ENTRY DESCRIPTION
At the intersection of myth and mystery, of silence and shadow, swims a predator.
The largest on our planet.

But she knows nothing of the titles or tags bestowed upon her.
She knows the hunt.
And she conducts it with a deadly grace.

Far below your fins—miles into the black—lies an alien realm.
One where darkness is driven by depth, not time.
Down here, the clock always reads midnight.

And hidden from the rest of the world, the games unfold.
The contestants—the commoners—at the mercy of the powerful.
The stakes: life or death, signed in a mucosal ink.

A plot that could likely do well as a dubbed television series.

But there are no sets or stages.
No rules.
Only the void, echoing with the pulses of the predators closing in.

Our best impression of the hunt lives within the pits of our imagination. And until we witness it firsthand, there will it remain.

Sealed by the same darkness that shrouds the trenches.

AUTHOR
Eric's interest in photography began when his parents gave him an old film camera to use for his course in high school. While the class initially served as an escape from his rigorous biology and chemistry courses, it would eventually become the catalyst for each of his interests and passions melding into one. The film process revealed the "magic" of how science and technology could immortalize a scene in front of him. With this, his creative side would soon be unlocked.

Eric earned a Bachelor's Degree in Biology from Wake Forest University. He enjoyed his courses in physiology, molecular biology, and genetics, but it was ecology that grabbed his attention. The idea that life, across species and geographies, is intertwined resonated with him long after his classes concluded.

This concept has driven much of Eric's travel and work to date. He seeks to explore new cultures, new areas of the world, and unique wildlife with the hope that his images can deliver that same empowering idea to others that he felt in his studies — that we can all share some connection and hold interest in other people and living things, even when the link might not be apparent.

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