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The Astronaut (Single)
DESCRIPTION
A hydromedousa "Pandea conica" is drifting in the current. On the top of the bell, a small parasite, like an astronaut, holding tight on his lifeboat.
AUTHOR
Nicholas Samaras is an award winning photographer and one of the most passionate and committed underwater photographers worldwide. His love and dedication to sea and its creatures in combination with his characteristic effort to bring out to surface the beauty of the marine world with a unique aesthetics, established him in a very short period of time both in Greece and abroad.
Nicholas talent for underwater photography was evident from his first attempts to shoot underwater. His enthusiasm of constantly seeking knowledge starting from his studies and his background as a creative director for years in a modern advertising company, the fresh techniques and his tendency to innovate new ideas, transformed him from a conscious diver to an underwater photographer with a way of photography of his own, a unique style.
Hundreds of thousands shots on top rated destinations abroad and on multiple personal projects in unexplored and difficult to reach - unmapped spots in Mediterranean Sea, pool shots for athletes, models and family portraits compose his impressive image bank, his treasure.
From 2006 the year he took the plunge into the world of competing festivals until today Nicholas has garnered numerous international awards to his name including Festival Mondial
Nicholas talent for underwater photography was evident from his first attempts to shoot underwater. His enthusiasm of constantly seeking knowledge starting from his studies and his background as a creative director for years in a modern advertising company, the fresh techniques and his tendency to innovate new ideas, transformed him from a conscious diver to an underwater photographer with a way of photography of his own, a unique style.
Hundreds of thousands shots on top rated destinations abroad and on multiple personal projects in unexplored and difficult to reach - unmapped spots in Mediterranean Sea, pool shots for athletes, models and family portraits compose his impressive image bank, his treasure.
From 2006 the year he took the plunge into the world of competing festivals until today Nicholas has garnered numerous international awards to his name including Festival Mondial
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