Thomas Peschak: Dive into an ocean photographer's world
Thomas Peschak: Okyanus Fotoğrafçısının Dünyasına Dalış
Thomas Peschak strives to merge photojournalism and cutting edge science to create powerful media projects that tackle critical marine conservation issues. Full bio
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full of color and life,
fantastical creatures.
ruling the food chain
dancing across coral reefs.
looking for places
to dream about when I was little.
at a fairly young age.
I truly went underwater,
furiously finning
cannon on a shallow coral reef.
to grab hold of it,
surrounded by fish
I fell in love with the ocean.
from really, really big sharks
in the palm of your hand.
of humpback whales
Great Bear Rainforest.
of green sea turtles
and is affected by the ocean.
I used to dream of as a child
many of these ripple effects firsthand.
I had to shock my audience
with disturbing images.
for me to effect change
the ocean's surface.
and become a champion for it
of conservation photography.
that kind of high
travel northwards
we call the Sardine Run.
have good reason to run.
of hungry and agile predators.
of the sardines from the main shoal
against the ocean surface
are these mortal enemies,
olduğunu düşünür.
they actually coexist.
help sharks feed more effectively.
are more dispersed
with what I call a sardine donut,
with sharks on the sardine run,
just like any other guest
Hint Okyanusu'na
that is the Indian Ocean
of coral islands.
in Baa Atoll called Hanifaru.
of your pupils,
become patchy,
backwards again and again,
chasing its own tail.
to form these long feeding chains,
the first or second manta in line
by the next or the one after.
we call cyclone feeding.
and delivering the plankton
amongst such masses of hundreds of rays
like the Manta Trust,
from their skins.
conservation champions
every single year.
8 milyon dolar kazanıyor.
to travel back in time
is visiting remote atolls
and fishing fleets,
is a poignant reminder
of Bassas da India,
in the Mozambique Channel.
even during the day.
çekingen değildir.
that they'd be even bolder
for National Geographic Magazine
görevdeydim.
on the Pacific side
of a wholesale slaughter,
20.000 boz balinanın
gray whales were killed,
a remarkable comeback.
of the peninsula lies Cabo Pulmo,
had brought them close to collapse.
eşiğine getirdi.
convinced the authorities
olduğuna ikna etmiş.
was nothing short of miraculous.
başka bir şey değil.
a single decade of protection,
2005'te bilim insanları
recovery of fish ever recorded.
iyileşmesini kaydettiler.
for it -- come with me.
benimle gelin.
and densest schools of fish
to be creators of hope.
that it is not too late for our oceans.
vermek istiyorum.
on nature's resilience
odaklanmak istiyorum.
an everyday occurrence for me.
that will effect change
tahmin yaparım.
bir sonrakindedir.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Thomas Peschak - Conservation photographerThomas Peschak strives to merge photojournalism and cutting edge science to create powerful media projects that tackle critical marine conservation issues.
Why you should listen
Thomas P. Peschak is an assignment photographer for National Geographic Magazine and the Director of Conservation for the Save our Seas Foundation (SOSF). He is a senior fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers and has been named as one of the 40 most influential nature photographers in the world.
Originally trained as a marine biologist, he retired from science fieldwork in 2004. He became an environmental photojournalist after realizing that he could have a greater conservation impact with photographs than statistics. Yet he remains rooted in marine science through his roles as Director of Conservation for SOSF and Founding/Associate Director of the Manta Trust.
Thomas has written and photographed five books: Currents of Contrast, Great White Shark, Wild Seas Secret Shores and Lost World. His latest book, Sharks and People, was released in 2013 and chronicles the relationship between people and sharks around the world.
He is a multiple winner in the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards and in 2011 and 2013 he received World Press Photo Awards for his work.
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