Silent Kingdom

Since childhood, I have been attracted to the sea. I used to dream about what lay beneath the waves, and how it would look if all the water suddenly vanished, leaving the animals and living creatures frozen in place, letting me walk around them while they stay suspended in time and space..

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I carry that dream within me to this day, and my intention is to capture the essence of being immersed in the experience and presence of the animal or habitat I am photographing and to share their splendour, beauty and true nature. Today, the world’s oceans are in grave danger. Overfishing, pollution, climate change, acidification and more threaten the fundamental nature of the ocean, and its animals are being pushed to the edge of extinction. Sadly, the majority of humans see marine animals merely as food. As we can’t understand their voices, the higher purpose of my images is to be a voice of, and for the ocean, hoping that people can get a glimpse of who they really are; beautiful sentient individuals with feelings, personalities, complex behaviours and interesting lives that science is only starting to understand..

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I believe photography is capable of real service to humanity, promoting empathy and initiating change, so my goal is to create poetic images showing the incredible beauty of these animals, carrying the power.

of changing our perception and sparking the love and empathy that we all have inside..

 

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