98% of the liveable habitable planet where animals can live is ocean and yet
where animals can live is ocean and yet
where animals can live is ocean and yet less than 5% of the world’s oceans have
less than 5% of the world’s oceans have
less than 5% of the world’s oceans have truly been explored so for a storyteller
truly been explored so for a storyteller
truly been explored so for a storyteller for a journalist it really is a perfect
for a journalist it really is a perfect
for a journalist it really is a perfect place to work because there’s limitless
place to work because there’s limitless
place to work because there’s limitless amounts of stories and subjects down
amounts of stories and subjects down
amounts of stories and subjects down there to find it’s the soul of the sea
there to find it’s the soul of the sea
there to find it’s the soul of the sea that I’m trying to capture this
that I’m trying to capture this
that I’m trying to capture this lifeforce that exudes from certain
lifeforce that exudes from certain
lifeforce that exudes from certain animals and the spirit that you can
animals and the spirit that you can
animals and the spirit that you can capture you don’t get it all the time
capture you don’t get it all the time
capture you don’t get it all the time but when you do it’s it’s quite magical
but when you do it’s it’s quite magical
but when you do it’s it’s quite magical whether I’m swimming with sharks or
whether I’m swimming with sharks or
whether I’m swimming with sharks or whales or sea turtles or tiny creatures
whales or sea turtles or tiny creatures
whales or sea turtles or tiny creatures nudibranch sore little shrimp there’s
nudibranch sore little shrimp there’s
nudibranch sore little shrimp there’s always stories to be told and it’s a
always stories to be told and it’s a
always stories to be told and it’s a discovery process you know for me as I
discovery process you know for me as I
discovery process you know for me as I sort of connect the dots and spend time
sort of connect the dots and spend time
sort of connect the dots and spend time with these animals I begin to see things
with these animals I begin to see things
with these animals I begin to see things things are revealed to me it’s it’s like
things are revealed to me it’s it’s like
things are revealed to me it’s it’s like peeling an onion every every layer
peeling an onion every every layer
peeling an onion every every layer you’re getting deeper into it and you’re
you’re getting deeper into it and you’re
you’re getting deeper into it and you’re seeing more it’s a never-ending process
seeing more it’s a never-ending process
seeing more it’s a never-ending process and photography allows the the reader
and photography allows the the reader
and photography allows the the reader and the photographer to to truly explore
and the photographer to to truly explore
and the photographer to to truly explore this this unknown realm never
this this unknown realm never
this this unknown realm never underestimate the the power is still
underestimate the the power is still
underestimate the the power is still framed
framed
framed I feel very passionately about wanting
I feel very passionately about wanting
I feel very passionately about wanting to wake people up and save the planet I
to wake people up and save the planet I
to wake people up and save the planet I have two young daughters at home and I
have two young daughters at home and I
have two young daughters at home and I want them to see a bluefin tuna I want
want them to see a bluefin tuna I want
want them to see a bluefin tuna I want them to swim with a whale or a dolphin
them to swim with a whale or a dolphin
them to swim with a whale or a dolphin over the 35 years that I’ve been diving
over the 35 years that I’ve been diving
over the 35 years that I’ve been diving and exploring the ocean I began to see a
and exploring the ocean I began to see a
and exploring the ocean I began to see a lot of degradation things that probably
lot of degradation things that probably
lot of degradation things that probably weren’t evident to most people because
weren’t evident to most people because
weren’t evident to most people because it’s happening below the surface off the
it’s happening below the surface off the
it’s happening below the surface off the radar as a journalist I felt a sense of
radar as a journalist I felt a sense of
radar as a journalist I felt a sense of duty and a sense of urgency to begin
duty and a sense of urgency to begin
duty and a sense of urgency to begin turning my cameras towards those stories
turning my cameras towards those stories
turning my cameras towards those stories as well we’re not operating in a vacuum
as well we’re not operating in a vacuum
as well we’re not operating in a vacuum human beings you know can’t exist alone
human beings you know can’t exist alone
human beings you know can’t exist alone we need nature around us and the more we
we need nature around us and the more we
we need nature around us and the more we know about nature the better I think we
know about nature the better I think we
know about nature the better I think we will be in terms of just living in
will be in terms of just living in
will be in terms of just living in harmony with it
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