Michael Muller. Sharks

Michael Muller has carved a career out of impressive encounters. Famed for his portraits of the world's most elite actors, musicians, and sports stars, he has in the last decade built up one of the most spectacular portfolios of underwater shark photography.

Muller's quest is to document sharks with an unprecedented proximity and precision, bringing the Hollywood portrait session to the ocean predator. In ocean depths around the world, he approaches the sharks with a patented seven-bulb, 1200-watt plexi-encased strobe lighting rig, developed with NASA engineering, and no cage.

This collection of Muller's images, including the first-known photograph of a great white breaching at night, is a catalog of adrenalin and awe. Arranged geographically, it follows Muller's ocean adventures from black tip and sand tiger sharks in South Africa to great hammerheads in the Bahamas, with thrilling narratives from each trip documenting the challenges and near-misses along the way.

To compliment Muller's work for advocacy organizations such as WildAid and EarthEcho, the images are contextualized with essays from Philippe Cousteau, Jr. and marine biologist Alison Kock, who discuss exploration and conservation of our oceanic kingdom. Culture writer Arty Nelson adds an overview of Muller's work, while a technical section explains the precise equipment behind these spectacular shots. Together, these insightful texts and awesome images offer a record of breathtaking photographic feats, a tribute to the beauty and might of the shark, and a rallying cry for its fragile future.

This book is also available in a signed Collector's Edition and two Art Editions, each including a signed and numbered print.

Author: Philippe Cousteau, Jr., Alison Kock
Publisher: Taschen
Published: 02/29/2016
Pages: 334
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 6.75lbs
Size: 13.60h x 10.40w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9783836553599

About the Author
Cousteau, Philippe: - Philippe Cousteau est un grand nom de la lutte pour la protection de l'environnement. Petit-fils du commandant Jacques Cousteau et fils de Philippe Cousteau, il est à la fois entrepreneur social, philanthrope, auteur, narrateur, producteur et présentateur télé distingué par de nombreux prix.Kock, Alison: - Dr. Alison Kock is a marine biologist and the research manager for the City of Cape Town's acclaimed Shark Spotters Program. She is a member of the South African Acoustic Tracking Array Platform, is a project leader for the Save Our Seas Foundation, and scientific advisor for the South African Shark Conservancy.Nelson, Arty: - Arty Nelson has written essays for monographs and artist catalogs on Wes Lang, Chris Johanson, Ed Templeton, and the critically acclaimed Beautiful Losers show.
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