More from the Mission Blue Voyage, this time with Brian Skerry’s unique perspective after years of underwater photo journalism. He shows us a “cascade of death” in bycatch, highlights the shark finning industry, and marine debris. Above all, I’m enchanted with his photos of my beloved “urban” right whales.
Sylvia Earle’s Mission Blue project continues to gather steam after the successful trip out to the Galapagos just last week. With several celebrities in tow (some of the few people who could afford the huge fundraising-level ticket price of $20,000), Dr. Earle and a few dozen scientists met up onboard to discuss the future of [...]
It was well over a year ago when I first saw National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen’s dramatic images of leopard seals, narwhals, and polar bears in their native Arctic and Antarctic environments in a quick spread of NatGeo magazine. Well, along with the release of his new book Polar Obsession, Nicklen’s camp released the above [...]
SeaWeb’s adventures with the Marine Photobank project continue to expand. In fact, the 2nd annual Ocean In Focus Conservation Photography Contest, held in concert between SeaWeb and the Project AWARE Foundation, just got underway last week on World Ocean’s Day. The contest runs until August 27th of this summer so if you don’t already have [...]
While on a mission to find images of southern right whales I happened upon Dennis Buurman’s beautiful online gallery of marine mammals from the coasts of New Zealand. Take a look at the images he presents including dusky dolphins, Hector’s dolphin, sperm whales, albatross, fur seals, and other ocean wildlife. Just gorgeous.
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