THE LIVING OCEANS: Protecting through images

The Living Oceans was created in 2004 by Bernardo and his wife Valerie, looking to become a photographic crusade to gather, through various initiatives and projects, the  images of the best underwater photographers in the world with one goal: to create awareness of the beauty and fragility of the oceans and their inhabitants and also help educating the general public, especially the younger generations, about the importance of the oceans to man and our planet.

Under the slogan “Protecting through images,” The Living Oceans has published three books, the latter of which, OCEANS, published in limited edition with foreword by the renowned underwater photographer David Doubilet, was awarded with the PADIS prize as the best book of the year.

Among the many initiatives developed by The Living Oceans there are two major exhibitions: “OCEAN EXPO”, which was presented in South America and Asia, and “OCEANS: A world to discover” that has been recognized as one of the best underwater photography exhibitions in the world. OCEANS brought together the work of 14 of the most renowned underwater photographers in the world over 160 large-format photographs that could be appreciated by more than 10,000 people.

As part of the initiatives undertaken by The Living Oceans, Bernardo and Valerie give presentations, to children from different schools, in which they seek to convey the beauty of the underwater world and invite new generations to care for and discover the wonderful world that lies under the oceans of our planet.

Thanks to all our past contributors for helping us Protecting through images!

David Doubilet, Mauricio Handler, Brian Skerry, Michael Aw, Samy Tanaka, Stephen Frink, Stuart and Michele Westmorland, James Watts, Doug Perrine, Takako Uno, Mirzo Zanni, Amos Nachoum, Tim Rock and Rod Klein.