Leisure: Marine life through the lens – Gulf Digital News

Leisure: Marine life through the lens – Gulf Digital News

THE maritime diversity of Tonga, Mexico and Egypt are showcased in an awe-inspiring exhibition by two artists.

Making its second stop at the Bahrain National Museum after its successful opening at the Venice Natural History Museum, ‘The Living Sea’ features the work of photographer and author Prince Hussain Aga Khan and director of underwater documentaries Simone Piccoli, who met in November 2014 during a dolphin expedition that the latter was guiding in Sataya, Red Sea.

Their passion for marine life took them on a fascinating journey to explore the hidden marvels of the deep sea in Egypt, and in the following years, the duo set their sights on Vava’u, one of Tonga’s two main islands in whose deep waters whales go to give birth every summer.

Through his exceptionally vivid pictures, Prince Khan takes visitors to Tonga, where thousands of people from around the world come to watch and swim with humpback whales during the summer.

The pair also visited the islands of the Revillagigedo, off the coast of Mexico, where the waters are known to host mega faunas proliferate, such as oceanic manta rays, silver, white-tipped, silky, hammerhead sharks and gigantic whale sharks.

The exhibit also takes visitors on a journey through Egypt’s Sataya