12 Beautiful Swims of San Francisco
The 12 Beautiful Swims of San Francisco is a calendar produced by Zina Deretsky that beautifully illustrate 12 open water swims in the San Francisco Bay and its environs.
Landscapes
Cover - Alcatraz
January - Bay Bridge
February - Aquatic Park
March - Muni Pier & Mount Tam
April - Muni Pier
May - Alcatraz Island
June - Fort Mason
July - St. Francis Yacht Club
August - Golden Gate Bridge
September - China Beach
October - Mile Rock Lighthouse
November - Cliff House
December - Ocean Beach
2019 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nomination
The Open Water: San Francisco. Calendar 2020 of the 12 Beautiful Swims of San Francisco by Zina Deretsky was nominated for the 2019 WOWSA Awards in the World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year category as follows:
Zina Deretsky is a board-certified medical illustrator and a science & technology illustrator with a passion for the open water that runs deep. The preferred swimming venue of the South End Rowing Club member is the famed Aquatic Park where she has swum thousands of kilometers over the last decade. She creatively merged her artistic talents and vision with her aquatic pursuits to develop a beautiful wall calendar with 12 illustrations made with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop of classic locations around San Francisco Bay. For creating 12 iconic swimming locations around San Francisco Bay in a visually dynamic style including Alcatraz Island, the Bay Bridge, Aquatic Park, Muni Pier, Mount Tam, Fort Mason, St. Francis Yacht Club, Golden Gate Bridge, China Beach, Mile Rock Lighthouse, Cliff House, and Ocean Beach, for combining her professional talents with her aquatic pursuits, for creating a wall calendar that can be enjoyed 365 days a year by open water swimmers, Zina Deretsky's Open Water: San Francisco. Calendar 2020 is a worthy nominee for the 2019 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year.
