ENTRY DESCRIPTION
There may be nothing more emotive in the underwater world than when another species seeks you out and makes eye contact with you, fully of curiosity and playfulness. This image of a juvenile Humpback Whale was taken in the small island nation of Niue in the South Pacific.

AUTHOR
Richard Condlyffe is a UK born, US based, underwater photographer. Richard grew up watching the amazing wildlife documentaries of the BBC and developed a fascination with the underwater world at an early age. After moving to the US Richard became a certified SCUBA diver over 20 years ago, and taking his camera beneath the surface soon followed.

His images have been recognized in photography competitions around the world.
Richard’s photography and words have been featured in publications such as SCUBA Diving Magazine (USA), Diver Magazine (UK) and the Sunday Times Magazine.

Richard travels extensively to create images from diverse underwater environments. He enjoys challenging his own creativity and mastery of photography to create eye-catching compositions.

Richard has a particular love for sharks and teaches a Shark photography class, helping others to get the most out of their interactions with these awesome and important creatures.

He believes that through sharing his work more and more people will recognize the need for aggressive conservation efforts to protect endangered species against illegal fishing, shark finning and ocean pollution.

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