A diver prepares to free a sperm whale from a drift netI came across a photo contest that has redirected its focus from "not seeking the typical beauty shots but rather images that inspire public action". Coming from the prairies, I sometimes feel that marine life is a distant world! The only thing I've seen are seals.
Society is incredibly visual and I wonder if people feel disconnected with marine life because you don't see it, like you see land animals like cattle, horses and deer. I feel this photo does a good job in provoking feelings of anger and sympathy as you see marine life struggling with our economic need to fish and impose ourselves on them.
2 comments:
This is certainly an interesting twist on a nature photo contest, but necessary: we too often think of remote and pristine but the reality is too often otherwise,
Cathy
What an amazing photo.
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