Photography feature by Ewan Wilson
The great white sharks of South Africa are not your typical
fish. There winter prey, the caper fur seal is a tricky catch even for a
great white. So in order to get the upper hand the 600kg-1000kg animal
will launch its self vertically from below, hitting the seal like a
speeding bus with intension. The final result is a cinematic display of
nature at its most honest, a strange mixture of beauty and brutality.
Great white sharks have been on this earth for 40million years but are
now classed as an endangered spices, these animals are a prime example
of why our planet is beautiful and we must do everything we can to
co-exist with these majestic beasts so we can enjoy the for 40million
more years.
Growing up I always enjoyed watching the adventure films of
yester-year. 7th Voyages Of Sinbad, Jason And The Argonorts and all of
these classic B-movies are still some of my favourites. However,
Studying these films for around five years dented my love a tiny bit and
when thoughts five years land you a job in food retail, love is
definitely not the word I would use to describe my studies.
As time passed I kept seeing an online advert for an internship that
took people shark cage diving for a month, the images of my own B-movie
adventures where all to tempting. The adventures I had become a passion,
and iv been photographing the wildlife of this planet now for two
B-movie-esc years.