives of Women" (1998). Her works are in the major museums and her name appears in the most prestigious international magazines. However, Linda Troeller is best known as the "Spa photographer", able to capture the poetic ecstasy of Wellness by evolving artistic shoots for spas and product companies and also with her books "HealingWaters" and "Spa Journeys" which are masterpieces of Art. Abano Spa Steam, Italy
What kind of emotions do you want to communicate in your photos? Peacefulness. Sensuality. Energy. Sexuality. Abano Spa, Italy Abano Mineral Pool, Italy
Bano Vinoli Spa, Italy
Healing Madonna, New Orleans
GB Spa Hotel, Abano, Italy
GB Hotel Mineral Pool, Abano Spa, Italy
What role does Gurney's Inn Salt Water Pool, Long Island, NY
Hands, Mineral Pool, Hotel Adler Spa, Italy
Madonna Healing Waters Procession, Abano Spa, Italy
Visual Art play for deep relaxation? Visual art has the power to transform a guest to another place and time which can uplift mood. When the spa chooses art that is a true reflection of the aspiration of the spa's brand identity, it has a further opportunity to bring the guest's spa treatment experience to a more successful level. These images can be incorporated into the treatments rooms, halls, and hotel rooms. This artistic theme can be carried through te the brochures, website and direct mail. Mineral Pool, Hotel Adler Spa, Italy
Tell us why you still work on the healing waters topic? Mineral Waterfall Terme di Saturnia, Italy
Night at spa, Terme di Saturnia, Italy Watercycle, Mineral Pool, Hotel Adler Spa, Italy Pool, Hippocrates Health Institute, FL Shower, Okeanus Spa, NYC
Oak Leaf Sauan, Okeanos Spa, NYC Shower, Okeanus Spa, NYC
Saltwater Cure, Bad Sulza, Germany
Saltwater Cure, Germany
Water Mushroom, Abano Spa, Italy
I have been photographing natural spa product materials like sait, tea, olives being harvested and then used at a spa toward a new book idea in coordination with Gina Molinari, who owns Healing Harvest teas which still brings me in contact with 'waters.' For example, I photographed her teas being harvested in Tuscany and then I photographed this tea being served to guests at Terme di Saturnia mineral waters spa! My "Goddess Portraits" created with Kat James, Total Transformation and Gina Molinari, are done with women after spa therapies, and a hair and make up application. I photograph portraits bringing out the soul and best energies of the women. This year the trip was on the Costa cruise line, so I was photographing on the deck overlooking the Carib! These photographs are framed and put in the women's home to inspire lifestyle or identity changes. For GB Hotels, Abano Spa, Italy I photographed five towns in their region which included the water city of the world, Venice. They plan to make a book of my images to give spa guests to guide them in how to explore the region during their "cure". These shoots, located by water, draw me nearer to 'the source,' which I believe will be the most important element for wellness forever.
Linda Troeller HEALING WATERS
Art Photography troeller@bway.net www.LindaTroeller.com
©MEDI CAL SPAS REVIEW • MAY 2006