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Album Published October 5, 2014

Whale Portraits

Humpback whale mothers show an incredible tenderness and loving awareness towards their calfs, we managed to be able to capture some of that overwhelming bond on some of these images while snorkeling in South Pacific in the Archipelago of Vava'u.

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Album Published October 5, 2014

Digital wet plates (The whales of Tonga)

Following the migration of the Humpback whales from the Antarctic Ocean into the warmer waters of the South Pacific. La estación migratoria desde el Oceano Antártico ya ha comenzado, las ballenas preñadas a punto de parir empiezan a buscar aguas más cáli

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Content Published April 26, 2015

Trouble in Paradise

The not so pristine waters of the remote Vava'u Archipelago in the Polynesian South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga.

Fishing is still one of the main activities of these islands. Nets and fishing lines are often found floating in huge waste debris columns that attract more and more plastic and other thrown away items as they move with the tides presenting a threat to marine wildlife.

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Album Published April 24, 2015

Polynesian Sky

A rope swing on a palm tree is a very popular pastime in the Polynesian South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga. It is customary to swim fully clothed. On Sundays the island stops all activity and children swim and have fun together, sadly a way of life lost in

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Album Published April 24, 2015

The Fisherman's Son

His uncle ferried us to this tiny little islands called Ofu to spend the day working on the series of pictures about the connection of young Tonga's kids and their Oceanic environment. Their incredibly low environmental footprint did not stop these kids

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Content Published April 24, 2015

The Fisheman's son

The young son of a local fisherman poses proud in front of his boat on the remote Vava'u Archipelago in the Polynesian South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga.

Fishing is still one of the main activities of these islands

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Content Published April 24, 2015

I can hold my breath longer than you

The young son of a local fisherman approaches me snorkelling while I was taking pictures of the sea debris on the remote Vava'u Archipelago in the Polynesian South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga.

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Content Published April 24, 2015

Sundays in Neiafu are for swimming

A group of young children play at the harbour of Neiafu, situated beside the Port of Refuge, a deep-water harbour on the south coast of Vava'u Archipelago in the Polynesian South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga.

It is customary to swim fully clothed. On Sundays the islands stops all activity and children swim and have fun together, sadly a way of life lost in many Western cultures.

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Content Published April 24, 2015

Content Published October 5, 2014

Somebody is watching me

A Humpback whale calf watches me carefully while diving to breath after spending some time protected by it's mother's huge pectoral fin in the South Pacific Archipelago of Vava'u in the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga.

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I need some air

A Humpback whale calf dives up to breath after spending some time protected by it's mother's huge pectoral fin in the South Pacific Archipelago of Vava'u in the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga.

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Album Published October 5, 2014

Men watching whales :: whales watching men

Interactions with the Humpback whales of tonga. Often once wonders who is watching who. An eye to eye contact with a Humpback whale in their environment where you are just a guest it's undoubtedly an epiphany for some of those who are lucky enough to liv

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