As a marine biologist, the sea is a non-stop source of wonder and marvel. All those complex relationships to study, important also knowing it is the biggest habitat in Belgium (and on a broader scale the biggest habitat in the world). Without the sea we would simply not be here.
As a photographer it is a narly place to work but it can also be very rewarding.
I love photography at sea because you never know what is going to fly past, what will be in the fish trawls or how the sunlight will reflect on the waves.
Also the long working days and sometimes harsh conditions turns people who work at sea into who they really are. So when photographing people at sea, the pictures are often true to type. I like this…
The past weeks I spent some evenings portraying underwater life that we had caught in ILVO fish trawls.
Mnemiopsis leidyi ctenophore
Thornback ray Raja clavata
Grey gurnard Eutrigla gurnardus
Common prawn Palaemon serratus
Lesser spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula
Hooknose Agonus cataphractus
Lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus
Lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus
Striped sea snail Liparis liparis
Short-snouted seahorse Hippocampus hippocampus
Karl, echt fantastische foto’s!