honorable mention
Tom Shlesinger israel
title
Coral Reefs
In many cases, underwater photographers are drawn to fish and other big animals due to their interesting behavior, abundance, brilliant colorations, or sheer size. In this portfolio, my intension was to bring into the spotlight the backbone of the fascinating underwater tropical world: stony corals. They are the engineers, architects, and the artists that build and maintain the complex reef structures, and breathe life into them.
Photos in this portfolio were taken in the Gulf of Eilat/Aqaba, Red Sea, and in Papua New Guinea.
Today, I am a marine biologist, underwater photographer, and a naturalist. Most of my photographic and scientific journeys focus on capturing unique moments of unseen behavioral and reproductive phenomena of coral reef inhabitants.
In many cases, underwater photographers are drawn to big fish and other animals due to their interesting behavior, abundance, brilliant colorations, or sheer size. In my photography, I try to bring into the spotlight the backbone of the fascinating underwater tropical world: stony corals. They are the engineers, architects, and the artists that build and maintain the complex reef structures, and breathe life into them.
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entry description
Coral reefs are among the most diverse and productive ecosystems on the planet. They shelter and provide food to the denizens of the deep, and also generously feed and support us, humans. We, in turn, have adopted lifestyles that endanger their very existence. We pollute, overfish, and release gases into the atmosphere that are warming the oceans to temperatures corals will not be able to tolerate.In many cases, underwater photographers are drawn to fish and other big animals due to their interesting behavior, abundance, brilliant colorations, or sheer size. In this portfolio, my intension was to bring into the spotlight the backbone of the fascinating underwater tropical world: stony corals. They are the engineers, architects, and the artists that build and maintain the complex reef structures, and breathe life into them.
Photos in this portfolio were taken in the Gulf of Eilat/Aqaba, Red Sea, and in Papua New Guinea.
about the photographer
Since I can remember myself, I was attracted to the sea and its mysteries. My first dive took place in the Red Sea when I was only six years old, and since then I have been fascinated with the diversity of life forms and their behavior, colors, shapes, and patterns.Today, I am a marine biologist, underwater photographer, and a naturalist. Most of my photographic and scientific journeys focus on capturing unique moments of unseen behavioral and reproductive phenomena of coral reef inhabitants.
In many cases, underwater photographers are drawn to big fish and other animals due to their interesting behavior, abundance, brilliant colorations, or sheer size. In my photography, I try to bring into the spotlight the backbone of the fascinating underwater tropical world: stony corals. They are the engineers, architects, and the artists that build and maintain the complex reef structures, and breathe life into them.
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