CANADA. Lambton County, Ontario. 1995. Naomi TOWELL swings out over the Sydenham River on a rope suspended from a maple tree. Her brothers Moses (left), Noah (right), and Isaac (rear) look on. The rope is in a very small park near their home. The river also flows by their house. The family had ridden bicycles to «Shetland Park» on a Sunday afternoon, stopping to visit the ELLIOT family on the way home. The ELLIOTS find the river to be too dirty to swim in and have an above ground swimming pool. The photographer grew up on the Sydenham River and has swam in it all his life believing that the river is clean enough for swimming. A little dirt never hurt anyone. ©Larry Towell/Magnum Photos
