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An aerial view of a diver wearing a wet suit swimming through kelp growing in water.
2. Impacts, 3. Solutions, 6. Adaptation, 5. Resilience
Climate Visuals Principles:
1. Show real people not staged photo-ops, 2. Tell new stories, 6. Show local (but serious) climate impacts, 7. Be very careful with protest imagery, 3. Show climate causes at scale, 4. Climate impacts are emotionally powerful, 5. Understand your audience, 8. Sustainability must be everyones objective, 9. Overcome present-day fears with a vision for the future
A diver swims in a kelp forest near Peniche, Portugal. Kelp forests are known for protecting the coast from erosion by reducing the speed and size of waves.
City:
Peniche
Region:
Leiria
Country:
Portugal
Agency:
Climate Visuals
Creative Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Mandatory Credit:
Nuno Rodrigues / Climate Visuals
I’m a Marine Biologist and researcher at MARE IPLeiria. As a researcher, I have a special interest on fish ecology and have published numerous scientific papers and 3 books.
I became SCUBA certified in 2000 and haven’t stopped diving since. Diving has allowed me to better explore the underwater world that always fascinated me. Initially for a local species identification project, I soon realized that underwater photography enabled me to reach people and connect them with the oceans.
Some of my photos have been awarded and published in international exhibitions, newspapers, magazines and books. I’m a certified scuba Assistant Instructor with over one thousand hours underwater in various parts of the world, most of them studying and photographing marine animals.
Through photography I try to share the underwater wonders while highlighting the threats faced by marine species and ecosystems today, specially as a consequence of climate change, overfishing, habitat destruction and pollution. I hope that through my photographs I can contribute towards the behaviour change needed for a brighter future of our blue planet.
Photographer name:
Nuno Rodrigues
Photographer based in:
Portugal
Social media:
www.instagram.com/nuno_vasco_rodrigues/
Website:
www.nunovascorodrigues.com
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