AQUAgraphs® Gallery

Over the past 30 years, I have traveled across the Indo-Pacific including Red Sea and Mediterranean, capturing the mesmerizing beauty of marine life within the Coral Triangle - an underwater sanctuary renowned as the most biodiverse and richest coral reef ecosystem on our planet. This region, a breathtaking natural legacy to humankind, has been both my canvas and my witness to the silent crisis unfolding beneath the waves. I call these unique images AQUAgraphs®.

Goby (Bryaninops sp.) inside a sea pen (Virgularia sp.)Beaded mushroom coralLarge whip goby (Bryaninops amplus)Bumpy sea slug (Mexichromis multituberculata) with emperor shrimpGoniobranchus kuniei sea slugMantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus)Loki whip gobies (Bryaninops loki)Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)Diver and the Coral Reefs of Raja AmpatJanolus sea slug (Janolus australis)Mediterranean jellyfishWhite's Hypselodoris sea slugs (Hypselodoris whitei)Lionfish from Red SeaHarlequin shrimp on a red sea star (Hymenocera picta)Ornate ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus)Calcium skeleton of a mushroom coralGraceful anemone shrimp (Ancylomenes venustus)Whip coral goby on her eggs (Bryaninops yongei)Pygmy gobies in a soda bootleChristmas tree worm (Spirobranchus giganteus)Purple lotus tube anemone (Cerianthus membranaceus)Doto nudibranch (Doto greenamyeri)Denison nudibranch (Dondrodoris denisoni)Sap-sucking sea slug - Stiliger sp.Ercolania nudibranch (Ercolania sp.)Cuttlefish (Sepia sp.)Porcelain crab (Neopetrolisthes maculatus) on an anemone.Whip coral goby - whip coral goby on a whip coralStriped catfishes (Plotosus lineatus)Ornate ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus)Graceful anemone shrimp on a purple anemone (Ancylomenes venustus)Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus)Squirrelfishes (Sargocentron sp.) in Lembeh StraitSnake sea anemone (Actinostephanus haeckeli)Blacksaddle shake eel (Ophichthus cephalozona)Reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi)Paddle-flop scorpionfish (Rhinopias eschmeyeri)Bottlenose dolphins (Delphinus truncatus) and a diverGrouper (Epinephelus costae) and diverZanzibar whip shrimp (Dasycaris zanzibarica) on a whip coral commennsal shrimpSea squirt (Aplidium breviventer)Painted (spotted) frogfish (Antennarius pictus)Ankers whip coral shrimps (Pontonides ankeri) on a barbed wire coral shrimpBlue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulate)Red tubeworm (Serpula vermicularis) in Mediterranean SeaYamasu’s cuthona sea slug (Cuthano yamasui)Thorny seahorse (Hippocampus histrix)Encounter of a reef manta ray and a diverReef manta ray (Mobula alfredi)Goby on blue tunicate Spiny tiger shrimps (Phyllognathia ceratophthalmus)Purple Flabellina (Flabellina rubrolineata)Mushroom coralStrap-weed filefish (juvenile) (Pseudomonacanthus macrurus)
Clark's anemonefish (Damselfish) (Amphiprion clarkii)Babai's flabellina sea slug (Flabellina babai)Babai's flabellina sea slug (Flabellina babai)Dondice's sea slug (Dondice banyulensis)Clown fish (Amphiprion bicinctus)Bottlenose dolphin (Delphinus truncatus)Polyclad flatworm (Euryleptidae)Clownfish (anemonefish) (Amphiprion bicinctus)Pinnate spadefishes (Platax pinnatus)Thorny seahorse (Hippocampus histrix)Pectoral fin of a lionfishGreen turtle (Chelonia mydas)Ornate ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus) and seven striped cardinal fish (Ostorhinchus novemfasciatus)A coral polypGreen bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum)Bargibanti's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti)Snapping shrimp in a tunicateDusky grouper and diverSaç Batığı (Wreck) in KaşSaç Batığı (Wreck) in KaşRed Sea soft coralBottlenose dolphins (Delphinus truncatus) in Elphistone, Red SeaYellowmargin triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus)Soft coral and anthias (Pseudoanthias sp.)Giant clam of Red Sea (Tridacna maxima)Butterflyfishes (Heniochus intermedius)Large whip goby on a tunicate (Bryaninops amplus)Leaf scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus)Mollucan seahorse (Hippocampus moluccensis)Mollucan seahorse (Hippocampus moluccensis)Gills of a Hypselodoris sea slug (Hypselodoris bullock)Javanese cownose eagle ray (Rhinoptera javanicaPorcelain crab (Neopetrolisthes maculatus)Tentacles of a feather star (Himerometra robustipinna)Spotted garden eel (Heteroconger hassi)Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus)Juvenile Batavia spadefish (Platax batavianus)Juvenile Batavia spadefish (Platax batavianus)Juvenile Batavia spadefish (Platax batavianus)Juvenile Batavia spadefish (Platax batavianus)Juvenile Batavia spadefish (Platax batavianus)Juvenile Batavia spadefish (Platax batavianus)Juvenile Batavia spadefish (Platax batavianus)Juvenile Batavia spadefish (Platax batavianus)Juvenile Batavia spadefish (Platax batavianus)Whip coral shrimpsWhip coral shrimpsWhip coral shrimpsWhip coral shrimpsWhip coral shrimps

Speciality Classes

"A desire to understand marine wildlife is my primary motivation for underwater photography. While observing the behavior of marine organisms, I also strive to understand how they interact with the ecosystem."

"In my view, capturing an AQUAgraph is a way of simplifying the inherently chaotic nature of the underwater environment."

Frogfishes

Blennies

Blackwater / Bonfire

Black & White Beauties

AQUAgraphs Exhibition

Wrecks of Dardanelles

UW Fluorescence

Black & White Beauties

Black & White Beauties

Wreck & Caves of Bodrum

"Photographing an underwater creature has always felt, to me, like borrowing a moment from its life. Initially, we attribute a portion of the success to ourselves; however, before long,

the creature’s beauty captivates us, and we ultimately relinquish all sense of accomplishment to its inherent perfection."

MICROgraphs Gallery

EARTHgraphs Gallery

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