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Finalist Adventure Photographer of the Year
Daan Verhoeven Bahamas
Freediver Arnaud Jerald descends into Dean's Blue Hole in the Bahamas during a successful world record attempt at the Vertical Blue competition. Photographed from more than 30 metres below, the image captures the scale of one of the world's deepest marine sinkholes. Crystal-clear water, sunlight and drifting sand combined to create a rare view of this remarkable moment.
BEHIND THE LENS
Daan Verhoeven Netherlands
ABOUT THE IMAGE
- Freediving
- Coastal walk-in
- Canon R5 & 11-24mm lens
- ISO 100, f5.6, 1/250th
Daan Verhoeven has been freediving since 2004 and has chronicled the sport in images and film since 2012. His work has been published as widely as the NY Times and the Guardian to Das Bild and National Geographic, in books and articles, and he has filmed for TV, commercials and feature lengths documentaries, such as ‘The deepest breath’ on Netflix. He lives in Cornwall with his wife Georgina Miller, where they run their school and club Aquacity freediving. He has two dogs and in his spare time translates his father’s philosophical work.
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