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3rd place Conservation Photographer of the Year

Joe Daniels Egypt

26°18′25″N 34°51′20″E

A diver’s regulator holder cuts into the flesh of an oceanic whitetip, damaging its gills. Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt, the image is a “visual representation of what we are doing to the ocean”, says photographer Joe Daniels. This shark was caught several weeks after this image was taken and the plastic was removed.

BEHIND THE LENS

Joe Daniels

Joe Daniels United Kingdom (UK)

ABOUT THE IMAGE

  • Camera: Canon
  • Housing: Nauticam
  • Taken while scuba diving
  • Large swell and strong currents

Joe is an award winning underwater photographer and author. His passion for the underwater world started at the young age of three after receiving a National Geographic book titled Shark. It sparked a deep passion which has led him to remote corners of the globe, working for diving operations, NGOs and marine research projects in Australia, New Zealand, Seychelles and Indonesia. It was whilst working in these locations that Joe first picked up a camera and fell in love with making images underwater. Joe has since won numerous international awards including a highly commended image in GDT European Wildlife Photographer Of The Year, he is regularly published in international publications and has had images used in an anti shark finning campaign in China put together by the Jane Goodall society. Joe hopes his images convey the beauty and fragility of the ocean, inspiring people to conserve and protect the underwater world.

IMAGES BY Joe Daniels