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One Photographer’s Quest to Redefine the Shark
With his magnificent underwater images, Gerardo del Villar wants to rehabilitate the reputation of the ocean’s great predators, inspire conservation, and encourage responsible ecotourism.
Today, the Mexican photographer prefers to tell their stories, to change the perception that they are ruthless killers and show instead the threats they face in order to highlight the state of the seas. I recently uploaded a photo of a salmon shark on social media and shared that they are animals that live in Alaska, explaining that they are in danger of extinction because no one is aware of the threats they face. Speaking of stories, science journalist Ed Yong recounted one of your experiences with a great white shark off of the island of Guadalupe, where you photographed a specimen with two strange wounds to its head, and you sent the images to a scientific team.
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