L’odyssée bleue

As far as I can remember, the surface of the oceans has always exercised on me a strange fascination , like an irresistible call to discover the unknown and mysterious world that hides below. The practice of scuba diving became obvious, then very quickly came the desire to document these incredible underwater landscapes and the amazing creatures that we meet there, the need to share all this beauty with “those on the surface”, to make them love this very special universe that they often ignore and sometimes fear. Unlike terrestrial wildlife photography, where a telephoto lens is often used, the physical constraints of the aquatic environment require shots to be taken in the immediate vicinity of the subjects being photographed. I mainly use a 15mm fisheye for this, working barely a few tens of centimeters from the animals, at least when they accept this interaction… Today a regular contributor to Subaqua magazine, I mainly photograph pelagic marine fauna, with a particular affection for sharks, these great misunderstood and unloved of our oceans.