Pristine Seas: Journey to the Ocean’s Last Wild Places – Enric Sala
Those of us who will likely never visit Kingman Reef and the Line Islands in person should be grateful for Enric Sala. Marine ecologist and National Geographic Explorer in Residence, Sala brings the same substance, urgency and gravitas to his underwater photography that Thomas Peschak does. He can truly be called a conservation photographer, having left a career as a research scientist to work on saving the ocean’s wild places.
Sala’s current project is to explore and protect the last pristine marine ecosystems on the planet, and to this end he has led expeditions to comparatively untouched locations around the world. This book documents ten of those expeditions, from tropical to Arctic waters. Rich with photographs, contextualised with beautiful National Geographic-style maps, it is a delight.
Read an interview with Sala here, and an article about the man by author Juliet Eilperin can be found here.
Get a copy here (South Africa), here or here.
If this is right up your alley, check out Blue Hope as well.
