All posts tagged Underwater

Aquanauts in Another Universe – the Extraordinary Underwater Photographs of Alexander Semenov

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Alien Hunt © Alexander Semenov
Hunting Cyanea capillata. White Sea, Russia

Alexander Semenov graduated as a marine biologist from the department of Zoology at Lomonosov’s Moscow State University in 2007. Specializing in the study of invertebrate animals, he began his working career at the White Sea Biological Station (WSBS) as a senior laborer and progressed to become chief of the diving team after four years.

Operating from the WSBS at the Kindo peninsula on the border of the Arctic Circle, Semenov is also a gifted and patient underwater photographer – unbelievably, looking at the extraordinary images he creates, he is self-taught. Generously sharing his work (“Flickr”, “Behance”, “thisiscolossal.com”, “twistedsifter.com”, “1x.com” etc.) with those of us far distant from the Karelian Coast on the White Sea, Semenov creates breathtakingly beautiful images that alternately can look like strange extra-terrestrial organisms, or exquisite fine-art glass-blown sculptures.

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2010 Frommer’s Favorite Travel Moments Photo Contest Winners

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The Favorite Travel Moments Contest celebrates Frommers.com‘s vibrant community of readers and photographers and is inspired by Frommer’s new full-color, full-size Day-by-Day series.

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Creative Underwater Photography by Bruce Mozert 1938

Mozert was born in Newark, Ohio, in 1916 and followed his sister Zoë to New York City in the mid-’30s; she became a renowned pinup artist, he a photographer.